Help With Making Henry Thomas The Tank Engines Friend.

Decorating By Briarview Updated 22 Apr 2007 , 6:58pm by LaSombra

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Briarview Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 10:03am
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I have to make a Henry cake for this week end and would love some advice as to how to go about putting it together. I see there have been a lot of train cakes done on here so hopefully someone can help. I want to cover it in fondant and not buttercream. Someone has suggested making the main body in a sponge roll tin. All your ideas please. Thanks in anticipation.

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springlakecake Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 11:40am
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Here is a tutorial made by another member, wendy sue.

http://thomasthetankenginecake.blogspot.com/

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Briarview Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 6:53pm
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Thanks Merrissa, Seems I may have to use buttercream as it will be a bit tricky with fondant.

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springlakecake Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 10:25pm
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I believe she did do that one out of buttercream, but i have seen quite a few in fondant.

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Tkeys Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 11:13pm
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A lot of people use the 3D train pan as the base, and cover that with fondant. That may be easier to do as it does not require carving. Good luck!

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TxAgGirl Posted 17 Apr 2007 , 12:13am
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In a few weeks I'm going to try the one on this site:

http://www.cakenouveau.com/cakes3.html

I like that it still looks like a cake. thumbs_up.gif

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Briarview Posted 20 Apr 2007 , 3:03am
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Here is Henry. Had a great time doing him.
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springlakecake Posted 20 Apr 2007 , 4:43pm
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He turned out great! I noticed it in the gallery today. Turns out I am going to do a Thomas one in a couple of weeks. Any tips? Did you cover each section separately with fondant? How did you do the wheels?

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allycook Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:17pm
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I too am doing a Thomas next week and would like to cover it in fondant. Any suggestions would be great. Yours turned out great, Briarview. Also how many did it end up feeding?

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LaSombra Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:58pm
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That turned out really great! Thanks for sharingicon_smile.gif

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