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Train Birthday Cake

Name: Train Birthday Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Cake; 600g white chocolate; 400g butter; 500ml milk; 330g Chelsea Caster Sugar; 1 Tbsp vanilla essence; 4 large eggs, lightly beaten; 200g self-raising flour; 300g plain flour; Train Buttercream Icing; 160g butter, softened; 500g Chelsea Icing Sugar; 40-50ml milk; 2 tsp vanilla; Food colouring of your choice

Preparation

30 mins

Bake

1 hours 30 mins

Difficulty

Moderate

Servings

You don't have to be a train enthusiast to love this cake. It's easy to make with two loaf tins, bright sweets and plenty of icing.

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Ingredients
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Ingredients

Cake

600g white chocolate
400g butter
500ml milk
330g Chelsea Caster Sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla essence
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
200g self-raising flour
300g plain flour

Train Buttercream Icing

160g butter, softened
500g Chelsea Icing Sugar
40-50ml milk
2 tsp vanilla
Food colouring of your choice

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Method

Place chocolate, butter, milk and sugar in saucepan over a low heat, stir occasionally. Once chocolate and butter has melted remove from heat, stir until fully combined. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease 2 x loaf tins and line the base and sides with baking paper.

Once chocolate mixture has fully cooled stir in vanilla and eggs. In a large bowl combine flours together. Stir in a cup of chocolate mixture until it forms a smooth paste. Add another cup of the chocolate mixture and mix thoroughly. Stir in the remaining chocolate until smooth.

Split mixture evenly between tins and bake for approx. 1 hour 30 minutes or until cooked in the centre (when an inserted skewer pulls out clean). Allow to cool on a wire rack. Once cakes have fully cooled, cut into shapes.

Take the first loaf and trim the sides and one end so that they are straight. Trim the remaining end on an angle to form the front of the train.

Take the second loaf and trim the sides so that they are straight and match the width of the first loaf. Cut into two sections to form the train cab (which sits on top of the first loaf) and the trailer (follow our guide picture below). Assemble on a cake board or tray and ice with buttercream icing. Decorate with sweets of your choice.

Icing: : Beat together butter and icing sugar. Add 40ml milk and the vanilla, beat for five minutes. Carefully add food colouring a drop at a time, mix thoroughly before adding more, until you get the desired colour. Add extra milk if icing is too stiff to spread easily.

Tip: Gel Food Colours work really well and won't make your icing runny, look for them in specialist cake decorating stores. Dip a clean toothpick into the gel then drag through the icing to deposit the colour. Mix well. Use a clean toothpick to add more colour if desired.