My son had two birthday parties – one in school and the other at home with our friends. The birthday cake for the home celebration was a large Black Forest cake while the school celebration one was a chocolate cake covered with chocolate ganache. Both train birthday cakes I used the same train decoration which … Read more
The whole train birthday cake was edible. I used boxed cake mix and made butter cream frosting. I first made the track with icing tinted black and Kit Kat bars. I used mini loaf pans and a tomato paste can (the littler ones) to bake the 3D train parts and also baked a sheet cake … Read more
For my twins 2nd birthday I wanted each of them to have their own cake that they would be excited over and I wanted to make them myself. This made me very nervous worrying about getting two cakes done as well as all the other party details. My son is very into Thomas the Tank … Read more
My son wanted a train cake for his fourth birthday and after looking everywhere I decide to just bake a rectangular shape cake and cut it in shapes that can be put together in the form of a train. It results in a success. Just cut from the bottom part: the main engine and the … Read more
This train birthday cake was made for my son’s 3rd Birthday by my Aunt, whom he calls Mimi-Kaf. It was done with no mold and the train car decor ideas came from my 3-yr-old and 5-yr-old daughter. We had a trackless train & Thomas the Train Bouncy thing and when asked what was his favorite … Read more
This train birthday cake was quite easy to make. I just used cheap packet sponge cake mix. I cooked the main carriage with a large loaf tin and the carriages with disposable aluminum loaf tins (the ones you get take away food in). I used 2 of these and cut them in half to make … Read more
This was for my son’s second birthday party. I try not to have TV character tie-ins, though the cake ended up the right colour for Thomas. The homemade zoo train birthday cake was made from 2 x 20cm square Madeira cakes. I trimmed 5cm from each cake to make the train and carriages and sugarpasted … Read more
My best friend’s son wanted a train birthday cake and it was super last minute. So I whipped up a 1/4 chocolate sheet cake and frosted it with buttercream. I grabbed some trains from my local cake supply shop. I sprayed the sky blue with Wilton’s edible blue food color spray and I sprayed the … Read more
I was bound and determined to make my son a 3D train cake for his second birthday. It took about five hours and was so worth it when I saw the look on his face. I used a 3D cake pan and used a pound cake recipe. It only required 3 different icing tips and … Read more
I made this Homemade Choo Choo Train Birthday Cake for my son’s recent 2nd birthday party. His love for trains had given me the idea for a train themed party. I started searching for the perfect train cake and immediately fell in love with the 3D cakes. I then started contacting local bakeries and was … Read more
I made this cake for my sons 3rd birthday. We had a choo-choo-train theme for his party complete with an actual scenic train ride with the Lebanon Railway. I used the Wilton train cakes pan for the engine and the cars were made with a bread loaf pan, and then cut in half lengthwise. I … Read more
I wanted to make a 3-D train cake. I looked at the ideas on this page for train birthday cakes and came up with this. I used 2 tin foil loaf pans (standard loaf size) and one mini loaf pan. I used one box of standard cake mix. I filled both standard loaf pans about … Read more