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We have many reasons to celebrate lego these days
The main one is The opening of the Lego Discovery Center here is Atlanta Georgia.
We were so excited to get to go to a preview day before the official opening. My son
had a great time. In fact last month we had the fortune of going to LegoLand
Florida- AMAZING!!!! Seriously I was just as happy as he was.
So whats a party without a cake? And what kind of cake should we make to celebrate?
Well I have to say I am cheating a little because in October my son told me he wanted to
have a lego party! How excited was I? Not only do I get to make jewelry with lego now
I can bake with them too!
I started researching and practicing all things sugar and lego for about a month.
My husband kept threatning to call a proffesional cake maker,
But I was having a great time, It was fun and well worth it : ) and now I can make them again,
not like I needed a reason.
So I would love to share how I made these individual lego block cakes.
I really wanted a crisp perfect replica of a lego and these molds are (in my opinion)
the only way to get the best results
First you will need these Jelly molds they are hard to find so get them while you can- amazon has them now
I like to use all natural products and no dye so I found this lovely company in California
Sweet Earth Chocolates Their beans come from either the Dominican Republic, Peru or
Costa Rica, the only countries in the world where there
are farmers' cooperatives that are certified organic and Fair Trade.
These guys are serious about their chocolaterieing, They walked me through how to temper
and the use of coco butter and explained I needed
to use dye in the form of powder not liquid due to the fact that chocolate is oil based. So I found this great companyChocolate Craft Kits.
They have powder dye made from natural vegtable color.
I melted the chocolate the old fashion way over the stove with a bowl that sat around the
edges of a pot filled with water 1/3 of the way. I followed the directions of tempering, once everthing was melted
I turned off the heat and poured some of the white chocolate into 2 seperate bowls to mix color into.
I only did 2 colors at a time because I wasnt sure how long I had before the chocolate hardened.
Let me warn you -if you dont already know, when using natural dyes the colors are not as bright as your use to,
which is a bummer when making Lego because their colors are so bright. The pink, yellow, and grey and of course white and brown are
true to color so I was ok with it. Trust me its not worth it- giving children
artifical dye just so your cake will look good...but thats for another posting in another blog!!
So now you have all your colored chocolate, using a food paint brush (found at Michaels Craft in the baking section)
about a 1/2 inch wide dip into chocolate and paint a thin layer inside the mold ** I only painted the 2 lego oppostie
of each other at ends*** each time because they are tricky to get out so you might just break the one next to the one your
trying to get out. This is where it gets time consuming but it was worth it. After you paint a layer inside of two put in freezer
for 15 min. repeat this process 4 times, painting over the already harded chocolate so you create a thick shell.
Peel out carefully and slowly. The end result is a hollow lego. They kept welll in the fridge in a sealed container so I was able to make ahead and
do this a batch at a time. Then closer to the party date I made cake and icing and cut up the cake and put inside and sealed it with icing
Of course you can make these using the already made chocolate melts for melting-
You can try your own techniques and please let me know how it goes
Have fun and enjoy!
Be a fan of mine on facebook and let me know if this is something you will try to make
I will help you anyway I can
Stay tuned for other fun lego recipes- next time- a construction site lego cupcake cake
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Very exciting news!!!
Legoland Discovery Center is opening on March 17th.
We just bought our annual passes for the year of fun filled lego
For a limited time they are offering 13.50 for daily ticket
For more info go check it out on the site
Next month starting March 1st I will have the 17 days of
lego where I will be posting something lego everyday to get us ready for the big day!
Any suggestions please tell me
Happy Lego!
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Great stocking stuffer
By jacQ
11/30/2011 5:01:00 PM
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I have to share this brilliant little book, I Love Lego NY
by Christoph Niemann
Its a treasure, perfect and small enough to fit on top of
ones Christmas stocking.
I just LOVE it! My copy sits in my studio and when I
need a smile I flip through the pages. My favorite is
the Marilyn.
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