A couple week I got to make a birthday cake for an adorable little 2 year old boy. His parents had asked me if I could make him a Toy Story themed cake a couple months ago, and of course I said yes. Making cakes is my passion. Plus he is super cute, so how could I say no?
So I spent a good couple weeks researching different Toy Story themed birthday cakes, and coming up with ideas, and I even purchased some little toy action figures of the heroes of the movies (they double as cake toppers, and a birthday present! Bonus!) I had a pretty solid plan of attack.
Well, at the beginning of the week last week I texted the mom just to get the final details set in stone and I asked if it was still going to be a Toy Story cake, just to be sure. She texted back and said that the little boy had in fact changed his mind and wanted a Thomas the Tank Engine cake instead. After a brief moment of panic and slight frustration and scrapped all of Toy Story ideas and immediately started googling and pinteresting (Real word? Probably not. Morgan word? Most definitely) the heck out of Thomas the Tank Engine cakes. I ordered a toy Thomas train from Amazon with next day delivery and drew up a second plan of attack. And with such short notice I'm pretty pleased with the end result!
The cake recipe I used was the chocolate cupcake recipe I shared a couple days ago, I just poured the batter into a greased and floured (I used cocoa powder instead of flour since it was a chocolate cake) 9x13 inch pan. I also used the same buttercream frosting recipe, I just colored it with Wilton food coloring gel. I don't usually use food coloring, but I will when I'm specifically asked to as with this cake. I like to try to use natural food colors (hello beets!) or just plain ole white which I think is rather beautiful if I'm being honest. I love the whimsical, minimalistic quality of the decorations. They asked for no fondant, and so I gave them no fondant. I personally have mixed feeling for fondant, but that's another story.
Well there you have it. My very first Thomas the Tank Engine cake. It was a grand adventure.
xo Morgan
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