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
I started with three different kinds of cake mixes, chocolate, rainbow & lemon. I used a large loaf pan for the main part and mini disposable loaf pans for the cars. The first train has half a mini loaf on top. And on top of that is just a slice of a mini loaf cake. … Read more
This Train Birthday Cake was my second go at making a birthday cake and using Fondant icing! Wow I’m addicted. I used chocolate mud cake packet mix from supermarket, (I found mud cake holds shape better, its heavier and more moist I guess). And I also used slabs of sponge cake from the supermarket for … Read more
This Train Birthday Cake was made for my friend Sarah’s 23rd birthday. She loves pink and had seen a chocolate train cake that I’d made for a housemate in my first year of university, and wanted one herself. I only had a few hours to make this cake but luckily it worked out really well. … Read more
My last born Marjan was turning five. It was the first time that he asked me to make what he wanted. He said he wanted a cho cho train cake. Got ideas from many books and websites. Made a block vanilla cake (8 eggs cake) and one Swiss roll ( 3 eggs, 3/4 cups icing … Read more
My son absolutely loves trains. For his second birthday I decided to attempt the task to make him an amazing train cake. The day before I made 3 loaf cakes. I also used a green bean can for the engine. I sprayed it with Pam and flour prior to filling the can 3/4 full with … Read more
I am so appreciative of all the train cake ideas I found on this site and wanted to share the results of my research on of a Choo Choo Train Birthday Cake. Each of the trains were made from a dense devils food recipe. The steam engine is from two bread pans and the rest … Read more
I made this Homemade Train Birthday Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. I started by using just boxed cake mix. I made chocolate, strawberry, and yellow cakes. I baked them in the disposable mini loaf pans. Then I froze them to help the frosting stick better. In order to know which cake was which, I … Read more
This train birthday cake is a construction job rather than baking. Each truck is a Cadburys Mini Swiss Roll, balanced on a Rolo (or 2) with a bit cut out to put sweets in and mini Jammy Dodgers as wheels. The engine is a bigger chocolate covered Swiss Roll, balanced on 3 Rolos with 3 … Read more
I made this cake for my cousins son 2nd birthday. The cake itself is a simple cocoa sponge cake, the kind children like, and it is baked in a large oven pan. When the cake is ready you cut as many trailers as you like. I don’t fancy using too much food coloring so I … Read more
I wanted to share this train cake idea with all of you who are inspired by the fabulous cakes on this site but still dont feel up to the challenge of making your own cake from scratch! I took the train idea and recipe from one of Annabel Karmel’s books then themed it to match … Read more
The train shape cake was for my sons fourth birthday. I took ideas from several train cakes on this site and added ideas of my own to make it a circus train. I used a Wilton Train cake pan for the engine and small loaf pans for the cars. The cars were turned into cages … Read more