London Underground Novelty Cake

A lemon sponge cake shaped like the London Underground logo, filled with strawberry conserve and topped with colorful fondant.

Estimated Nutrition

Per Serving Total
Calories 890 kcals 14240.5 kcals
Carbohydrates 133.3 grams 2132.8 grams
Fat 36.7 grams 586.4 grams
Protein 6.8 grams 108.8 grams
Cook Time
40 mins
Produces
16 people
Allergies
Vegetarian
Vegan
Dairy Free
Gluten Free

Ingredients

BakingIngredients
550
g
100
g
Caster Sugar
for syrup
100
g
Icing Sugar
sifted for buttercream
1
unit
Icing Sugar
for dusting
675
g
Red Fondant Icing
ready-to-roll
250
g
White Fondant Icing
ready-to-roll
675
g
Blue Fondant Icing
ready-to-roll
CondimentsSauces
Dairy
525
g
9
piece
Eggs
free-range, lightly beaten
37.5
ml
30
ml
Milk
to loosen mixture
100
g
Unsalted Butter
softened for buttercream
Fruits
3
piece
Lemons
finely grated zest only
2
piece
Lemons
zest and juice used for syrup

Steps

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease/line two 20cm round tins and one 8x21cm loaf tin.
  • Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy using an electric mixer.
  • Gradually beat in the combined eggs and buttermilk, then stir in lemon zest.
  • Fold in sifted flour, adding milk if needed to reach a dropping consistency.
  • Divide the batter evenly among the three prepared tins.
  • Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
  • Boil lemon juice, zest, and sugar in a saucepan to create a syrup, then cool.
  • Cool cakes in tins for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack, poke holes, and brush with syrup.
  • Prepare buttercream by beating softened butter and icing sugar until smooth.
  • Level the tops of the round cakes for a flat finish.
  • Sandwich round cakes with strawberry conserve and half of the buttercream.
  • Cover the round cake with red fondant rolled to a thickness of 3mm.
  • Apply an 18cm white fondant circle to the top of the red-covered cake.
  • Cut a 7cm wide slice through the center of the round cake and remove its icing.
  • Trim the loaf cake into a 7cm by 13cm rectangle and fill with jam and buttercream.
  • Join the cake pieces to form a 30cm long bar using buttercream.
  • Cover the long rectangular bar with blue fondant rolled to 3mm thickness.
  • Assemble the logo by placing the blue rectangle across the two round half-sections.
  • Cut out white fondant letters and stick them to the blue bar with water.