You'd think that after this, I would have learned. But I'm just not that smart.
To my credit, I did go to safeway last week and order their thomas the train cake. I did, I swear. But then my sister sent me a link to this cake:
She said she did it for her son's birthday a few years ago and it turned out great and she really loves the memory.
So, I caved. But only partially. I told myself I'd practice again... and if I didn't fuck it up, then I'd do it and cancel the safeway cake. Fortunately I have an audience of coworkers that is happy to eat mistakes as long as they aren't of the "tastes bad" variety.
So a few nights ago, I practiced - fortunately with this kind of cake, you can do it in small increments, so I made only one mini-loaf. This meant I had to take a shortcut in that I didn't have the other loaf to cut up on top. I decided this was acceptable, and that I'd cut off half the top of the one loaf I did have. So that's what I did:
Fortunately, Jared is also really into pickup trucks, really any form of vehicle. As to why my pickup truck has a smokestack, well, it's steam powered.
I should also note that I didn't put the yellow headlights on until after I realized what I'd made.
But I still decided to cancel the safeway cake and am currently in the process of baking the cakes. Perhaps he'll end up having a 5 truck pileup rather than an engine and 4 cargo cars, but man the cake itself and the frosting is goooooooooooooood.
[Note: My coworkers' responses when I explained the reason for the truck ranged from "If only my mom loved me that much to make me such a cake when I was little, perhaps I wouldn’t be so angry at the world." to "This is awesome. I am still giggling." Yet they all really enjoyed the taste.]
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