Key Product: Railway Train Cake Mould
Serves about 25, prep time 10 minutes, cook time 25 minutes
Although these blondies can be made without the train mould, the mould adds a lot of fun and a gourmet feel to a pretty easy recipe. Using a blondie recipe instead of a cake recipe for the train mould also gives you the benefit of not having to use icing, so you retain the details of the train.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp finely ground sea salt
- 1/2 cup of butter at room temperature
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp of vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 milk chocolate bar (100 grams) coarsely chopped
- Icing sugar (optional)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and butter. Mix with an electric mixer until smooth. Continue to blend while adding each egg.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Sift into the wet ingredients and mix until smooth.
Add the milk chocolate and stir in evenly.
Grease the train mould with butter using a paper towel to get all the details and gently dust with flour using a sifter or sieve.
Add the mixture to one train car at a time and fill each car about 3/4 high. This batter should make enough for the entire train; however make sure you fill the engine and caboose first just in case you do not have enough batter!
Bake for 25 minutes, remove from oven and let cool for about 10 minutes. With a long knife, gently trim any blondie that has risen higher than the train mould.
Place a cutting board or cookie sheet on top of the mould and carefully flip the mould over. Each train should come out quite easily!
For a neat winter effect, dust with icing sugar — put about 3 tbsp of icing sugar in a fine sieve and tap while holding the sieve over the train.