Lego Birthday Cake

Name: Lego Birthday Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 16

Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:30 mins
- Cook:30 mins
- Cooling the cake may take some time
More effort
Serves 16

Ingredients

220g self-raising flour (sifted)
2 teaspoons baking powder
220g soft butter or marg
220g caster sugar
4 eggs
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
Butter (for greasing)
One packet marshmallows
I cheated and used shop bought vanilla frosting (2 tubs)
2 different food colourings
tiny bit of sunflower oil
lego figures (optional)
I used flapjacks and rice krispy squares for people who didn't like cake (optional)

STEP 1
Preheat the oven to 170C and butter (generously) 2 loaf tins.
STEP 2
Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl and then add the rest of the ingredients and empty into a magimix or use an electric handwhisk (you can do it by hand but I couldn't be bothered!)
STEP 3
When it is all combined, simply divide into the two loaf tins and bake for around 30 minutes.
STEP 4
Leave on a cooling rack (you can only start icing when it is completely cool.)
STEP 5
Get a pair of clean scissors and rub with a small amount of sunflower oil (this will make the marshmallows not stick)
STEP 6
Cut 16 marshmallows into half, you will only be using the bottom half of each of the marshmallows.
STEP 7
Now mix the food colouring into the icing (obviously 2 seperate bowls for the 2 colours) Ice the cake and then ice the marshmallows and place on top.
STEP 8
Add candles and lego figures. I used some flapjacks and chocolate rice crispy squares for the people at the party who didn't like cake.