North Pole Christmas Cake Recipe - Great British Chefs

Ingredients

• 1/2 butternut squash, skinny half
• 30ml of vegetable oil
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp caster sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 140g of plain flour
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 10g of cocoa powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 125ml of buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence, or extract
• 1 tsp white wine vinegar
• 120g of unsalted butter, softened
• 150g of caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• 3 tbsp of red food colouring
• 250g of low fat cream cheese
• 100g of white chocolate, melted
• 50g of unsalted butter, very soft
• 50g of icing sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting
• 150g of butter
• 40g of icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
• 180g of dark chocolate, melted
• 9 marshmallows
• 3 pretzels
• 15g of chocolate chips
• 1 fruit winders, red
• 1 candy cane
• 50g of redcurrants