I made this Train Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday. I had never made a cake like this, so really anyone can make them with patience and time. I got the idea from a few cakes I saw here.
I used 5 pound cakes that I made myself. I got the recipe from joyofbaking.com. I also made a chocolate cream filling otherwise the cake seems to dry. The icing is the usual buttercream frosting, also from joyofbaking.com.
I used Oreo cookies for the wheels, flake chocolate bars for the logs and toothpicks for the cages. I suggest you make the pound cakes the day before and put them in the freezer for half an hour so they firm up before icing. Make sure you make enough frosting for the details.(Making an colouring the icing the night before makes the colours brighter.)
It took me two hours aprox to decorate, and I’m very happy with the result. Good Luck.
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