I offered to make the birthday cake for the little guy down the street. Here's yesterday's project!
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Thomas the Tank Engine cake
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thanks. No secret. It's a rectangle cake topped w/a smaller round cake to make the engine face, then lots of stars, piping, etc. w/colored frosting. I can give you the recipe for the frosting I used. I just worked off of a picture I found online (we own no Thomas). Fortunately Thomas looks a little scary and psycho, and drawing that is not a problem for me.
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Buttercream Icing
1/2 c shortening
1/2 c butter, softened
1 t vanilla extract (I like to use almond, but stuck w/vanilla for the kid cake)
4 c confectioners sugar
2 T milk
if you want white-white, you can't use butter which really harms the flavor, IMO. For the whites of his eyes, I used all shortening in a REALLY tiny batch (made the red w/the remainder). Be sure to use the gel food coloring - not the liquid drops, and if you can find a cake dec supply store, the brands other than Wilton make better reds. With Wilton you can't get past pink when attempting to make red.
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