{"id":521,"date":"2011-07-21T22:33:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=521"},"modified":"2015-05-27T20:52:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T10:52:15","slug":"thomas-the-tank-engine-birthday-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/thomas-the-tank-engine-birthday-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas The Tank Engine Birthday Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-522 aligncenter\" title=\"thomas the tank engine kids birthday cake recipe how to cook that ann reardon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"how to make a thomas the tank engine kids birthday cake recipe how to cook that ann reardon\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-1200x900-cropped.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have little boys, then sooner or later you are likely to be making a train cake, possibly even a Thomas the Tank Engine. \u00a0The train itself is fairly simple: slabs of cake, coated in butter cream with biscuit wheels, licorice details and carriages filled with lollies. \u00a0But the face is tricky. It does not work using buttercream and to make it out of fondant takes a little bit of know how. \u00a0 This video shows you a simple trick to use when making the face for you cake.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0If you&#8217;ve never heard of fondant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/sugar-paste-fondant-cake-decorations\/\">click here for fondant basics.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6mGkcynKQBc\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/thomas-train-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\">For a full 3D thomas cake video tutorial see this more recent post:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"3D thomas cake with video instructions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/thomas-train-cake-tutorial-recipe-copy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Check out other Thomas cakes here:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_744\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/best-of-the-web-thomas-the-tank-engine-parties-cakes-and-food\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-744\" class=\"size-full wp-image-744\" title=\"thomas-cakes-and-party-ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-cakes-and-party-ideas.jpg\" alt=\"thomas the tank engine train cakes\" width=\"240\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-cakes-and-party-ideas.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-cakes-and-party-ideas-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Cakes, Parties and Food -Best of the Web<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/thomas-the-tank-engine-birthday-cake\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"how to make a thomas the tank engine kids birthday cake recipe how to cook that ann reardon\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/thomas-the-tank-engine-kids-birthday-cake-recipe-how-to-cook-that-ann-reardon-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"522\" \/><\/a><p>&nbsp; If you have little boys, then sooner or later you are likely to be making a train cake, possibly even a Thomas the Tank Engine. \u00a0The train itself is fairly simple: slabs of cake, coated in butter cream with biscuit wheels, licorice details and carriages filled with lollies. \u00a0But the face is tricky. It does not work using buttercream and to make it out of fondant takes a little bit of know how. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,748],"tags":[31,29,214,215,186,216,140,2602,187,188,182,183,185,184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7904,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/7904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}