Thomas The Tank Engine Cake.

Here is one of my proud creations I feel slightly attached to. It was a free cake I had made for my brother to give away for a little boy's birthday. The birthday boy liked Thomas The Tank Engine so that was the theme. I wanted to do something different with the cake shape and create a playful scene as opposed to a plain round or square cake. So I made a small hill and ramp for Thomas to climb.

Here is a picture of my sketch idea I had drafted up when I was coming up with ideas. At the time I also had my trusty Samsung Note One which I used to sketch out an idea of the cake in colour. This way I could see if the colours went well together and what I needed to make stand out more or add.

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Thomas was the first thing I made for this cake. It took a long time to piece together, especially the face. I had actually made a really good face but discovered it was a bit too small for the size of the body. I could not adjust the body without adjusting everything. So the only logical thing to do was redo the face.

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I did wonder if I could just use the slightly small face but it just looked funny. So I held it between my fingers and squished it to restart. I swear I felt as though I was squishing my heart between my fingers. My heart ached so much as I watched the face morph into a ball.

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One part of the cake decoration I loved, besides Thomas, were the rocks spelling out the birthday boy's name. It turned out better than I expected. The colours turned out really well and looked life like where marbling showed. A little hard to see from the picture but some of the rocks I partially mixed different coloured fondant together til I get a marble effect.

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There was one thing that looked funny but I didn't fix because I was really tired and it was the last thing to do. I was having trouble getting it right the way I wanted. So I said to myself, this is a free cake, you have already done enough detailing. But afterwards I wish I did fix it because now it bothers me.

However the cake was a hit at the party. It was such a hit they decided they didn't want to cut it. They wanted to keep it instead. They ended up going to Woolworths to buy a $5 cake to cut instead.