Christmas Cake & Chocolate Truffles
Makes 20 truffles
Can be made in advance & frozen until Christmas
Perfect with a glass of Mulled Wine or steaming mug of hot chocolate!
Ingredients
200g Gluten Free Christmas Cake
85g Gluten Free Dark Chocolate
30g Ground Almonds
2 Tablespoons Chopped Nuts (I used walnuts)
1 Tablespoon Glace Cherries – chopped
1 Tablespoon Brandy (or your preferred liqueur)
Cake decorations of your choice
Zest of 1 Orange – finely grated
3 Tablespoons of Icing Sugar
Method:
1. Crumble the cake into a mixing bowl
2. Add the ground almonds, chopped nuts & chopped glace cherries
3. Mix well
4. Heat the chocolate until just melted
5. Add the chocolate to the mixing bowl
6. Mix well until all the ingredients are combined
7. Add the brandy & mix well.
8. Take a small spoon of mixture & roll into a ball in your hands & place on a platter
9. Pop them into the fridge to chill & set – I left them for about 40 minutes
10. Add enough cold water to the icing sugar to make a thick icing that drops off the spoon
11. Add the orange zest to the icing & mix well
12. Drop a little of the icing on top of each ‘pudding’
13. Decorate as you choose