Ciao Chow Linda

Easy and Delicious Pandoro Tree

Author: Ciao Chow Linda

Serves: at least 12 servings

Ingredients

• 1 large pandoro cake

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 cup water

• 2 Tablespoons sambuca or anisette

• 2 Tablespoons rum

• 1 5.1 oz. box instant vanilla pudding

• 1 cup whipping cream

• berries to decorate

Instructions

1. Slice the pandora cake horizontally, in six or seven layers.

2. Make a simple syrup by heating the water and sugar together until the sugar dissolves.

3. Let the syrup cool, then divide in two and put the sambuca in one half, and the rum in the second half.

4. Make the box of instant, mixing it with only 2 cups of milk instead of the 3 cups per instructions on the box.

5. Whip the 1 cup of cream until soft peaks, then fold the whipping cream into the instant pudding.

6. Drizzle some of the simple syrup on each layer of the cake, following by some of the pudding/whipped cream mixture.

7. Continue with the rest of the layers, pivoting each slice so that the points are arranged in a star-like fashion.

8. Finish by sprinkling with powdered sugar, and decorating the tips with berries.

9. Optional, find a nice star at a craft shop for the very top.