Thomas The Steam Train Cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   It is better to prepare mastic parts in advance, for example, a day in advance. This way they will dry out and keep their shape better. For the face of the train, it is necessary to cut two circles and roll three balls - the nose and cheeks. Place the balls in their places on the circle of the face, and make indentations in place of the eyes.

2. Step 2:

   

   On the second circle, make depressions in the same place as the eyes and deepen a little under the cheeks. Lay the second circle of the face on top of the first.

3. Step 3:

   

   Smooth out well and neatly.

4. Step 4:

   

   Outline the mouth.

5. Step 5:

   

   Make eyes, mouth and eyebrows out of mastic and put everything in its place. Glue the edge with a strip of mastic.

6. Step 6:

   

   For wheels, cut 6 circles out of mastic.

7. Step 7:

   

   Also cut out 6 wheel rims from mastic.

8. Step 8:

   

   Cut thin strips and paste them on the wheel circle in the form of spokes.

9. Step 9:

   

   Trim the intersection of the strips.

10. Step 10:

    

    Glue the middle and rim of the wheel.

11. Step 11:

    

    Wheels can be additionally decorated in the middle with a small circle.

12. Step 12:

    

    Make a whistle and a chimney of a steam train out of mastic.

13. Step 13:

    

    Mold the remaining small details - windows, buffers, etc. Leave all the details to dry for a day.

14. Step 14:

    

    Bake a biscuit. Allow to cool. Cut lengthwise into two parts.

15. Step 15:

    

    Cut the blanks 23 by 17 cm from the biscuit .

16. Step 16:

    

    Lay out the base, make the sides to support the filling.

17. Step 17:

    

    Soak with sugar syrup. Smear with cherry jam.

18. Step 18:

    

    Put the cream, add berries and marshmallows.

20. Step 19:

    

    Put some more cream on top, smooth it out.

21. Step 20:

    

    Repeat the procedure again with a cake of the same size. Then also with a smaller cake, but not less than half the length of the base.

22. Step 21:

    

    Syrup, jam, cream, berries, marshmallows and cake on top. And so twice.

23. Step 22:

    

    And on top of the last two layers of cakes are twice as short as the base.

24. Step 23:

    

    For the engine cylinder, cut three circles out of the biscuit. Divide one circle in half.

25. Step 24:

    

    Fasten the circles with cream and place in place of the engine cylinder.

26. Step 25:

    

    Coat the whole cake with cream for mastic. Put the cake in the refrigerator until the cream solidifies.

27. Step 26:

    

    Roll out a mastic pancake of sufficient size. Cover the train with mastic and smooth it well on all bends and corners.

28. Step 27:

    

    Glue the face and trim elements of the front of the train.

29. Step 28:

    

    At the base along the entire perimeter of the train, first glue a black strip of mastic, above it a red one.

30. Step 29:

    

    Stick 4 red stripes on top of the engine cylinder.

31. Step 30:

    

    Glue all the small parts to their places - wheels, windows.

32. Step 31:

    

    Buffers in front.

33. Step 32:

    

    Rear buffers.

34. Step 33:

    

    Brackets in front.

35. Step 34:

    

    Cut two holes in the cylinder from above for the pipe and whistle.

36. Step 35:

    

    Place the whistle and pipe in the holes. If necessary, a festive figure can be placed on the roof of the train. The train is ready to get on the rails and roll into the mouths of young drivers! Merry holiday!