Tree-TimeT Treats

INGREDIENTS (Serves 8) ◆ 100g dark chocolate,

broken in pieces ◆ 125g unsalted butter,

cut into pieces ◆ 100g dark soft

brown sugar ◆ 2 medium eggs,

beaten ◆ 115g plain flour ◆ 1 ½ tsp ground

cinnamon ◆ 5g baking powder ◆ 100g seedless raisins ◆ 4 tbsp dark rum

(optional) ◆ 8 plain mini breadsticks ◆ 150g vanilla frosting ◆ Gold and silver

sprinkles

1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas 4). Grease and line a 21cm square cake tin. Put the chocolate in a bowl with the butter. Place over a saucepan of barely simmering water until melted. Stir in the sugar. Cool for 10 min. 2 Whisk in the eggs, then sift the flour, cinnamon and baking powder on top, add the raisins and rum, if using, and carefully mix. 3 Spoon into the tin and smooth the top. Bake in the oven for about 20 min. Leave to cool completely in the tin then turn out, wrap and store overnight. 4 Cut the cake in half then cut each half diagonally, up and down, across the cake, to make 4 long sided triangles, each with a bottom edge of approx. 7cm. Push a breadstick into the base of each piece. Spoon the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and pipe, zig-zagging to resemble tinsel. Decorate with sprinkles.