{"id":7606,"date":"2015-07-24T19:20:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2016-09-01T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T04:17:03","slug":"lego-cake-lego-city-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/lego-cake-lego-city-police\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Cake &#8211; LEGO City Police Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7615 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"lego cake tutorial ann reardon\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-1200x900-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My four year old is obsessed with LEGO. He loves to build his own creations and engage in imaginative play. And having two older brothers means there is a vast supply of Lego bricks to play with as well as experienced builders to help fuel his imagination. As his birthday approached this year, he was very specific about what he&#8217;d like &#8211; not just a Lego cake but a Lego City police station cake with real Lego figures out the front. And a police car. I did wonder if the &#8216;real&#8217; figures and car were a ploy to get more Lego. In any case, it worked and the cake was a hit with his little friends too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGBRVZhBHpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As this post goes live, I will be in L.A. at VidCon. \u00a0If you want to come by and say hi, I&#8217;m going to be doing some meet-and-greets at VidCon over the next couple of days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To make this LEGO city police cake you will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fondant<\/strong><br \/>\n500g (17.64 ounces) white fondant<br \/>\n350g (12.35 ounces) black fondant<br \/>\n350g (12.35 ounces) blue fondant<br \/>\n500g (17.64 ounces) light grey fondant<br \/>\n50g (1.76 ounces) yellow fondant<br \/>\n50g (1.76 ounces) dark green fondant<br \/>\nblue and gold luster dust and a dry soft paint brush<br \/>\nCake and fondant cutting template<\/p>\n<div align=center>\t<p class=\"product woocommerce add_to_cart_inline \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"?add-to-cart=7651\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-product_id=\"7651\" data-product_sku=\"\" data-quantity=\"1\" class=\"button buy-it-now-button add_to_cart_button product_type_simple\"><span class='button-label'>Buy<\/span><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&#36;<\/span>5.99<\/bdi><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/paypalvisaetcforunderselz\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lego Base mat, lego blocks<br \/>\nRe-useable food grade <a href=\"http:\/\/composimoldstore.com\/all-products\/composimold-flex\/?aff=7\" target=\"_blank\">molding gel<\/a><br \/>\n1x batch of <a title=\"Buttercream Cupcake Frosting Recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/buttercream-cupcake-frosting-recipes\/\" target=\"_blank\">vanilla buttercream<\/a><br \/>\n1x batch of <a title=\"Chocolate Ganache Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/chocolate-ganache\/\" target=\"_blank\">ganache<\/a> made with 130millilitres (4.4 fluid ounces) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cream-use\/\" title=\"What cream should I use?\" target=\"_blank\">cream<\/a> and 350g (12.35 ounces) milk chocolate<br \/>\n1\u00bd quantities of my <a title=\"Chocolate Cake Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/chocolate-cake-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">chocolate cake recipe<\/a> baked in two trays (my trays are 38cm (14.96 inches) x 25cm (9.84 inches) ) Bake at 180C (356 degrees Fahrenheit) for 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1667-550x406.jpg\" alt=\"lego city cake reardon\" width=\"550\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1667-550x406.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1667-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1667-60x44.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1667-400x295.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1667.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cake board (mine is 12&#8243; square). \u00a0If you want to make the garage wider you can &#8211; but you&#8217;ll need a wider cake board.<br \/>\ntylose (optional)<br \/>\nMake the ganache and leave overnight at room temperature to firm up. Bake, cool and level the chocolate cakes.<br \/>\nMake one batch of buttercream, add the ganache and whip together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6518-550x520.jpg\" alt=\"lego city cake howtocookthat\" width=\"550\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6518-550x520.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6518-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6518-60x57.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6518-400x378.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6518-317x300.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Use the reusable molding gel (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/MlZg75\" target=\"_blank\">you can get it online here<\/a>) to make a lego texture mat (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kGBRVZhBHpg#t=12\" target=\"_blank\">see video<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Place your top building templates on one of the tray cakes and cut around the shape of the first building.<br \/>\nPlace it on a spare cake board or a plate and add a thin layer of frosting. Then continue to cut more layers and stack them up until it reaches the height of the side template for each building.<br \/>\nThen cover the whole thing in frosting and place in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Base board:<\/strong> Place some light grey fondant over the cake board and roll it out. Add the texture mat over the top to make an imprint. Trim around the edges of the board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Helipad:<\/strong> Take some more light grey fondant and use the texture mat to make an impression. Using a pizza cutter cut out a 7 x 8 rectangle. Then cut out a section from the top and base to make the H for the helipad.<br \/>\nRoll out some black and put the texture mat over the top. Cut out the shapes for the top of the building making them a little larger to allow for frosting and fondant on the sides (at least one dot wider and taller).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Grass:<\/strong> Make some green 2 by 10&#8217;s for grass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lights:<\/strong> To make the lights roll out some yellow and grey fondant. Rub a little water on the yellow and add the grey on top.<br \/>\nSlice it into little pieces the size of a two by one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Police Office building windows:<\/strong> Roll out some white and cut it out using the template for the front, side and the back. Mark off the centre line with a slight indent and add a vertical line too.<br \/>\nUsing a dry brush add some gold luster dust in each window corner and then brush blue over the top.<br \/>\nAdd some strips of white across the base of each window, trim to size.<br \/>\nAdd a strip of blue and place it across the top of each window and another up between each window and along the edges.<br \/>\nRoll out some thin strips of white and add them to the top of the front fondant police station part.<br \/>\nAdd a strip and a half a strip to the other smaller front bit and leave the last one plain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prison:<\/strong> Cut out some black fondant and brush with a little silver luster dust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add snakes of light grey and place across, using your template as a guide for where to put the bars. Place strips of grey down and thick strips of grey across. Cut a strip of white and add it across the top. Add another one along the bottom of the jail cell and then add a thinner strip down each side on two of the jail sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1689-550x438.jpg\" alt=\"police jail cake lego how to cook that\" width=\"550\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1689-550x438.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1689-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1689-60x48.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1689-400x319.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1689.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For the garage door<\/strong>. Cut a square of white then make indents across and down. Brush it over with blue luster dust and add a strip of white across the top.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Front thick blue bricks<\/strong> Roll out some blue using lego on the sides to guide how thick it needs to be.<br \/>\nThen cut some strips the width of a two block.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Using edible white food colouring write police down the front of the blue support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Police Sign:<\/strong> Cut a square of white and put two blue strips across the top.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Assembly:<\/strong> See video for step by step instructions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Tip<\/strong>: Be sure to take a photo of the finished cake with your child before the party starts. \u00a0It is very hard to get a good photo when lots of kids are excitedly crowding around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6537-550x444.jpg\" alt=\"lego city cake howtocookthat\" width=\"550\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6537-550x444.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6537-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6537-60x48.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6537-400x323.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6537-372x300.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Ann Reardon<a title=\"Welcome to How To Cook That\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/\" target=\"_blank\"> How To Cook That<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Subscribe below, for a new sweet video every Friday!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/lego-cake-lego-city-police\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"lego cake tutorial ann reardon\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_6509-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"7615\" \/><\/a><p>My four year old is obsessed with LEGO. He loves to build his own creations and engage in imaginative play. And having two older brothers means there is a vast supply of Lego bricks to play with as well as experienced builders to help fuel his imagination. As his birthday approached this year, he was very specific about what he&#8217;d like &#8211; not just a Lego cake but a Lego City police station cake with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,1652,748],"tags":[1304,1326,719,1021,2223,47,1116,265,850,849,2221,1115,2222],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7606"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8705,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606\/revisions\/8705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}