This Thomas the train cake was very difficult to make, but I cannot take all the credit, y friend helped make it. It was a success, my son absolutely loved it. It was gone in a matter of slices. The fondant was a little hard considering this was the first time I was using fondant. … Read more
When my 4 year old wanted a Gordon cake for his birthday I freaked! For anyone who doesn’t have a Thomas the Tank Engine fan, Gordon is one of the train characters. I NEVER wanted to do a character cake. I have made a train, plane and fire engine cake in the past but they never were expected to … Read more
This Thomas the Tank Engine cake took me 21 hours to make this for my son’s first birthday. I’m still surprised how well it turned out. Getting the frosting right was difficult. Everyone loved it especially my son. I wanted it to be perfect. I worked all week including the day before my son’s party. When … Read more
I just made this cake for my son’s 2 year old birthday party since he has become obsessed with all things trains and it was a great success. I think it’s something to be proud of when most of your guests take pictures of your cake on display. Here are the basic steps I took … Read more
This is my homemade Thomas the Train Mountain cake. I used two box mixes and three pans: one large round, one medium round and one small round. I also used half of a ball pan set. I inserted three skewers to hold all of the layers together and cut off the tips so that you … Read more
I followed a tutorial on the internet for building the Thomas The Tank Engine Birthday Cake but iced it in my own style. It took about 5 hours to decorate, not including the baking process but it was worth it! I got a lot of compliments and my 3 year old LOVED it!
I made this Thomas birthday cake using two box cake mixes. I baked two cakes: one in a standard loaf pan, the other in an 11 X 7 Pyrex baking dish. I then cut the finished cakes to various sizes to build the carcass of the cake. I kept a standard Thomas train close by … Read more
I used loaf pans and cut the cakes to shape the train, it was very easy. I used white chocolate for the wheels and face.
When my son Caleb turned three years old, he requested a Thomas the Tank Engine birthday party. After looking at all of the Thomas cakes on this site, I decided not to try a 3-D train cake this year and instead went with the sheet cake version. I knew that my decorating time would be … Read more
This Thomas the Train Scene Cake was done for a friend of my husband who wanted a Thomas cake with a keepsake on it. I started this cake with a 10″ Madeira cake, filled with Buttercream and covered with white ready to roll fondant, also covering the cake board. I then used a new bathroom … Read more
For our son’s 3rd birthday, I knew that I wanted to make him a train cake to continue with our Thomas theme. However, being new to cake decorating I wasn’t ready to attempt to try to make Thomas himself. So, we made two train cars pulled by an actual Thomas toy. (We used the shake … Read more
I was asked to make my friend’s son’s birthday cake for the second year, and he is only 2! Hopefully this is a pattern! I was asked to do a Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Cake for Kyle’s 2nd birthday. I usually would have gone to Wilton’s character pans but apparently THOMAS THE TANK … Read more