I wanted to make my grandson’s 2nd birthday cake and the theme was Thomas & Friends, or as he calls it “Choo Choo”. I decided to go with a flat cake with a 3 dimensional mountain on it. I had planned on using a half sport ball cake pan for the mountain but there was a baking incident which then required some creativity.
When I had baked the half sport ball I also made a half dozen cupcakes just to use up the batter.
After frosting the butter cream colored green on the top I put 3 cupcakes together and 2 on top (I used toothpicks to keep it attached) and then put some brown colored fondant on top of them. For the train tracks I put a layer of frosting and graham cracker crumbs then cut out black colored fondant for the track, using more frosting to adhere each piece.
I added some candy rocks with more frosting along the mountain and dusted more graham cracker crumbs in between. I also added a cut out of the black colored fondant for the opening to the mountain.
The best tip I can offer when working on this type of project is to be flexible because things don’t always turn out the way we planned.
great job!it really turned out cute!
second career!