Christmas coffee wreath cake | Women's Weekly Food

Ingredients

• Christmas wreath cake
• 2/3 cup (50g) flaked almonds, toasted
• 3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
• 1/4 cup (60ml) water
• 2 tablespoon instant coffee
• 1/4 cup (60ml) boiling water
• 1 1/2 tablespoon coffee liqueur
• 600 millilitre thickened cream
• 2 1/2 cup (400g) pure icing sugar, sifted
• 500 gram mascarpone
• 50 gram dark chocolate
• 12 firm, glossy unsprayed leaves from garden
• store-bought chocolates, such as truffles
• unsprayed edible flowers, to decorate
• Biscuit base
• 250 gram chocolate chip biscuits
• 1 cup (100g) maltesers
• 50 gram butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon milk