For my son’s second birthday, I was determined to make a train birthday cake but had very limited skills at cake decorating. Using several different suggestions and pictures from people on this site, I managed to make this cake that was a HUGE hit at his party! The three cars are just made from full … Read more
Will loves Thomas the train, so for his first birthday we made this train cake. It was easier than it looked and we used the Spiderman color set for frosting dye which was perfect (red, black, two blues).
My son loves trains and wanted a train party for his 4th. So, I made simple chocolate cupcake toppers shaped like trains for the guests, but made THIS guy for the birthday boy. This 4th Train Birthday Cake Idea was my first attempt with fondant and homemade buttercream.
My son always talks about the choo choo train ever since he got to ride a train for the first time. So it just seemed like the perfect idea to make a Train Cake Design for his 2nd birthday. At first, I was just going to do a flat train cake but then I found … Read more
Our 2 year old is obsessed with trains, bridges, tracks, trees and fish so my husband and I knew a train-scape cake was what we were going to make. I started out looking at train cakes online and then sketched out a plan without knowing if we could turn it into cake but it worked. … Read more
I made this First Birthday Train Cake for my son’s first birthday. It is made of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. The frosting was a little messy but worked well when refrigerated before frosting. I used gel color to die the frosting the various colors for the engine and cars, except the “animal car” … Read more
I started to make this Train Cake by baking individual square cupcakes (I found the square cupcake tin in a local supermarket). I then sandwiched two square cupcakes together with jam and butter cream to make the carriages tall. I iced all the carriages using royal ready to roll pre-coloured icing and stuck smarties and … Read more
For the engine, I used the Wilton, 2 piece 3D choo-choo pan. For the middle, “coal” car and the caboose, I used a regular, deep loaf pan. I cut just a bit off of the front of the caboose to make the top and back platform. To decorate: I used a star tip for most … Read more
My son Dillon loves trains so it was no surprise when he picked a train birthday cake for his third birthday. I looked through this site and got some great ideas. I was going to build the engine but my husband had already picked up the Wilton 3D pan. I loved it. It was easy … Read more
Using two box cake mixes I put the batter into mini loaf pans as well as a Pyrex set that had containers just perfect for the engine and caboose. I used butter cream frosting I bought at the local grocers bakery so the colors where nice and bright. The licorice track stayed put nicely after … Read more
Our son wanted a train cake for his third birthday. My husband and I brainstormed and came up with this idea. I baked four or five loaf shaped pound cakes, one for the animal car and the rest for the train. We leveled the layers and “glued” them together with frosting then my husband carved … Read more
My son couldn’t decide between a Mickey Mouse cake and a train cake, so I decided to combine them. This site was a huge help. I bought 3 frozen pound cakes, which is a HUGE time saver and still tasted great. I bought some gel icing coloring (I bought the “Cars” kit) and colored the … Read more