Melt the butter. Finely crumble the speculoos in the universal chopper, mix with the butter. Brush the cake plate with oil and place a star-shaped baking frame (28 cm Ø) on top. Add the crumb mixture, press to a flat base and chill
Soak 8 sheets of gelatine in cold water. Mix curd cheese and sugar, squeeze gelatine and dissolve over a warm water bath. Mix the gelatine with 3 tbsp. advocaat, stir into the quark mixture and chill for approx. 5 minutes until the quark mixture begins to gel. Pour mandarins into a sieve and drain. Whip the whipped cream with the whisks of the hand mixer until stiff. Stir mandarins into the quark mixture, fold in cream. Pour the mixture into the mould, smooth it down and refrigerate for approx. 3 hours
Soak 3 sheets of gelatine in cold water. Heat 200 ml egg liqueur in a pot, squeeze out the gelatine, dissolve in the liqueur, allow to cool and spread on the cream. Keep cool for about 2 hours. Before serving, hold cappuchino stencils (fir tree and angel) over the cake and dust figures with cocoa powder
Waiting time approx. 5 hours