Lego Cake
Lego Cake
Ingredients
- 3 3/4 cups (930 ml) unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) salt
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups (750 ml) sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) milk
- 2 1/4 cups (560 ml) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
- 6 cups (1.5 litres) icing sugar
- 3 different food colourings (green, blue, red or yellow), preferably gel
Instructions
- With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Butter and flour 3 13 x 23-cm (5 x 9-inch) loaf pans.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until the mixture is light and creamy. Add the vanilla.
- With the mixer set to low speed, add the dry ingredients, alternating with the milk.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool partially and unmould. Place on a cooling rack until completely cooled.
- Cut a slice about 1.5 cm (1/2 inch) thick from the long side of one of the cakes. Trim the edges of the cakes to form perfectly straight-sided rectangular blocks. Using a 2.5-cm (1-inch) round cookie cutter, cut 16 discs out of the reserved slice. Set aside.
Lego Cake