Cake 26, All Aboard The Sago Train

So I used the train-shaped silicone mold I got for chrimbus... I think this is the strangest thing I've ever made.

Sago Pudding-Cakes Train

I was inspired by a recipe I found on a food blog by a Singaporean teacher living in Mauritius. Very nice, very strange. I love sago.

250g sago/tapioca pearls (I used really small ones, but big ones would be awesome)
water for soaking
3 cups water
1 cup-ish sugar
1/2 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can coconut cream (or water, or milk)
whole cloves and cinnamon quills, if you like
dessicated coconut

Soak the sago in water for 2 hours (I actually couldn't be bothered waiting, and since I was using very little pearls I figured they wouldn't take long to cook). Drain well.
Bring water and sugar to the boil in a large saucepan. In a separate bowl, combine coconut cream (if your're using it) and sweetened condensed milk. Pour this into the water/sugar pot once it begins to boil.
Pop the sago and whole spices in, and stir constantly and evenly until the sago becomes translucent, soft, and very sticky.
Pour the mix into silicone molds, or any kind of mold really. Silicone is great because the sago doesn't stick :) You could use a square pan, then slice the sago later. Allow to cool before transferring to the fridge. They're ready once they are solid (maybe 2 hours?). Remove from molds and roll the 'cakes' in dessicated coconut.

I tried to make tracks out of golden syrup...