I am a mother of 2, living in Botswana and I love baking, especially for kids. They come up with lots of ideas which make you bring your imagination into reality – in the form of a cake. This Thomas train cake was made for a 7 year old boy, to be taken to his … Read more
I made this Thomas The Train Birthday Cake for my nephew’s third birthday this fall. The cake overall looked a little ‘chubbier’ than I would have liked but I figured what the heck? It’s a kid’s cake of a kid’s character, a little extra chubby friendliness never hurt anyone! He was so thrilled about it! … Read more
This is the 3D Thomas train cake from Debbie Brown’s book “Children’s Character cakes”. I started days in advance by making buttercream, edible glue and modeling paste. I coloured the modeling paste and rolled icing in advance as well. I also made the wheels and some of the fiddly bits like the whistles in advance. … Read more
My three year old son is a huge Thomas fan! This really easy train cake idea came from my husband. I baked the cake (one box mix) in three different sized, round dishes: a 9″ round cake pan, a 5″ round dish, and a small custard dish. I stacked these asymmetrically and cut off part … Read more
This Thomas the Train cake was made for my nephews 3rd birthday party. It was a very simple cake. It was a 10-inch cake on the bottom and an 8-inch cake on top. It was HUGE, but it all got eaten.s 3rd birthday party. It was a very simple cake. It was a 10-inch cake … Read more
I was asked to make a birthday cake for a 4 year old who loves trains (especially Thomas and the Polar Express) so I made him the Thomas the tank engine cake. I used a picture from a coloring book for the template. I taped it to a piece of cardboard and then covered that … Read more
This is the Thomas the tank cake I made for my four year olds birthday party. I made it using two 2lb loaf tins and froze the cakes before cutting them for a neater and sharper cut. The face was copied from a model engine my son had and I made slits for the cheeks … Read more
Here is a train birthday cake using the Wilton 3D cake pan as the engine car and three loaf pans as the other cars. I put a cupcake on top of the caboose. It was very easy to do. Just ice the train birthday cake and add candy and Voila!
Here’s a Tidmouth Sheds cake that I made for my 3yr old train lover. I am a total novice at fondant, but wanted to give it a go! It’s inspired by Thomas & Friends train shed. I made a scratch 9×13 banana chip cake for the base and one 9×13 chocolate cake for the shed … Read more
I made this Thomas The Train Birthday Cake for my son Tyler’s 3rd birthday. He is fascinated with trains especially Thomas, so the cake is loosely based on Thomas, but essentially just a cute train cake with carriage. This is a great cake for those who don’t bake – like me. I brought a couple … Read more
We have a weekly meeting that has become known as our Tuesday Train Wreck. Many of us were having birthdays in October and November. So I made this Homemade Thomas the Train Birthday Cake for all our Scorpio birthdays. There was a convenient picture of Mt. Rainier for a backdrop.
This was a cake I made for my son. It was a 50/50 vanilla bean & chocolate devil sponge. Made the vanilla cake first and sandwiched it with a chocolate cake with a filling of fluffy white American frosting. Again mixing with an electric beater to add lots of air, sifting all the dry ingredient … Read more