Get kids in the kitchen to make this simple circular puffed rice cake, cut into wedges and decorated to look like reindeer. It's a great festive family bake

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:30 mins
  • Cook:15 mins
  • plus cooling
• Easy
• Serves 6

• Vegetarian

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Ingredients

• 150g butter, plus extra for the tin
• 150g light brown soft sugar
• 2 tbsp golden syrup
• ¼ tsp sea salt flakes
• 125g puffed rice cereal
• 50g ready-made vanilla icing or melted white chocolate
• 12 chocolate-covered pretzels
• 12 edible eye decorations
• 6 red sugar-coated chocolate sweets

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Method

• STEP 1

  Line a 20cm cake tin with baking parchment. Melt the butter, sugar, syrup and salt together in a saucepan set over a medium heat. When the sugar has dissolved, whisk well to combine, then stir in the cereal until well coated.

• STEP 2

  Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the mixture into the prepared tin and use the back of a spoon to firmly press into a flat layer. Bake for 15 mins until golden and toasted. Press down again with a spoon while still warm, then leave to cool completely in the tin.

• STEP 3

  Remove the crispy cake from the tin and cut into six wedges, in the same way as cutting a pizza. Use a little icing or melted chocolate to stick on pretzels for antlers and the eye decorations on the triangles. Finish each with a red sweet for the nose. Leave in a cool place to set for 30 mins before serving. Will keep in an airtight container for up to three days.