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
I had wanted to have a train 1st birthday cake for my son’s birthday since before he was born! A friend usually makes my children’s cakes but my husband and I wanted to tackle this one ourselves. We found our ideas on this website. We baked 2 cake mixes. We used a loaf pan, a … Read more
I made these cute little Train Car Mini Cakes for my son’s 6th birthday. He picked out the toppings for each train car. These are all french vanilla iced with homemade buttercream. The cakes were made in separate tin foil loaf pans. I let them cool on the counter for about two hour. They were … Read more
This 2nd Birthday Train Cake uses the 3-D Choo Choo Train Cake Pan from Wilton. In addition I used mini loaf pans and a regular loaf pan for train cars. I used “Mama’s Pound Cake” recipe and buttercream Icing with a little purchased chocolate icing (outlines, tops, and around wheels for train) which I had … Read more
Little Nevin loves two things really well…..trains and the color green. So we had to go with both of these for our Train Birthday Cake Design. I always begin with a base of a yellow sheetcake or whatever flavor they like and ice it accordingly. The core of the cake is a vanilla loaf cake … Read more
This was my son’s second birthday cake. I started by making mini cakes (I found a pan that had 8 separate molds that were somewhere around 2″X4″). I made a lot, more than I actually needed, I think about 16 or 18. I also made the icing from a recipe in one of my cookbooks. … Read more