This Train Birthday Cake was a labor of love for me. It took most of an afternoon and until 1am in the morning to finish it. The train cake pan was a great idea except that you obviously had to coat every nook and cranny with Crisco (I used a q-tip to get in all … Read more
I made this train birthday cake for a 2 year-old boy I baby-sit for and he was very excited about it. It’s very easy to make. I used 3 mini loaf pans for the cars. The locomotive is made of one loaf to make the body and the cab (just make it shorter than the … Read more
I used mini loaf pans to bake this train birthday cake. I colored fondant to cover the cakes. I decorated with gumdrops, suckers, M&Ms and Oreos for the wheels. The smokestack is made from a toothpick covered in fondant.s and Oreos for the wheels. The smokestack is made from a toothpick covered in fondant.
I made this train cake for my sons fourth birthday. Virtually every part of the cake was edible. I used bread pans to make each car. The tracks were a combination of Graham cracker crumbs and Kit Kat’s. The wheels are Reese’s peanut butter cups. I used whoppers and M&M’s to fill the cargo cars. … Read more
For my son’s second birthday, I was determined to make a train birthday cake but had very limited skills at cake decorating. Using several different suggestions and pictures from people on this site, I managed to make this cake that was a HUGE hit at his party! The three cars are just made from full … Read more
Will loves Thomas the train, so for his first birthday we made this train cake. It was easier than it looked and we used the Spiderman color set for frosting dye which was perfect (red, black, two blues).
My son loves trains and wanted a train party for his 4th. So, I made simple chocolate cupcake toppers shaped like trains for the guests, but made THIS guy for the birthday boy. This 4th Train Birthday Cake Idea was my first attempt with fondant and homemade buttercream.
My son always talks about the choo choo train ever since he got to ride a train for the first time. So it just seemed like the perfect idea to make a Train Cake Design for his 2nd birthday. At first, I was just going to do a flat train cake but then I found … Read more
Our 2 year old is obsessed with trains, bridges, tracks, trees and fish so my husband and I knew a train-scape cake was what we were going to make. I started out looking at train cakes online and then sketched out a plan without knowing if we could turn it into cake but it worked. … Read more
I made this First Birthday Train Cake for my son’s first birthday. It is made of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. The frosting was a little messy but worked well when refrigerated before frosting. I used gel color to die the frosting the various colors for the engine and cars, except the “animal car” … Read more
I started to make this Train Cake by baking individual square cupcakes (I found the square cupcake tin in a local supermarket). I then sandwiched two square cupcakes together with jam and butter cream to make the carriages tall. I iced all the carriages using royal ready to roll pre-coloured icing and stuck smarties and … Read more
