I used a small loaf pan (makes 8 mini loaves) to make the cars, and for the locomotive put one of the loaves on its end and trimmed one to connect in front. I used graham crackers for the cowcatcher at the front and covered with frosting. Decoration for this train cake was with a … Read more
My twins boys are obsessed with trains so naturally I wanted to create an incredible cake for their 3rd birthday. I did a lot of research online and ended up incorporating many different ideas into my own creation of this Homemade Train Birthday Cake Design. The tracks are made with Keebler fudge bars with black … Read more
We had my son’s third birthday party recently. The whole birthday centered around a train theme and so I wanted a train cake as well. With all his food allergies I don’t have the luxury of getting it from any bakery. The last birthday we had two cakes, one for him and (a regular square … Read more
For all of my daughter’s cakes since birth she has chosen Winnie the Pooh, her favorite, but for her 3rd she said she wanted something a little different. She wanted to combine her love of choo choo trains with her love of Pooh, and so we chose to make her a Winnie the Pooh Choo … Read more
This Homemade Train Cake was so much work, but well worth it! I baked several cakes (different flavors) in bread loaf pans. Once they were completely cooled, we transformed each “loaf” into a train car. I used Wilton’s 3D pan for the engine, but the rest of the cars were made from loaf pans. This … Read more
I didnt have a cake pan to make a 3D train birthday cake, so I had to just cut and trim by hand. I ended up with having a main train and then three train cars after it. The first one carried different colored animal cookies. The rails are made of chocolate wafer roll and … Read more
My son loves trains so we decided to make him a train cake for his third birthday. For the engine we used a Wilton train 3d cake pan. I couldnt get it to bake 3d so I baked the halves separately and put them together with toothpicks. For the middle and the caboose I used … Read more
I got the idea to make this train cake from this website! It is made with Sara Lee Pound cake and Wilton icing. I used pretzels (for the cage), marshmallow (for the smoke stack), black licoriceand chocolate wafers (for the train tracks). It was very easy. I had to freeze the cake because my son … Read more
A friend asked me to do a train shape cake for her sons third birthday. I used the plate as a design and just drew it out on the cake using a toothpick, then filled it in with buttercream icing. She said it looked great with the decorations and was a big hit for her … Read more
For my son’s 2nd birthday, we decided to make a big yellow Tonka Truck Cake, as it was his current favourite toy. The sponge is a white choc mud cake, baked in a variety of tins to get the right types of shapes. We then iced in butter cream, and used a variety of available … Read more
I made this tank cake the night before & refrigerated it. For the base I used a 9×12″glass casserole dish. For the top part I used a loaf pan. I made 1 chocolate and 1 vanilla. I got 1 container of each chocolate and vanilla frosting and mixed a portion of each to get the … Read more
I wanted to make a cake for my son’s 1st birthday and was inspired by the cute dump truck invitations I found for the party along with ideas from this website. I should mention that I’ve never decorated a cake before, unless you count watching chefs on TV! Honestly, this dump truck cake took some … Read more