The Icing

Sandy’s birthday party masterpiece may have been a piece of cake, but it was by no means easy. She found the idea on a website and ambitiously decided to give it a try. Baking the cake, slicing it into sections and assembling it into a train form weren’t the hardest steps for our engineer. Applying the icing was much more challenging. The red icing ran and the detailing and lettering were tedious. Sandy used licorice sticks for the train’s funnel and side bumpers and whole Oreo cookies for the wheels. Crushed Oreos made realistic looking coal for our steamer. When she had real difficulty icing the face, I removed a plastic Thomas face from a toy and it fit perfectly. It was the perfect cake for our “T” party, and it tasted great too!