My son Carl Thomas just turned 5! (August 9, 2010). Actually, last year his theme on his 4th birthday was also Thomas. Well, obviously he’s a certified big, big fan of Thomas & Friends. The Thomas the Train Cake Design was made of chocolate cake covered with fondant, rails are made of chocolate bars but … Read more
I made this Thomas The Tank Engine Birthday Cake using box cake mix. The pan is the retired up right train pan. It called for 6 cups cake mix. The bottom pan is filled to the rim, then top pan is added, then tied to secure it from separating during the baking process. It turned … Read more
My son Alex wanted me to recreate Tidmouth Sheds for his cake. This was the closest I could come. I made three layers of 8 x 13 cake and stacked them with buttercream in between. I then cut the edges of the backside to round it and cut into the front in a semicircle to … Read more
My son is crazy about trains – especially Thomas the tank engine. So for his 3rd birthday we decided to make it a train themed party. I took ideas from this website and modified them slightly. I originally planned to make the large Thomas the Train cake, but thought it would be fun to make … Read more
For my sons first birthday, I picked Thomas and friends as the theme. For the first Thomas birthday cake my friend and I made mocha cake for the base. The 3D Thomas birthday cake was made of Chocolate Kahlua cake. The frosting was butter with mocha flavoring. We placed the cake in the middle of … Read more
This Thomas the tank cake was for a boy who loved Thomas and his sister who loved ballerinas. Instead of making two cakes I used the railway cake pan from Williams-Sonoma and decorated the engine as Thomas and the cars pulled some pink cars with dancing ballerinas and other primary colored cars with balls. To … Read more
My grandson adores Thomas so I decided to make a Thomas cake for his second birthday. I made small cakes using loaf pans for the coal bins and filled with pebble candy. The engine tank on Thomas was a jelly roll sitting on a larger loaf pan and another was propped up against the jelly … Read more
This was my boys first birthday party together. They both love Thomas so I decided to wing it with Thomas the tank cakes. The base of the cake is just a square wedding cake pan. I then baked another cake in a round cake pan and placed it on top to make Thomas’s face. I … Read more
My 3 year old daughter Brooklyn loves Toy Story. I didn’t know how to make a Toy Story cake look like it was for a girl. I tried to talk her into a mod monkey theme, but it wasn’t happening. So, I had to make her a Homemade Toy Story Birthday Cake Design. I had … Read more
My son wanted a cake from the movie Toy Story that included “all the characters”! This Andy’s Bed from Toy Story Cake is what I came up with. The head board and foot board are made from 3 packs of Little Debbie Nutty Bars. I cut one in half and used frosting to stick both … Read more
This Homemade Woody Birthday Cake was for my son’s 6th birthday. He is a big Toy Story fan. Months before his birthday, he told me he wanted a “Woody” cake. I knew this was going to stretch my cake decorating skills. I found a couple of pictures of Woody that I liked. From the pictures, … Read more
I made this Toy Story Birthday Cake for my grandson’s 2nd birthday. Cake is all from scratch and frosting all eatable except toys. My daughter wanted the bed post eatable. The bed post are made from semi-sweet chocolate, added butter and heavy cream. I drew free on paper then taped down on cutting board then … Read more