My son Owen was turning 6, Owen is Autistic but he just loves Thomas the Tank engine. Given the cost of shop bought cakes I thought I would have a go at making my own Thomas The Train Birthday Cake Design for Owen. I had tremendous fun making it, it was very messy and with … Read more
We went with a Thomas the train theme since our son loves to play with Thomas the train. We ordered a Thomas the train cake kit on-line and bought a plain vanilla sheet cake and a tub of blue icing from a grocery store. It was very easy to follow the directions in the cake … Read more
This Thomas the Train cake was for a four year-old boy’s birthday party. It is a twelve inch, round strawberry cake with cream cheese filling. The icing is a light cream cheese mousse, covered in fondant. Thomas the Train is a toy, but the rest of the cake is completely edible. The train tracks are … Read more
Our son became obsessed with Thomas and Island of Sodor just before his second birthday so it was easy to know that he would want a Thomas the Tank Engine cake. Instead of making the cake into a train itself we decided to create a train scene like the “Island of Sodor.” We made a … Read more
At my son’s 4th birthday, all four children were thrilled to have each gotten their own Thomas the train cake! I used a mini train mold to bake the cakes. Then I trimmed off everything except an elbow shape. I used icing and toothpicks to stick two cakes together, so they would make one train … Read more
This is a Thomas birthday cake made for my nephew Tanners second birthday (thus, the number 2 on Thomas’ side rather than a 1). I really wanted to use a Wilton novelty shaped Thomas pan for the cake, but they have been retired and are selling for ridiculous amounts, even on eBay; and after considerable … Read more
I got the idea for a Thomas the tank cake from this website. I saw a cake someone else also made from Debbie Browns character cakes. I used the sponge cake recipe from the book. The book is no longer in print but I was able to order it off of Amazon for a decent … Read more
I made this Thomas cake for my nephews third birthday party and everyone thought it was the coolest cake ever. I made the Thomas Train using Wilton’s 3-D Choo Choo cake mold and the cars using basic loaf pans. I placed the whole thing on three 13″x19″ cake boards. The train tracks I made out … Read more
This train birthday cake was built from rectangular shapes cut out of a 1/4 sheet cake. Oreos were used for the wheels and placed underneath each car train to give it the look of being off the ground. Graham cracker crumbs were used as gravel around the train.
This Thomas the Tank Cake is our first attempt at a Fondant cake for our son’s 2nd birthday. He is a Thomas fanatic so we knew as long as it somewhat resembled him it would be a great hit. We had read on the internet that the marshmallow fondant was more appealing to eat so … Read more
I made this Thomas Cupcake Cake for my grandson’s pre-K class and it was a real hit. Not only was it easy to serve,just pull apart, but the kids loved the Thomas theme and could all identify with it. I made confetti cupcakes and iced them with green tinted buttercream grass. I piped a track … Read more
I had a go at making the 2nd Birthday Thomas Cake from Debbie Browne’s character cake book – very tricky and took a long time, but I was really pleased with the result! You bake a sponge that is 12″ x 8″, slice into 3 equal parts and layer with buttercream, then sculpt the basic … Read more