CHOO-CHOO

this is the finished product

large pretzel stick for the logs


crushed up Oreos for coal

The Engine with cotton candy for the smoke

The choo- choo train made it !!! JRs' 3rd birthday has come and gone and I doubt he will always remember his cake from his 3rd birthday, but it was fun, challenging, and to me a success.

No I won't say it was easy but truthfully it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

I was going to start on Friday morning baking all the cakes and have them ready to ice Saturday. Until I realized that I had bought the wrong sugar (what was I thinking) so off to the store and baking that night till 11 pm.

Not knowing exactly what to expect out of the cake or myself I got up really early (5:40 am) to get started and it went a little easier than i thought heck I even had time for a shower before the party (lucky for the party goers HUH?) and makeup.

Saturday started off with about five recipes of icing and then the fun began. I did all but the very bottom so I could transfer them to a board that the Mom had at the party place. When we got to the party I finished the bottom and placed the cargo for the 2nd and 3rd cars, crushed oreos for coal and pretzel sticks for logs.

This is not something I do all the time actually this was MY FIRST
It was something I had always wanted to do and now I can say that I have done it and move on to the next thing on my list.

I wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR

I am off to start planning the next party
A 50th for the husband
(no cake)
just good friends and a good time