This year, innovate with an equally delicious dessert: the Christmas tree cake. It's easy; just cut out tree shapes from your chocolate shortcrust pastry and layer them with vanilla cream.

Pour the hot custard over the crumbled Christmas pudding and stir to mix. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker, churn according to manufacturer's instructions and freeze. For the cake ...

You can substitute the crumbled figgy pudding with mince pies, Christmas cake or any type of cookies or sponge cake.