Like most boys, mine are into trains. I had some kids come over for playdates so I had to do something special for dessert of course. So I made up some Blue Velvet cupcakes and topped them with fondant Thomas faces.
With lots of inspiration around I dragged out some Thomas’ to help me out. I wanted it to be simple since I didn’t have a lot of time. Luckily the face is just gray, with white and black accents.
Even better…all the elements are circular, so there’s really no difficult shaping. I dyed fondant gray, and then made a bunch of black, to do that base of the face, which is Thomas’ smoke stack. I used a biscuit cutter to get the circles within a circle, and then freeformed the smoke stack on top.
Much like Hello Kitty’s whiskers, the key element for Thomas is the eyebrows, believe it or not. Once those were on it suddenly took shape.
The Kid complained that there was no blue and EVERYONE knows Thomas is blue. But I ran out of fondant! So, I made some red velvet cupcakes, but dyed them BLUE and turned them into blue velvet. Perfect for Thomas’ color. I tinted some cream cheese frosting with even more blue, and the Kid helped me put the Thomas faces on.
I could have gone overboard and did a full complicated version, but I just didn’t have time and these were rather quick. The kids were excited, which is always a plus. They also ate the WHOLE fondant face which I find a little gross, but sugar is sugar I suppose.
These are very quick and easy and are great for any little boys train birthday party!
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Very cute! My boys would love these since they’re big Thomas fans too.
Sans eyebrows, those faces remind me of characters from Gumby.
These are cute–my kids have grown out of Thomas now, but those fondant toppers are so adorable–they would attract kids of any age!!!
How did you get the fondant to turn black and gray?
Thanks!
@Ali
For the gray I just used a small amount of black, we’re talking like a toothpick full, and kneaded it til I got the gray I was looking for.
Gel dye. It’s REALLY tough to get it to turn black and I strongly recommend gloves.
So, instead of doing the base black would you suggest I do the base blue or just tint the bottom icing?
i like it, despite not having any blue in it!
just venturing into fondant myself but i find that the store bought colored fondant (esp black!) is a relief…one time it took me 2 hours to successfully turn white fondant into…gray 
your kids must been in cupcake heaven