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
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
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
I had made a Thomas the Train cake before but my friend wanted a Thomas cake. I made this from 6 mini loaf pans. Cut the one loaf in half to make Thomas and stacked it on the other one, then used the rest of the cut one to cut for detail on Thomas. I … Read more
My son just turned to 3 years. He loved Thomas and Friends. I always wanted to make a birthday cake with Thomas. Finally I did it. It wasn’t that hard as I thought it was. I used one cake to bake for Thomas’ front round part, a loaf cake pan (chocolate cake) and a flat … Read more
My son, who at the time was turning 4, wanted a Thomas birthday. Being on a tight budget means that we make all our own cakes. I made this Thomas the Tank Engine Birthday Cake with 3 13×9 cakes and 3 8″ rounds which were sliced and diced to make what you see above. I … Read more
This Thomas the Tank Engine Island of Sodor Cake is inspired by the Thomas the Tank Engine show. It is set on the Island of Sodor. The cake is a homemade marble pound cake. The mountain is also cake. Instead of using the dome cake, I used an 8″ round and a 1/2 ball cake … Read more
My son Joseph loves Thomas the Tank Engine, so I wanted to make him a Homemade Thomas The Train Birthday Cake Design for his 3rd birthday. I used many online pictures as inspiration! I made 4 standard cakes using loaf pans. I cooled them and then sliced off the tops to make them flat. I … Read more
I made this Thomas Train Birthday Cake for my son in 2010 for his 6th birthday. I used a regular rectangle baking dish and covered the cake in a layer of white butter cream icing, smoothed with a hot decorating knife. I found a picture of Thomas the train from one of my son’s favorite … Read more
Since I couldn’t find a Thomas the Train cake pan, and I needed to do the cake within a few days, I bought the Wilton train cake pan. It wasn’t the same shape as Thomas, so after baking the cake I used a knife to cut the cake to better match the pictures of Thomas … Read more
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