When he turned one, I made him cupcake cones. When he turned two, a delicious school bus cake. How was I going to surprise him this year? With a gigantic candy train cake! My little man loves Thomas the train, so when we decided to have a Thomas the Train party I immediately started looking … Read more
This was the third time I have prepared this train cake. I used a mold for the top cake and a half sheet cake for the base. Every time I make this train cake I change the design a little to suit the child!
When I could not get my hands on the discontinued Wilton Thomas the train cake pan for my sons birthday, I decided to use a method I had tried before to make his wish for a Thomas the train cake to come true. I found a gift bag with a picture of Thomas facing forward … Read more
I threw a Thomas train birthday party for my then 2 year old son last year. I saw your website and came up with my own design for a Thomas the tank engine cake. I made a sheet cake in a 9×13 pan (can be a box or from scratch). Frosted it green (food coloring … Read more
My nephew loves Thomas the Train and I love making cakes. So for this Thomas the tank cake I used a large bread loaf pan for the base and two small bread loaf pans for the top. I carved out the basic shape and then used fondant to cover. The back is filled with fondant … Read more
I didnt have a cake pan to make a 3D train birthday cake, so I had to just cut and trim by hand. I ended up with having a main train and then three train cars after it. The first one carried different colored animal cookies. The rails are made of chocolate wafer roll and … Read more
I used this website for several ideas for our Thomas the Tank cake – thanks for the help. However, many of the engine cakes I liked used a 3-D cake pan, but I couldn’t find one. Thus, I had to improvise on the engine as well as other areas. I used one regular yellow cake … Read more
This Thomas The Train Birthday Cake was for my son’s 3rd birthday. I used homemade marshmallow fondant for the train and red licorice for the outlining. I froze the cake overnight for the best carving. I baked the cake in a large baking pan (not sure of exact size, but was bigger than 13×9). Cut … Read more
I made this Tidmouth Sheds Cake for my son’s second birthday as he is a huge fan of Thomas the Train. I used a 12×18 cake pan for the base and a loaf pan for the bottom part of the shed. I frosted the base cake with white frosting and then set the loaf pan … Read more
Our son, Isaiah, has been going through a train phase for the past little while and so I decided to make him a train cake for his 3rd birthday. I started off baking 3 round cakes (different sizes) by using spring-form pans. I froze them for a few days until it was time to decorate … Read more
This Thomas the Train Birthday Cake was a fun cake to make, and really not too hard. The cake was a dense chocolate, so it held up really well to stacking. I didn’t use dowels, just frosted each tier and stacked them. I used all buttercream except for the tree trunks, railroad tracks, and fence. … Read more
My 2 year old son is a new Thomas the tank fun, so I decided to make this fondant cake for his 2nd birthday. I’ve never made a birthday cake before and I didn’t really think I’d succeed, but it ended up a very pretty cake to be proud of. I used 2 x 25cm. … Read more