Good Ol' Thomas

This was the first cake I ever iced completely. No fondant. Chocolate cake with a swiss meringue and strawberry puree buttercream filing. Icing on the outside was a typical buttercream, but, as always, I use an organic shortening that is non-hydrogenated. I altered the Wilton buttercream recipe to accommodate organic shortening and it worked!!! All of our cakes are made with local and/or organic ingredients and I used a whole wheat organic flour from Lancaster, PA for this cake as well as local strawberries. It actually came out a little more moist than usual, which was a good thing! Wheels were made of covered Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. Icing a cake is much like painting it, so I enjoyed it. Just took a lot of patience. Face is made of 50/50 gumpaste and fondant mix.

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