Choo-Choo Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Choo-Choo Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
178
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  2. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla.
  3. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove cake from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack. Freeze cake about 2 hours. (Cake will have clean edges when cut for assembly into train engine.)
  4. Cut cake into two 10- x 4 1/4- inch rectangles; cut remaining cake into two 4 1/4- x 2 1/2-inch rectangles. Spread Chocolate Frosting over top of one 10- x 4 1/4-inch rectangle. Top with remaining 10- x 4 1/4-inch rectangle; frost top, and set aside.
  5. Align edges of two remaining 4 1/4- x 2 1/2-inch rectangles to form a 5- x 4 1/4-inch rectangle. Spread Chocolate Frosting on cut edges of center seam to attach. Using a large metal spatula, carefully lift rectangle and place on top and at one end of larger frosted rectangle, aligning the 4 1/2-inch edges. (One end of cake should have 3 layers arranged to resemble an engineer's station at rear of train engine.) Trim sides of cake to make layers even, and remove any excess cake crumbs, if necessary. Spread remaining Chocolate Frosting over top and on all sides of cake.
  6. Place about 2 cups Decorator Icing in a small mixing bowl. Add yellow food coloring to reach desired tint, mixing well. Reserve remaining icing for additional colors, if desired.
  7. Fill a pastry bag with yellow Decorator Icing; pipe icing attractively onto edges of frosted cake and outline details (such as windows) to resemble a train engine.
  8. Using Decorator Icing, attach 6 peppermint rounds to 6 vanilla wafers for wheels. Connect wheels with licorice whips; secure to engine with Decorator Icing. Cut away lower portion of the sugar cone; discard larger end. Decorate cone with icing, and insert at front of engine to resemble smoke stack. Place a peppermint round in center of front of engine. Pipe icing attractively around peppermints and engine wheels. Use candy dots to decorate cake as desired. Serve cake with ice cream.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 178.21 Kcal (746 kJ)
Calories from fat 93.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.39g 16%
Cholesterol 33.14mg 11%
Sodium 256.23mg 11%
Potassium 134.27mg 3%
Total Carbs 19.68g 7%
Sugars 17.27g 69%
Dietary Fiber 0.34g 1%
Protein 2.13g 4%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 53.4mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 332.71 Kcal (1393 kJ)
Calories from fat 174.58 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.4g 16%
Cholesterol 61.87mg 11%
Sodium 478.37mg 11%
Potassium 250.67mg 3%
Total Carbs 36.74g 7%
Sugars 32.25g 69%
Dietary Fiber 0.63g 1%
Protein 3.97g 4%
Iron 0.6mg 2%
Calcium 99.6mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.4
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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