Train cake - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
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Cook
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Skill
Advanced
Ingredients
For the cake
- 400 g Butter (unsalted)
- 200 g Dark chocolate broken into chunks
- 300 ml Yoghurt plain
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 6 Egg(s) (free range)
- Salt
- 500 g Self-raising white flour
- 350 g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
For the icing
- 1 tsp Gelatine (powdered)
- 150 ml Hot water
- 450 g Icing sugar
- 1 tsp Pink food colouring
- 1 tsp Green food colouring
- 1 tsp Yellow food colouring
- 1 tsp Red food colouring
For the decoration
- Designer icing (black)
- Liquorice strips
- 13 Chocolate mini rolls
- 4 tbsp Apricot jam
- Mini smarties
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1
For the cake: heat the oven to 190°C, (fan 170°C, gas mark 5). Butter 2 large loaf tins.
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Heat the butter and chocolate in a large pan over a low heat until melted, stirring now and again. Cool for 5 minutes.
For this step you'll need:
- 400g Butter (unsalted)
- 200g Dark chocolate broken into chunks
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Whisk in the yoghurt and vanilla, then the eggs and salt.
For this step you'll need:
- 300ml Yoghurt plain
- 2tsp Vanilla extract
- 6 Egg(s) (free range)
- pinch Salt
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4
Mix the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl. Stir into the chocolate mixture in the pan, until smooth.
For this step you'll need:
- 500g Self-raising white flour
- 350g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
- 1tsp Bicarbonate of soda
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Pour or spoon into the tins and bake for 40-45 minutes until risen and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
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Cool in the tins for 15 minutes, then turn out and cool completely on a wire rack. Chill the cakes for 30 minutes. This makes them easier to cut.
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To assemble the train cut both loaf cakes into 4 thick slices.
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For the engine: cut through 1 cake slice horizontally. Cut another slice vertically through the middle to form 2 small cubes.
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For the icing: dissolve the gelatine in the hot water and allow to cool.
For this step you'll need:
- 1tsp Gelatine (powdered)
- 150ml Hot water
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Sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Stir in about 2 tablespoons of the gelatine solution to form a thick icing. Divide the mixture into four smaller bowls and add a food colouring to each bowl.
For this step you'll need:
- 450g Icing sugar
- 1tsp Pink food colouring
- 1tsp Green food colouring
- 1tsp Yellow food colouring
- 1tsp Red food colouring
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Ice the 4 engine cakes with pink icing, sandwiching the 2 thinner cake slices with a little icing. Allow to dry. This icing sets quickly.
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Ice 5 thick cake slices in different colours for the rest of the train. Allow to dry.
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Pipe windows and markings on the iced cakes with black designer icing.
For this step you'll need:
- Designer icing (black)
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14
To assemble the cake: use liquorice strips to make the train track on a large cake board or tray Place 12 chocolate mini rolls on the track, as in the photo.
For this step you'll need:
- Liquorice strips
- 12 Chocolate mini rolls
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Assemble the engine using the 4 pink cakes attaching the 2 cubes at 1 end with a little apricot jam. Place the engine on the first 2 mini rolls using a little apricot jam to keep it in place. Attach a chocolate mini roll for the funnel.
For this step you'll need:
- 4 tbsp Apricot jam
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Stick the train carriages on the mini rolls using a little apricot jam. Scatter the smarties across the track.
For this step you'll need:
- Mini smarties