I made this train cake for a co-worker’s son’s 2nd birthday. I wanted it to be a fun colorful cake that a 2 year old would like. Everything but the train engine, candles and trees were made of candy or icing. For the wheels I use coconut chocolate cookies. The letters are iced sugar cookies. I filled … Read more
The train cake is carrot cake with butter cream cream cheese frosting. The trains are fondant shaped and molder smaller pieces were made ahead and glued on with Vodka. We used luster dust to make the metal pieces shine. I used our dining room table to roll out the fondant for the tracks so they would have a natural wood … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. It was made from a Wilton cake pan in the shape of a train engine . The rest of the bogies were cut free hand from a template. The cake was boxed cake mix rich chocolate with eggs available in India. Totally used six single pan … Read more
My 6 year old LOVES trains. It was fitting that he have a train cake for his birthday. I used buttercream to cover this cake instead of fondant. For the wheels I used mini oreos, the steam spout was a mini icecream cone rolled in sprinkles and filled with white buttercream frosting. It was a hit with … Read more
My twin 6 year old boys LOVE trains! For the past few years they have requested train cakes. I was out of ideas and one day while waiting for a train I hopped out of the car and took a picture of the crossing with my phone. And that is where this railroad crossing gate … Read more
I baked a delicious and easy chocolate cake for this train cake and let it cool. I turned it out onto a cake board I made from a baking tray and silver paper. Then I made green vanilla butter cream and spread it onto the cake with a spatula and created a grassy effect with a serrated knife. … Read more
This Train Cake is for Rishika’s 5th birthday party on 2nd Jan 2011 in Mumbai, India. I made 6 cakes – 6 inches X 3 inches loaves (I have used normal sponge cake) – trim the edges of 5 cakes to make suitable sized train wagons and an engine (cylindrical shaped with a 2 cm rectangular … Read more
My son just turned 3 and he told me he wanted a choo-choo train cake but he did not want Thomas. Which was really odd cause he loves Thomas, but that was his stipulations. So this is what turned out. I made one-13×9, one 8×8, and one empty soup can of cake made from one … Read more
I was determined to make a Train Birthday Cake for my son Jackson on his 2nd birthday! I did some research online and came across this website, which is just wonderful! I was able to combine so many different ideas from all the cakes to make one of my own! I used two Pound Cake … Read more
I baked 2 rectangular cakes to make the shape of this train birthday cake – rectangular tin 12” x 9”. 1st rectangular cake – divided equally into 3 length ways. 1st length – nothing. (12”x3”) 2nd length – cut equally in ½. (6”x3”) each 3rd length – cut 2/3 to 1/3. (8”x3”) and (4”x3”) 2nd … Read more
I made this homemade choo choo train birthday cake for my twin boys 5th Birthday, they are long time train lovers. I was going to have a cake made but after looking at this website I decided I should give making one a try. The train itself is made from confetti cake in loaf pans. … Read more
This Train Birthday Cake was created after reviewing several ideas from this website. Thank you so much for being here. I made 2, 1/2 sheet cake pans to make this train. It was huge! So it totals a full sheet cake. I covered them in homemade buttercream, colored with gel coloring, (the best thing ever … Read more