BETTY'S DARK RUM RICH CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

This will make a splendid centre decoration for your Christmas Table:- You will need
225g Plain Chocolate
100ml Double Cream, 1 tablespoon Dark Rum and a selection of coatings to include - Cocoa, Chopped Mixed Nuts, Chocolate Vermicelli, Honeycomb pieces.

Bring the cream to the boil on the boiling plate, then add the plain chocolate and stir until melted.  Add the rum and stir, leave to cool.  When cool beat with an electric whisk until the mixture becomes creamy and lighter in colour http://www.twyford-cookers.com/Cookware/Products.aspx?cid=21&pid=515
Refrigerate for an hour to firm up.

Once the truffle mixture is firm, take bite sized handfuls and roll into balls in your hands.  Toss in one of the coatings till covered all over and place on a tray with a sheet of bak'o'glide. Continue until all the mixture is used up.http://www.twyford-cookers.com/Cookware/Products.aspx?cid=13&pid=305  

For the Truffle Topiary Tree

Materials
1 clean flower pot, stick or old wooden spoon, Petite Four Cases, 1 Quantity of Betty's Rich Rum Truffles with a mixture of coating, Decorative ribbon, silk flowers or plastic berries.  Block of self setting Clay, Dried Flower Oasis Ball, cocktail sticks.

Set the stick or old wooden spoon in the Flower Pot using the self setting clay and fill the oasis ball with the truffles set into petite four cases.  Construct as shown in the picture.  Tie with decorative ribbon and hide the tree until Christmas day or the truffles will disappear!