I wanted to make a Homemade Choo Choo Train Birthday Cake for my grandson’s second birthday but I also wanted to add some of his other favorite things. I started by covering two foam filled poster boards with foil wrap for the base and marked off the train track and road. The mountain, apple trees, … Read more
For my son’s first birthday, we decided to do a train cake, as he wasn’t really into any particular character or other theme at that point, but he had a train themed nursery, and seemed to like it! We decided to make a cupcake carriaged train cake, so made the cupcakes and the main cake … Read more
I made these train cakes using a Wilton shaped train pan, and a 1/2 sheet cake underneath the train. I used three French vanilla cake mixes for the entire cake. It was frosted in butter cream icing using mostly star tips for the top layer. After icing the train cakes I added 2 sets of … Read more
I used medium bread loaf pans and baked 6 different loaves (2 boxes of cake mix bake as directed) for these train birthday cakes. I stacked three loaves for the engine after cutting them to size. Use ice cream cone for the smoke. Stack small peanut butter cups for the wheels, Oreos for the bigger … Read more
For my sons 1st Birthday I made a train birthday cake. I used the Wilton choo choo train cake mold and mini loaf pans for the cars. I decorated each car a different color and scooped out about 2 inches of the center so I could fill it with treats.The wheels were mini Oreos and … Read more
I used ideas from this website to create this beautiful train shape cake for my sons second birthday. I prepared the cake board by coloring some ready made marzipan icing in green and rolling it straight on to the board then cutting the excess. Next I laid out the train tracks using liquorices. I baked … Read more
My friend Megan and I made a bright yellow Tonka Truck Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday party. We made 4 white chocolate mud cakes in different tins for the different parts of the truck. We covered some cardboard shapes in foil to sit the truck onto. The wheels are two wagon wheels stuck together. … Read more
I did this tank cake for my son’s 4th birthday party. I took ideas from different cakes from this website. What really made the cake and impressed the cake eaters was the camo. cake on the inside. I baked two 9 x 13 cakes, and one in a loaf pan. I mixed up 6 cake … Read more
I made 2 12 x 6 sponges for this fire truck cake. Cut in half and piled high with jam in center. The cab was cut and shaped from cut offs and stuck together with jam. I covered it in red fondant and layered up the coloured fondant on top, i.e. the windscreen,ladder, wheels, bumper … Read more
My eldest son was mad about trucks generally, especially diggers and bulldozers, so my husband and I set about trying to make him a ‘digger’ cake for his 2nd birthday. The base was easy, I just made my favourite caramel chocolate mudcake recipe and put it into a large square tin. I bought an icing … Read more
This Tank Birthday Cake was really easy and I was so happy with the results as was my 6 year old soldier. I used 2 boxes of cake mix and about 1 1/2 jars of frosting. The round cake I attached to the rectangular one by cutting up some plastic straws to keep it in … Read more
My little boy had a “construction” party for his 5th birthday and I made him this excavator / Construction Digger Cake. I made chocolate fudge brownie cake as it is firmer than other cakes and built the basic shapes of the cab and the bulldozer part and covered it all in yellow coloured fondant icing … Read more