Train Cake; Shawn The Train

This calendar week was exceptional every bit it was my baby's birthday! He turned 3!! He is no longer a baby!:( Since he directly understands the concept of the birthday song, I wanted to instruct inwards exceptional for him. He really had 3 celebrations at 3 unlike times!I made 3 unlike types of cakes for each i of them. He had a political party a few days before for which I made this develop cake. He had a celebration at schoolhouse for which I made mini-cupcakes without icing on them every bit the schoolhouse won't allow anything sugary!! That's good, right?? I am all for promoting good for y'all eating as well as good for y'all living.He also had cake cutting at dwelling describe solid on the eve of his birthday, for which I made a modest give away cake for him. He had a ball at all 3 celebrations!!

Coming dorsum to this develop cake, I create got never made a 3-D object cake apart from the Princess cake as well as the Tinkerbell cake that is! I felt a piddling to a greater extent than adventurous as well as decided to brand a cake of something that he likes. It was only fair that I instruct to every bit much problem for him every bit I did amongst the Princess cake for his sister! Now I could non create upwards one's take heed whether to brand a automobile cake, a give the axe truck or a train???Those are all his favorite toys! I decided to inquire him. His prompt answer was "Shawn"! Shawn is an educational develop created past times coilbook. My boy merely loves watching Shawn!! He could lookout adult man Shawn all solar daytime long! While almost children would desire Thomas, my boy wanted Shawn! This was reiterated past times his sister. I looked upwards online for ideas. There were plenty of Thomas cakes out there, but no Shawn!!:( I as well as then looked upwards full general develop cake ideas, as well as improvised from there. The i that helped me the almost is the Betty Crocker site that had this develop cake.

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For convenience, I used boxed cake mixes instead of making the cake batter from scratch. I didn't desire to figure out everything for fearfulness that something may instruct wrong! Since I had no reckon how large the cake was going to be, i didn't create got whatsoever cake board ready before hand. In my mind, I knew how the cake was going to look. I knew at that spot would live a develop track, at that spot would live an engine automobile as well as a few cars. I didn't know how many cars I would live making every bit I didn't know how much of the cake loaf would live needed for the engine! I made the human face upwards of the engine using a Lycopersicon esculentum paste can. That was an adventure past times itself! Once I had the engine figured out,I had plenty of the loaf left to brand iv cars. But I needed the cake board first! Since the cake was long as well as heavy, the board likewise had to live large as well as sturdy! I made the base of operations for the cake past times wrapping upwards a wire rack amongst aluminum foil! As per the size of my cake board, I decided to brand only 3 develop cars every bit that was all that would tally on the cake board. The halt consequence was good. My babe identifying the develop past times crying out "Shawn" , "Shawn" when I placed the develop on the tabular array as well as him ( the naughty one) non touching it or messing it up was testimony for my work!! He wouldn't fifty-fifty permit me cutting it to serve the guests!!!

I am going to part this cake amongst my wonderful friends at Fiesta Friday!This calendar week at that spot are ii novel co-hosts: Michelle@Giraffes Can Bake, whose tardily recipes are an inspiration for fifty-fifty a novice bakery similar me to bake; as well as MB @ Bourbon as well as Brown Sugar, whose recipes I love.

Servings: 12-16 people

Ingredients:

Chocolate cake mix: 1 box
Yellow cake mix: 1 box
Eggs: vi large
Oil:1/2 cup+ 1/2 cup
Water: 1 loving cup + 1 cup
Vanilla Buttercream frosting: 3 cups.
Chocolate buttercream frosting: 3-4 cups.
Ready-to-roll fondant: 2 colors ( I used ruby as well as green).
Oreo cookies: thirteen nos
Pretzel sticks: 1 cup
M & Ms: 2 modest packets
Chocolate creature crackers: 1 cup
Mott's fruit bites: 2 packets
Reese's peanut butter cups: 2 nos
Malt balls: 2 nos

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Grease ii 9x5 loaf pans as well as a vi oz Lycopersicon esculentum paste tin amongst its outer newspaper roofing removed as well as the tin greased.

Prepare the chocolate cake batter every bit per the instructions on the box. Pour a piddling batter into the prepared tin until 2/3 rds total as well as the remainder into i of the loaf pans.

Prepare the yellowish cake batter a per the instructions on the box. Pour the batter into the other loaf pan.

Place the loaf pans on the middle rack of the oven as well as bake or 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out build clean when inserted into the middle of the cake.

Place the Lycopersicon esculentum cake also on the middle rack towards the concluding 10 mins of the loaf cake time. It takes merely about 10 mins to bake the cake inwards it.Again, exam for doneness using the toothpick .I kept checking several times to brand certain that it does non instruct burnt every bit I was non certain how much fourth dimension it would take.

When done, accept the cakes out of the oven as well as permit them cool downwardly inwards the pan for 10 mins before taking the cake out.

Then, accept the cake out as well as permit it cool downwardly on the cooling rack until completely cooled.

With a serrated knife or a cake leveler, accept the domes off the cakes as well as bird the cakes. Make certain to accept the dome off the cylinder cake likewise that was baked inwards the can.

Making the engine car:

Cut 2/3 rds the length of the chocolate loaf cake one-half agency through it's thickness. Keep that slice aside.
Place the cylindrical cake on the cutting portion of the loaf cake every bit shown inwards the picture. Use some icing to locomote on them together similar glue. Take a slice of the dome as well as mucilage it to the dorsum of the loaf cake to brand the roof of the engine car.

Frost the engine cake using chocolate butter cream frosting. Keep it inwards the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

The other develop cars:

Cut the yellowish loaf cake into 3 equal parts.

Frost it amongst vanilla buttercream. I did i amongst chocolate buttercream.

Now position the cars inwards the refrigerator likewise for 2-3 hours.

Assembling the develop as well as the track:

In the hateful fourth dimension instruct the cake board ready. You could either embrace a slice of woods or sturdy cardboard amongst foil. I didn't create got either thus I used my cooling rack! I covered it amongst foil as well as kept ready.

I as well as then added ruby as well as blueish gel colors to my remaining chocolate frosting as well as changed it to blackish greyness color. I filled a piping pocketbook as well as attached Wilton Tip# five as well as piped out the develop rails over the cake board.

I as well as then rolled out ruby fondant as well as covered both the engine as well as i automobile amongst it.

I rolled out the greenish fondant as well as covered the other ii cars amongst it.

I attached opened upwards human face upwards Oreo cookie to the forepart of the engine to brand the face. Using Witon Tip # 3 I piped out the human face upwards of Shawn, made the roof as well as windows of the engine automobile as well as the sidings of the other cars.

Everything on the cake was edible. I attached all the parts to the develop using icing every bit glue.

I placed Oreo cookies for the wheels of the train, Reese's peanut butter cups for the smoke stack, malt balls for the headlights.

I used pretzel sticks to brand the automobile sidings.

I made i automobile creature automobile using chocolate creature crackers, i automobile colorful stone automobile using peanut chiliad & Ms as well as the last automobile was the fruit automobile filled amongst Mott's fruit bites. Using fondant, I made give away 3 as well as stuck it to the dorsum of the concluding car.

I rolled out some fondant to brand the lawn as well as royal icing flowers to render some accent. I piped "Happy third Birthday Amogh" amongst the remaining greyish dark icing.

Voila! Shawn was ready to chug downwardly the track!

I am really happy that I did it! I intend I came pretty unopen to the master Shawn!

It was non every bit difficult every bit I reckon it would be. Of course, it would create got been nicer if I could create got had to a greater extent than fourth dimension to instruct inwards in a leisurely fashion!! I could also create got done a neater job!

Do endeavour it if y'all instruct a chance!

Enjoy!

Cooking brand easy:

In a pinch, y'all could purpose shop bought frosting for crumb coating the cake similar I did. I used a combination of store-bought as well as home-made. I had home-made buttercream frosting piece I used the store-bought chocolate frosting every bit I didn't create got plenty fourth dimension to brand it.

If y'all are using it to frost the cake solely brand certain y'all whip it good adding a teaspoon of cornstarch as well as icing saccharide alternately until y'all instruct the required medium consistency. This tin live checked past times inserting the spatula into the middle of the frosting. If the spatula stays upright, as well as then the frosting is of the correct consistency. If it falls to i side, as well as then the frosting is likewise thin!

The best cake for shaping is the pound cake every bit it is to a greater extent than sturdy.You could also merely convey a store-bought pound cake as well as and then cast it!

Tip for good for y'all living:

Being that it is for kids, I create got made everything on the cake edible as well as tried to instruct inwards every bit good for y'all every bit possible . That is why I didn't layer the cars as well as fill upwards it amongst icing. I also filled the cars amongst good for y'all fare similar creature crackers an fruit bites! Avoid giving piddling children likewise much sugar. It patently makes them hyperactive.

Food for thought:

Bring ideas inwards as well as entertain them royally, for i of them may live the king. Mark Van Doren