Lego Cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 10 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Let's prepare the necessary products for mastic: marshmallows, powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice and dyes.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place marshmallows in a saucepan over a steam bath, add lemon juice and butter. And wait 5-7 minutes until the marshmallows are completely melted.

3. STEP 3

   

   Check to see if all the marshmallows have melted into a homogeneous mass and remove from the bath.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add powdered sugar little by little and mix with a spatula.

5. STEP 5

   

   When the mastic begins to thicken and it is no longer possible to stir with a spatula, knead the mastic with your hands like dough, adding powdered sugar as needed.

6. STEP 6

   

   The finished mastic, rolled into a ball, keeps its shape and does not sag.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add dye drop by drop to a small piece of mastic. Knead and achieve the desired color.

8. STEP 8

   

   While we are making mastic of other colors, wrap the finished mastic in film and put it in the refrigerator so that it does not dry out.

9. STEP 9

   

   From the resulting mastic we make construction parts as if from plasticine. First we make a brick.

10. STEP 10

    

    Using a straw, squeeze out circles from the scraps. We wet them on one side with water.

11. STEP 11

    

    We glue the circles onto the bricks, achieving similarity with the details of the construction set. We sculpt a Lego man from mastic from life or from a color image. We leave everything to dry at room temperature.

12. STEP 12

    

    We take everything you need for the cake dough: flour, sugar, butter, eggs, soda, honey.

13. STEP 13

    

    Place sugar, butter and honey in a saucepan over a steam bath. Melt everything to a homogeneous liquid mass.

14. STEP 14

    

    Add soda, stir and let simmer for a minute. During this time you can beat the eggs.

15. STEP 15

    

    After a minute, thanks to the soda, the mixture will become airy and rise slightly.

16. STEP 16

    

    Now is the time to add the beaten eggs. Pour in slowly, stirring constantly.

17. STEP 17

    

    Cook everything together for 3-4 minutes until the mixture increases in volume by 2-3 times.

18. STEP 18

    

    Remove from the steam bath and gradually add sifted flour. Mix carefully.

19. STEP 19

    

    Add flour and knead the dough until it becomes homogeneous, soft, slightly sticky and flowing.

20. STEP 20

    

    Shape the dough into a loaf, wrap it in film and put it in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours. After refrigeration, the dough will become dense and less sticky.

21. STEP 21

    

    The dough from the refrigerator must be divided 10 times into 11 equal parts. On baking parchment, roll out one part into a flat cake about 2mm thick and about 20cm in diameter.

22. STEP 22

    

    We cut the cake into an even circle, using, for example, a pan lid.

23. STEP 23

    

    Place on a baking sheet along with parchment and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. After 5 minutes, if the cake has acquired a golden color, take it out and bake the next one.

24. STEP 24

    

    In this way we prepare all 11 cakes. The cakes have cooled down, we can start preparing the cream.

25. STEP 25

    

    For the cream we use sour cream and sugar.

26. STEP 26

    

    Whip the sour cream with a whisk, add sugar, mix.

27. STEP 27

    

    Place the cakes one on top of each other on a plate and spread sour cream between them.

28. STEP 28

    

    We collect the whole cake and leave it to soak at room temperature for 2 hours.

29. STEP 29

    

    Let's do the cream under the mastic. Ingredients for it: shortbread, butter, boiled condensed milk.

30. STEP 30

    

    Grind the cookies in any convenient way.

31. STEP 31

    

    Mix condensed milk thoroughly with butter.

32. STEP 32

    

    Add crushed cookies little by little into the resulting homogeneous mixture and mix.

33. STEP 33

    

    Mix the cream until smooth.

34. STEP 34

    

    Coat the cake well with cream on all sides.

35. STEP 35

    

    And to harden the cream, put it in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours. Meanwhile, after some time in the refrigerator the cream will harden a little. We take out the cake and smooth the cream well into the mastic. Place back in the refrigerator until completely frozen.

36. STEP 36

    

    We will cover the cake with yellow fondant. Roll it out into a flat cake, first grease the table and rolling pin with oil.

37. STEP 37

    

    We put the mastic on the cake and smooth out all the folds well. We cut off the excess and make a border at the base of the cake.

38. STEP 38

    

    In a circle on the side of the cake we glue small circles prepared in advance, greased with water. Leave space, if necessary, for the number.

39. STEP 39

    

    Let's create a number.

40. STEP 40

    

    Using toothpicks, attach a Lego man figurine made of fondant to the top of the cake.

41. STEP 41

    

    We decorate the cake with mastic construction parts on top. Now the simple culinary design solution is ready to be served. Have a good mood and bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Ira

09.11.2023

4.6

Inna, a wonderful children's cake, it will be so delicious to play such a game! Thanks for the recipe!