Christmas tree pound cake

First, make the Christmas tree.

• Beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar.
• Add orange juice and oil, and beat. Add some green dye and whisk until combined.
• Sift the flour with baking powder and mix gently with dough.
• Pour the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Level and bake for 12-15 minutes in the oven preheated to 356F (180C).
• After cooling, remove the paper and cut out Christmas trees (or any shape).

• Bake the nuts in the oven preheated to 356F (180C) for a few minutes. Cool and grind.
• Beat the sugar, vanilla sugar and butter until fluffy for 5 minutes.
• Add one egg at a time, beat well each time.
• Add orange juice, zest, nuts, and mix lightly.
• Add the sifted flour with baking powder and beat well again.

• Line a rectangular cake pan with parchment.
• Pour 2 tablespoons of dough into the bottom of the mold. Put the Christmas trees in an even row, close to each other and pour in the rest of the dough.
• Bake in the oven preheated to 356F (180C) for about 50 minutes (check the readiness with a skewer).
• Leave the finished pound cake for another 5 minutes in the tin, then turn it over onto a wire rack, remove the paper.
• Decorate as desired.