For this Cranky the Crane cake (from Thomas the Train…), you’ll need:
*Three cake mixes (I used chocolate)
*One square cake tin (20cm x 20cm) and two loaf tins (22cm x 11cm)
*3 x white ready made – ready to roll icing
*Black food colouring (find at cake or wedding shops
*1 small magnet
*Thomas the tank engine figures and track
I made face a couple of days ahead to dry. I placed four toothpicks at the back of the face so when dry you can push into cake.
I had a picture of Cranky the Crane to model my face on – it was a lot of fun sculpting. I dipped a toothpick into black food colouring and added a little at a time to get the right grey colour.
The square cake I angled the sides and covered with grey icing (colour like face).
The first loaf sized cake I cut in half and placed on top of each other and coverd in grey icing.
Second cake cut out a section on top to leave room for crane arm part. Coverd in grey icing. Made arm out of icing.
To hold top of Cranky and body of cake I used long skewers.
I Coloured more icing a darker grey for trims and lines. I just used a paint brush with the food colouring.
Cherie congratulations on this cake. I hope you don’t mind, my grandson has asked for this cake and I was getting a little desperate until I was directed to this website. Hope you don’t mind but I will copy yours!Let you know how it goes. I think you did a wonderful job.
……Penelope
hi a must for me to make for my grandaughters 3rd birthday,shes so cranky crane mad,i have to make,hope it looks as good as yours