Mary uses coconut cream and oil for a moreish moist chocolate cake that's dairy free. Filled with apricot jam and a creamy chocolate icing, as far as vegan backing goes, we think this is a winner.

Colour the remaining marzipan with the red food colouring and roll into 30 ‘holly berry’ size balls. Leave to dry. To serve, remove the cake from the tin and carefully peel off the parchment ...