Beat eggs with a mixer in a lush lather.

Then gradually add the sugar (2 cups) and beat until thick. Gradually add sifted through a sieve the flour and gently mix the dough with a spoon, lifting layer after layer, until you absorb the flour.

Gently lay the dough in a greased and sprinkled with flour or breadcrumbs form.

Bake cake 25 to 40 minutes in heated up to ~180-200°C oven. Shape dough filled 3/4 of the height, as make it increases in volume. During the first 20 minutes, the cake should not be touched, as it may settle and poorly grilled. Readiness can be defined, piercing the cake with a wooden stick (e.g. toothpick), if the stick is dry, the cake is ready. Freshly baked biscuit badly cut and badly soaked syrup, so it is recommended to take it after baking for about a day, or at least not less than 8 hours. So the cake was more lush and loose, part of the flour can be replaced with starch. The quality of the cake depends on the freshness of the eggs, duration of beating and the correct temperature. In biscuit dough, add grated lemon zest or orange of three, vanilla, cocoa powder, chopped nuts. Their pre-mix with flour. If to the sponge dough add water or softened butter, mix them with the yolks. Bake dough immediately after mixing. Form or pan you need to grease with cold butter, you can sprinkle with flour or breadcrumbs. Lubricate the side walls of the form should not be, otherwise when baking the dough will rise only at the center of the form.

Remove the cake from the mold and cool.

Cut the cake lengthwise into 2 parts.

Cut out the Christmas tree

To prepare brandy syrup: In a saucepan pour water, pour sugar, stir, bring to a boil over high heat and remove the foam. Syrup remove from heat and cool to a temperature of ~36-37°C. the cooled syrup pour brandy and stir. Korzhi to impregnate the resulting syrup.

To prepare the cream with condensed milk, the Softened butter, whisk until fluffy. Then a tablespoon to enter in the butter condensed milk and beat until fluffy smooth. Chocolate to grate on a coarse grater. Syrup-soaked cakes to grease cream, sprinkle with chocolate and assemble the cake.

The top half to fill the coconut.

The finished cake to decorate with chocolate.