Frog Pond and Thomas Cake

by Liz Moore
(Sydney, Australia)

This was for my son's 3rd birthday - he wanted a frog pond cake AND a Thomas the Tank Engine (Thomas the Train) cake, so I combined them in my own unique 2 tier design.

The base is a chocolate mud cake covered in lime green sugarpaste (fondant) icing which I coloured from white. The top layer is a vanilla custard cake with pale green sugarpaste coloured from white.

The train tracks are liquorice straps and liquorice bullets. The frog pond is filled with green jelly (jell-o) and has chocolate frogs, logs and rocks, with green reeds made from leftover lime green sugarpaste (fondant).

The Thomas is a real one from my son's train set! I added chocolate ladybugs and bees glued to the sides of the cake with royal icing.

This was my first fondant cake and it has some rough patches, but I am still very proud of it! When my 3 year old son saw it he said "oh wow I'm so happy" so that made it all worthwhile. I prebought the sugarpaste from a cake decorating store and it was chocolate flavoured and delicious.

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Oct 17, 2008
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How to
by: Nancy

Hi I wanted to know how you did your jello? Do you chill it first, make it less water or what? Let me know okay. Nancy email is nrcourtney@aol.com Thanks. I loved your idea

Oct 16, 2008
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GREAT WORK
by: NANCY

YOU DID GREAT ON YOUR CAKE LIZ..IT IS SO CUTE AND I'M SURE YOUR LITTLE BOY JUST LOVED IT. HE WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF MOM AND HER CAKES. MY BOYS ALWAYS WERE SO PROUD TO GET A CAKE THAT MOM BAKED. I HAVE ONE TO DO TOMORROW FOR MY OLDEST SON. HE WILL BE 53 YEARS OLD..STILL LIKES MOM'S CAKES...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. NANCY OF CA

Oct 16, 2008
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Frog and Thomas
by: Kelly

How very cool!
I love it! And I bet your son really did love it too!

My son is almost 13 and still loves trains. And I love frogs.

You did a beautiful job!

Oct 15, 2008
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Interesting...woo
by: Lena, Kuching Malaysia

Nice and creative. What a good idea that you have! Combine the two characters into one. This is something that I learn today. Very nice. May I have your chocolate mud cake receipt? Please email me lena_tan2002@yahoo.com Thank you.

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