The whole train birthday cake was edible. I used boxed cake mix and made butter cream frosting. I first made the track with icing tinted black and Kit Kat bars. I used mini loaf pans and a tomato paste can (the littler ones) to bake the 3D train parts and also baked a sheet cake … Read more
For my twins 2nd birthday I wanted each of them to have their own cake that they would be excited over and I wanted to make them myself. This made me very nervous worrying about getting two cakes done as well as all the other party details. My son is very into Thomas the Tank … Read more
I got the basic idea for this train cake from your fantastic site but made a few adjustments. My little boys third birthday clashed with other work commitments so I needed to be able to throw something together in 15mins, which I did. As you can see its made from mini cake rolls (Cadbury’s), the … Read more
I viewed what seems like hundreds of the “coolest train cakes” on this site and pooled together the features I felt were neat and ‘do-able’ for me to make my own Homemade Choo-Choo Train Cake! Base: I started by cutting a “pond” from a Tommy sheet cake and frosted in green. “Grass” is piped around … Read more
This train birthday cake was quite easy to make. I just used cheap packet sponge cake mix. I cooked the main carriage with a large loaf tin and the carriages with disposable aluminum loaf tins (the ones you get take away food in). I used 2 of these and cut them in half to make … Read more
This was for my son’s second birthday party. I try not to have TV character tie-ins, though the cake ended up the right colour for Thomas. The homemade zoo train birthday cake was made from 2 x 20cm square Madeira cakes. I trimmed 5cm from each cake to make the train and carriages and sugarpasted … Read more
My best friend’s son wanted a train birthday cake and it was super last minute. So I whipped up a 1/4 chocolate sheet cake and frosted it with buttercream. I grabbed some trains from my local cake supply shop. I sprayed the sky blue with Wilton’s edible blue food color spray and I sprayed the … Read more
I was bound and determined to make my son a 3D train cake for his second birthday. It took about five hours and was so worth it when I saw the look on his face. I used a 3D cake pan and used a pound cake recipe. It only required 3 different icing tips and … Read more
I made this Homemade Choo Choo Train Birthday Cake for my son’s recent 2nd birthday party. His love for trains had given me the idea for a train themed party. I started searching for the perfect train cake and immediately fell in love with the 3D cakes. I then started contacting local bakeries and was … Read more
I made this cake for my sons 3rd birthday. We had a choo-choo-train theme for his party complete with an actual scenic train ride with the Lebanon Railway. I used the Wilton train cakes pan for the engine and the cars were made with a bread loaf pan, and then cut in half lengthwise. I … Read more
I wanted to make a 3-D train cake. I looked at the ideas on this page for train birthday cakes and came up with this. I used 2 tin foil loaf pans (standard loaf size) and one mini loaf pan. I used one box of standard cake mix. I filled both standard loaf pans about … Read more
This was a birthday gift for our neighbor who is a steam engine buff. We printed out some pictures from the internet of a train birthday cake and tried to be as accurate as possible. This was for an adult. We basically used mini loaf pans and 3 different sizes of cupcakes. We had to … Read more