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
The train cake is carrot cake with butter cream cream cheese frosting. The trains are fondant shaped and molder smaller pieces were made ahead and glued on with Vodka. We used luster dust to make the metal pieces shine. I used our dining room table to roll out the fondant for the tracks so they would have a natural wood … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. It was made from a Wilton cake pan in the shape of a train engine . The rest of the bogies were cut free hand from a template. The cake was boxed cake mix rich chocolate with eggs available in India. Totally used six single pan … 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
My 6 year old LOVES trains. It was fitting that he have a train cake for his birthday. I used buttercream to cover this cake instead of fondant. For the wheels I used mini oreos, the steam spout was a mini icecream cone rolled in sprinkles and filled with white buttercream frosting. It was a hit with … Read more
My twin 6 year old boys LOVE trains! For the past few years they have requested train cakes. I was out of ideas and one day while waiting for a train I hopped out of the car and took a picture of the crossing with my phone. And that is where this railroad crossing gate … Read more
I baked a delicious and easy chocolate cake for this train cake and let it cool. I turned it out onto a cake board I made from a baking tray and silver paper. Then I made green vanilla butter cream and spread it onto the cake with a spatula and created a grassy effect with a serrated knife. … 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 Train Cake is for Rishika’s 5th birthday party on 2nd Jan 2011 in Mumbai, India. I made 6 cakes – 6 inches X 3 inches loaves (I have used normal sponge cake) – trim the edges of 5 cakes to make suitable sized train wagons and an engine (cylindrical shaped with a 2 cm rectangular … Read more
Our son LOVES (really LOVES) trains. He especially likes the high speed ones from Japan , Europe etc. Thanks to the web, he can learn all about them and see all of these trains in action! So for his 3rd birthday a few months ago… We baked for him an edible train cake layout! It … Read more