Each birthday my children pick the flavor of their cake and the shape of their cake. Thanks to great ideas from this web site, most of them have been successful. This August my son turned 9. He chose a train cake. I immediately wanted it to be a 9-car cake. He requested poppy seed cake … Read more
A friend of mine asked me to make a cake for her grandson who loves Thomas the tank engine. This is how I started to make it. I made the engine out of blue icing, 1/2 flower paste, 1/2 fondant, this is so it is easy to model and it hardens too. I did some of … Read more
I have always had an interest in cake decorating and becoming a mom gave me a real excuse to try my hand at it. This was the first specialty cake I ever attempted. I was so pleased with the outcome that I was hooked! I made this cake for my son’s second birthday. I can’t … Read more
My grandson wanted a themed celebration for his third birthday and was obsessed with Thomas the Tank. As a recently retired teacher who took the Wilton cake decorating course at our local craft store, I volunteered to make the cake (before I knew the theme) and when I found out about Thomas I racked my … Read more
My poor kids see me make all these elaborate cakes for other people. So for my son Ryan’s 5th birthday I asked him what kind of cake he wanted. He says ” oh mom I can see it in my head, I want a train birthday cake. There has to be a tunnel and a … Read more
My name is Amy and I am an in-home baker that makes/sells cakes in my spare time. I have a full-time job and 2 kids; plus I commute 160 miles round trip 5 days a week to work. Needless to say I am very busy already, but I do find time for my cakes. They … Read more
I made this Thomas the Train Railroad cake for my nephew’s 3rd birthday since no one else in my family bakes and no one could afford a large enough Thomas the Train cake either. I am still new to making cakes (only made about 30 so far) but this was not difficult. All I did was bake and … Read more
My 1 year old is mad on trains so I thought I would make him a train cake for his 1st birthday. I was a little nervous as I am not the best baker I know. We had 6 of his friends over to our house, so I thought I would make a steam train … Read more
Making this birthday express cake for my 3 year old son was an enjoyable experience for not only me, but also for my husband and son. Arush was so excited that he used to wake up in the middle of the night and ask me when shall I make his birthday express? For the base, … Read more
My grandson just turned one so I decided I would make him a train cake. I looked on line at many wonderful cakes to get ideas, and also checked my photo album as I made one for my son 28 years ago. So here is what I did. 1. Shop for eatable decorations. Twizzlers, Kitkat … Read more
I made this choo choo train cake for my son’s 3rd birthday, as that’s the age that boys are train crazy! I baked x2 cakes in loaf tin pans using a butter cake recipe and I bought a long Swiss roll. Trim the loaf cakes so that they have flat surfaces and position one vertically and … Read more
I definitely bit off more than I could chew for this one. I am a firefighter – therefore spend a large part of my work time cooking. With that I have experimented with several cakes and decided to try to decorate one for my son’s birthday. As most toddlers Sam is crazy about trains. I … Read more