Very very easy but impressive trees made from gluten-free cake with walnuts that you can easily decorate with chocolate, confectionery candies, nuts and colorful confectionery sprinkles.
Turn on the oven at 180°C/350°F to preheat.
Beat the butter with the sugar with a mixer until the mixture is smooth and fluffy.
While the mixer is still running, add the eggs to the batter, one by one, so that each egg is incorporated into the batter before adding the next.
Add the sifted flour with the spices and all the remaining ingredients except the walnuts and beat until the mixture is smooth. Continue beating for another 3-5 minutes to make it fluffier.
Add the walnuts and mix them.
Grease and flour or line with parchment paper, a round cake pan, with diameter about 20-28 cm / 8-11’’ inches. Depending on your pan, your trees will be thick or thin, tall or short. There is no right or wrong. Use whatever round pan you have. For my convenience, I used a springform pan.
Pour the batter in it and bake for about 50 Minutes at 180°C/350°F.
Remove the cake from the oven and let it stand for about 10 minutes before unmolding and leaving it on the rack to cool down well.
Cut it into 10 equal pieces and insert the chopsticks approximately in the center of each piece.
In a bain-marie (No special utensils needed, just place a metal or ovenproof bowl over a pot of boiling water.) melt the chocolate well with the butter, stirring well until our chocolate mixture is smooth.
Cover the trees with chocolate and decorate them with the sugar-coated dragée chocolate confectionery and the sprinkles confectionery one by one each time.
Let the chocolate cool enough before serving them.
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