If any of you know me and follow me on Snapchat (MariluSegura) you will know that my 3 year old son is obsessed with Thomas and Friends. It's the cutest thing ever. And of course as his loving mamma I feed into his obsession. It brings me joy to know he wants to collect all the engines.
My son kept asking me for Thomas and Friends cupcakes for his birthday. And I could not let him down so I decided to make his very own Thomas and Friends cupcakes for his school birthday party. I am so glad that I decided to make them myself than have them store bought. We had the best time making them and he had a blast helping me out.
Most of you know I'm a total artist 100% It's my passion, it's my calling. I love to create. It's in me and everything around me is my inspiration. So making this for me was truly fun and for someone who is not so artistically inclined it can be done and look great. I must say I am so proud of these cupcakes as any mamma would. They are my art.
I really want to share with you guys exactly what I used and the steps I did to make these delicious treats!
First of all I started prepping the cupcake toppers. I bought primary colored fondant at Michael's black and white as well. I started my rolling out the fondant and cutting it with the cookie cutters for Thomas, Percy, and James. I let them sit overnight to set and dry. You can add a little bit of white fondant to the blue if you want a more truer color for Thomas since his engine is more of a lighter blue.
Second I started kneading some of the white fondant and and added a little bit of black food coloring to it to get that gray color. Then I used a smaller circle cookie cutter shape to make the actual face of the engine. I started to stick the gray faces to the blue, green, and red circles by painting the back of the engine's face with water ( i used a paint brush) and positioning it right on top of the particular colored circle.
Third I took my black fondant and added the top for it's head. I made a T shaped top and for the bottom I mainly cut out a regular square. All of these were made free hand.
Fourth I started placing the EYES! I used candy eyes from Michaels. I also drew out each one of their eyebrows with edible black marker also available at Michaels. Here is where I really paid attention to the shape of the brow of each engine because that's their unique look that distinguishes them apart.
Fifth now I was ready to make the nose, cheeks, and smile. I used a random tool in my kitchen to do this because I didn't have the proper tool to sculpt the face. I ended up using the end of a meat thermometer. It was exactly what I needed since the tip was pointy but round at the same time.
The Toppers Are complete so I set those aside and I start baking the cupcakes! I used non fade cupcake liners in colored balloons. For the I use Betty Crocker chocolate cake mix and I top them with store bought chocolate icing. I actually pipped the frosting to make it look more professional and the real deal.! I simply stuffed the icing in a piping bag and went at it. It was so easy and looked beautiful!
I wanted to get fun so I added sprinkles on top to give a more colorful contrast. And alas the toppers went on top and it was magnificent! They were so cute and everyone loved them! The kids in Manny's class loved them and gobbled them up!!!
If your little one is Thomas and Friends obsessed you got to make their day by making these Thomas and Friends cupcakes! They are a hit and it will be precious memories to last a life time!
I hope you guys like them as much as I do! Let me know if you try this out!
xoxo,
Marilu
