Christmas Treats
Featuring festive recipes for cookies, truffles, festive bark, cupcakes, chocolate logs, stollen, frozen desserts, brioches, drinks and more, the book is packed with treats for beginners and baking experts alike. Author: Guillaume Marinette. Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group.
VANILLA CLEMENTINE BISCUIT CAKE
BISCUIT (COOKIE) DOUGH
500 g (1 lb 2 oz/4 cups) plain (allpurpose) flour
250 g (9 oz) butter, at room temperature
90 g (3 ¼ oz/generous cup) caster (superfine) sugar
70 g (2 ¼ oz/1 cup) ground almonds
pinch of salt
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 eggs
MASCARPONE CREAM
150 g (5 oz) mascarpone
250 ml (8 ½ fl oz/1 cup) whipping cream
40 g (1 ½ oz/⅓ cup) icing (confectioners’) sugar
Orange food colouring
Clementine/orange flavouring
Vanilla extract
DECORATION
Mini gingerbread man