I borrowed a lot of ideas for a train cake from this site, and modified to fit my son’s first birthday. I used Nutty Bars and black licorice for the track, and Oreos for the wheels. The mini-loaf pans worked wonderfully for the train cars, using 2 for the engine and 1&1/2 for the caboose, … Read more
I used a #1 cake pan for the base of the train birthday cake and used the Nordic Ware 3D train cake pan to create each train car. I used box cakes but combined a yellow and chocolate cake mix so that the cake was marbled. I iced the cake and train cars first with … Read more
I made this Train Birthday Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. I used cupcakes for the wheels and smoke. I used a 9 x 13 cake and cut it in the shape of the train that I wanted!
I started this train choo choo cake with the Wilton site for the engine! I used their pan and pretty much followed their directions for how to decorate. The only thing I really did differently was instead of trying to hold wheels on with frosting is I used toothpicks. It looked much nicer and held … Read more
I made this train cake for my son’s second birthday. Thanks to this website I gathered up many ideas on making this cake. It was a huge hit and everyone was taking pictures of it. I started by making yellow cake mix in mini loaf pans. I used two boxes of mix and made 6 … Read more
I used a Nordic Ware train cupcake pan and a 9*13 (i think) sheet cake pan. 2 boxes of white moist cake mix (I suggest at least 3 to make it a little fuller) for the sheet cake. And 1 box chocolate cake mix for cupcake pan. I made homemade icing (buttercream) and for the … Read more
This train cake was for my twins 3rd birthday. I used a loaf pan and cut the top off to flatten carriages. For the snake carriage I scooped some cake out to make room for snakes, wheels are Oreo biscuits. The front carriage I used a waffle cone and popcorn mixed with melted butter and … Read more
Celebrating Joshuas second birthday was the extension of a family tradition. My mom always made train cakes for me and my brother for our birthdays. Mom’s train cake ideas were simpler but created with an equal amount of love! I made this train cake from 2 box cakes using the pound cake recipe so that … 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 is a train birthday cake I created for my son Owen for his second birthday. I baked six mini loaf cakes and one 9′ round cake. I decorated five of the mini loaves for trains using the sixth cake as “pieces” to add interest to the train cars (e.g. the engine). The round cake … Read more
Using this site for ideas for a train cake I used Sara Lee pound cake to sculpt the shape of the train adding a baby food jar for the front of the engine. I frosted the entire thing using canned frosting and then colored fondant icing for the outer layer. I used simple tubes of … Read more
I had a combined birthday party for my 5 year old son and one year old daughter. He wanted a circus theme. So I thought that a circus train cake would be cute. I found a train cupcake cake at my local craft store. I just extended it a few cars and added lots of … Read more