A Christmas tree can be not only prickly, but also delicious. But first you need to cook it in the form of an original and beautiful cake.
It is necessary
- 200 grams of butter
- 150 grams of cane sugar
- 60 grams of powdered sugar
- 380 grams of flour,
- 3 grams of baking powder
- 100 grams of white chocolate,
- 180 grams of coconut flakes,
- 5 grams of potato starch
- 100 ml cream
- 2 egg yolks
- 100 grams of sour cream.
Instructions
Step 1
Beat two yolks in a bowl until whiteness, add half of the cane sugar (75 grams) and continue beating for another 3 minutes. We fall asleep the second half of the sugar to the yolks, add 100 grams of sour cream and butter, mix well, you should get a homogeneous mass.
Step 2
Mix the flour with baking powder, sift it into a cup, and then pour it into a bowl with a liquid mass. Knead the dough, which does not stick to your hands, and put it in a cold place for 20-30 minutes.
Step 3
Draw stars of different sizes on thick paper. We cut out the blanks. Desirable, 5-7 stars - templates, different in size, one smaller than the other.
Step 4
Set the temperature on the oven at 200 degrees, leave it to warm up.
Step 5
Roll out the dough into a layer, about 7 mm thick. We cut out stars according to pre-prepared templates, the more stars, the more beautiful the Christmas tree will be.
Bake the star cakes for 10 minutes.
Step 6
While the cakes are baking, prepare the cream.
Combine white chocolate and cream, put in a water bath, melt. Grind the coconut in a blender, mix with powdered sugar and a teaspoon of starch.
Step 7
Mix the cooled liquid mass of chocolate and cream with the dry mass.
Lubricate the cakes with cream, leave to dry.
Step 8
We lay out the stars one on top of the other, shift them slightly along the axis.
To make the tree turn green, add chopped pistachios to the cream.
