Trains, Planes, and Automobiles! Oh My!

This past weekend was my nephew's 2^nd birthday. We usually only have family and maybe one or two friends at birthday parties, but, coming from a family of seven, that's usually enough people to fill a house.

Daniel is going through a planes and trains phase right now. Everything is choo choo, and when he sees a plane flying over, he excitedly announces it. So this year, I made a transportation themed cake with cars, trucks, airplanes, and a train made out of colored fondant. I usually make my own fondant but sometimes it's easier to buy brightly colored fondant than it is to add enough color to get colors like red or black, so I used a mix of homemade and store bought for this cake. As usual, it took longer than I thought to make all the little pieces, so I recruited Jordan to help and he ended up making all the buildings for the city for me. I'm not sure if the kids realized that it was a cake and not a toy at first. All the little boys wanted to touch it and pull the pieces off.