Christmas Cake Recipe

Chocolate Biscuit Cake Christmas Pudding:


Ingredients:

150g plain chocolate
150g milk chocolate

300g digestive biscuits
100g butter
150g golden syrup

optional
50g malteasers
50g marshmallows
50g crunchie
50g nuts

Decoration:

Red and Green food dye.
Icing sugar for rolling out

Equipment:
2 plates
1 large mixing bowl
1 medium pot
Plastic bag
Rolling pin
Scissors
Cake board or large flat plate
Pot stand
Wooden spoon
Spatula
Knife
Clingfilm
Pudding size bowl

Method:

Chocolate Biscuit Cake:
1) Line the pudding bowl with clingfilm.
2)Crush up the biscuits with a rolling pin in a plastic bag.
3) Cut up the marshmallows with a scissors into small pieces.
4) Lightly crush up the crunchies into medium small pieces but not into crumbs. Do the same with the nuts if using.
5) Turn the hob on and put water into the pot and put the large mixing bowl over it, make sure the water doesn't touch the bowl.
6) Add the butter chocolate and golden syrup into the bowl. When it is all melted take the bowl and place it on a pot stand.
7) Add the crucnhies, malteasers, nuts and marshmallows into the chocolate mixture.
8) When its all mixed together put the mixture into the bowl and press it all down.
9) Press the square of carmel squares into the base of the cake. cover the top with clingfilm and leave int the fridge until hard(best to leave it over night.)
10) Take the cake out of the fridge, take it out of the bowl, place it on the cake board and remove all the clingfilm.
11) Follow steps to decorate cake
To Decorate:
1) Shake some icing sugar on the counter to prevent the fondant icing from sticking. 
2) Kneed the fondant icing, until it becomes soft and easier to work with.
3) Cut it into three parts, one part bigger than the other two.
4) Leave the biggest part white. Use the red food dye to dye one of the pieces. keep adding red until you reach the colour you want. Repeat the same step again with the green food dye and the remaining piece of fondant. 
5) Roll out the the white fondant into a circle, using an knife cute the edges all wavy.
6) Get the red icing and make three red balls of equal size, you may not have to use all the icing.
7) Roll out the green fondant. Using the knife again cute two leaves in the shape of holly.
8) Use a bit of water to stick them onto the cake (use picture for positioning).