mission impossible .... ???

just one day before school closes for the june holidays, we celebrated iggie's birthday in school ... and of course mummy here asks iggie what birthday cake would you like? ..... here's a list of the cakes in prior years:-

1st year: 3D Zoo Animals Birthday Cake (self-made by Godma Kim)
2nd year: 3D Sports Car Birthday Cake (sponsored by Godma Daphne)
3rd year: 2D Ambulance Birthday Cake (bought by daddy)
4th year : ??????

so here's iggie's reply "i want a train cake with 100 carriages - the longest train cake"

hmmm..... how is that possible? i called a few cake companies and to have 2 carriages alone for a 3D cake would cost me $180!!!! not to think about 100 carriages!!!

so the smart and cost consious mummy decided to be brave and make a train cake ... bargained with iggie and got him to agree to a 20 carriages train cake (one carriage for each child in his class) .....

so mummy here decided to outsource where possible ..... bought the sponge cake from the cake shop, bought all the fondant and decorative stuff and base/box from phoon huat, bought the orea cookies, waffle biscuits, marshmellows, chocolate from NTUC .....

after 2 hours or kneading, rolling, wrapping .... Ta-Da !!!!!

a self-made Train Cake with 23 carraiges (got to get 3 more carriages for the 3 teachers too) ....

each carriage comes with all that sugary stuff and sweets / chocolate decorations... orea cookies for wheels ...... complete with a flag - each child's and teacher's name on it ... PERSONALISED!!!!

not bad huh!? hahahahahahaha .....

was really proud of myself ... in fact so much so that i didnt really care how the cake tasted .... and well - the main thing was not about taste ... its about LOOKS .... and from the picture, i know iggie loves the cake!!!! mission accomplished!!!!