My now 5yr old son has loved Thomas since I can remember, and as he was turning 5 wanted a ‘James’ cake (the number 5 engine) for his birthday. I wasn’t that keen to do another cake shaped like a train – I’d already made a Thomas cake for his 3rd birthday – so I … Read more
We were celebrating three birthdays, so I thought three smaller cakes, one theme was the best way to go. The youngest loves Thomas so this Thomas The Train Birthday Cake was perfect. I used a 3D image cake for Thomas and 2 loaf pans for the box car and caboose. I trimmed the box car … Read more
I made this Thomas The Tank Engine Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday because he is a complete Thomas the Tank Engine fanatic. I was inspired by other Thomas cakes on this site. I used a white cake made in a 10×17 inch pan cut into 3rds and stacked. I sculpted the shape with a … Read more
I made this Thomas the Train cake for my three year-old nephew Zach who just loves Thomas. It was such a joy to see his face light up as soon as I brought this cake to their house. I like to use edible decorations on my cakes as much as possible. I made The Thomas … Read more
My son Max loves Thomas the tank engine. So I looked on the internet for some ideas and found out that you could buy a 3D train mold. For the Thomas the train cake I used pound cake mix. It takes one and a half boxes to fill the mold. I used the leftover batter … Read more
I made this Thomas the tank engine cake for a friends little boy. It was for his 2nd birthday and he loves Thomas the Train. The little conductor is a 3-D cake. I used 2 cake mixes for him. I decorated with butter cream icing. For the cars on the train I baked a 9×13 … Read more
The Thomas the tank cake is triple chocolate with cream cheese frosting. Both were store bought varieties (three boxes of cake and three jumbo tubs of frosting). I felt this was justifiable considering how much time I knew I would spend decorating the cake. I assembled the train track a day before the cake to … Read more
This train birthday cake is the Strasburg Railroads Canadian National Engine 89. My son is obsessed with trains and one of his favorite books is “Steam Train Ride” which features this actual train from the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania. So although he spends hours playing with his Thomas train, his request for his 3rd Birthday … 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