Preparation method:
Step 1: Make the cranberry jam: bring the cranberries, sugar, 2 strips of orange peel, orange juice and star anise to the boil in a pan. Let this simmer gently for 10-15 minutes until it becomes a jam. Then let the jam cool completely.
Step 2: Make the vanilla cream: beat the whipped cream together with the vanilla sugar until stiff. Then put this in the refrigerator.
Step 3: Preheat the oven to 190°C (top/bottom heat).
Step 4: Make the biscuit batter: Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff in a clean, dry and grease-free bowl. Please note: if the bowl is not clean, the egg white cannot set properly.
Step 5: In another bowl, beat the yolks with the sugar until white and creamy.
Step 6: Sift the flour over the yolk mixture and fold through.
Step 7: Then fold in the egg white. So be careful: do not mix again, because it must remain airy.
Step 8: Spread the batter evenly over the baking tray and bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes until very lightly browned.
Step 9: Place a clean tea towel on a rack and sprinkle with icing sugar (this prevents it from sticking to the cloth). After baking, place the cake upside down on the rack. Then immediately peel off the baking paper, but leave it on so that the cake does not dry out. Let cool completely, but move on to the next step once the cake has cooled.
Step 10: Cover the cake with the jam, leaving 2 cm free on one short side. Divide the vanilla cream over it. Make a small cut at the free edge with a knife and roll up (this will roll up neater).
Step 11: Place the rolled cake, seam side down, on a flat serving plate.
Step 12: Make the chocolate cream: Heat the whipped cream in a pan, coarsely chop the chocolate and let it melt in the cream. NB: do not let the mixture boil! Allow the mixture to cool completely outside the refrigerator and then beat the chocolate cream with a hand mixer and transfer to a piping bag with a serrated nozzle. Allow to set slightly outside the refrigerator if the cream is too liquid.
Step 13: Pipe rosettes of chocolate cream onto the cake to create a tree trunk.
Step 14: Decorate with Christmas chocolates and dust with a little icing sugar just before serving. Place candles in it if necessary.
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