Linos 1st birthday train cake- Part one
From ahmed1 15 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 24
Those are only the two chocolate cakes and they supposed to look as two iced mountains and the train is climbing on them. I had to post the train cake in two parts as it was too long to gather all the details in one page…Follow part two for the train making.
Ingredients
- mango cake: shopping list
- 1 Devil’s food cake box shopping list
- 2 cups heavy cream whipped with 1/3 cup powder sugar shopping list
- 2 cans mango in syrup shopping list
- powder sugar shopping list
- chocolate cake: shopping list
- 1 Devil’s food cake box shopping list
- 10 oz plain chocolate, chopped shopping list
- 1 ¼ cups heavy cream shopping list
- ½ cup hazelnut, chopped shopping list
- ½ cup ground hazelnut praline shopping list
- ½ cup powder sugar, sifted shopping list
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder shopping list
How to make it
- Mango cake:
- Make cake as directed and use a 30cm cake pan to bake and split into three layers. Use the mango syrup to brush the first layer , pipe whipped cream in a circular shape and sprinkle with chopped mangoes. Top with the second cake layer. Repeat the same process and top with the final cake layer. Sift powder sugar over the top. Transfer to a 60cmx40cm serving cake base. Chill
- Chocolate cake:
- Bake cake as directed in a 26cm cake pan. Cool and split in three layers. Heat cream until simmering and pour over chopped chocolate. Stir until smooth and leave to cool and thickens. Spread 3 tbsp of the chocolate mixture over the first cake layer, Sprinkle with half of the hazelnuts, sprinkle with half of the ground praline and top with the second cake layer. Repeat the same process with the second layer and top with the third cake layer. Cover part of the top cake with a parchment paper and sift powder sugar over the rest. Place beside the Mango cake in the cake base. Chill.
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cream
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mango
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second layer
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powder sugar
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chocolate cake
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hazelnuts sprinkling
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The Rating
Reviewed by 20 people-
Fantastic Ahmed! Happy Birthday to the little guy! Great pictures too. You have a beautiful family. :)
michelle73
in Melville loved it
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Wow, lovely cake, if you lived closer to me I would ask you to make Bobby on for his birthday on Monday. Love all the pictures, what a little cutie you have there. You have my 5
henrie
in Savannah loved it
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Wow!!!!! Chef Ahmed it is so beautiful..........and your baby is beautiful too happy 1 st birthday Lino( little one ).......with a dad like you she cannot lose .......
minitindel
in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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