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London Underground novelty cake
Photo: David Holifield

London Underground novelty cake

16 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 16-20 openrecipes

This is the cake for Londoners – a proper lemon sponge in the shape of the beloved London Underground logo, spelling out your favourite station. But perhaps not Mornington Crescent.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

894
Calories
29g
Protein
27g
Fat
136g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Strawberry 1 cup (152g) 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 525g/1lb 3oz unsalted butter
  • 525g/1lb 3oz caster sugar
  • 9 free-range eggs
  • 2½ tbsp buttermilk
  • 3 lemons
  • 550g/1lb 4oz self-raising flour
  • 1-2 tbsp milk
  • 2 lemons
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 100g/3½oz icing sugar
  • 100g/3½oz strawberry conserve
  • , for dusting icing sugar
  • 675g/1lb 8oz red ready-to-roll fondant icing
  • 250g/9oz white ready-to-roll fondant icing
  • 675g/1lb 8oz blue ready-to-roll fondant icing

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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