This train birthday cake is the Strasburg Railroads Canadian National Engine 89. My son is obsessed with trains and one of his favorite books is “Steam Train Ride” which features this actual train from the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania. So although he spends hours playing with his Thomas train, his request for his 3rd Birthday … Read more
My little boy loved trains so for his first birthday I decided to make him a train birthday cake. I had absolutely no idea where to start so I baked two oblong Victoria sponges. I placed one standing upwards and one lying at the foot of the first. I put blue icing all over it … Read more
I prepared this train birthday cake from two cake mixes, my sons favorite ones,rainbow bit and chocolate. I rented the engine pan from my local cake store and made the cars out of loaf pans. The wheels are oreo’s and I used smarties for the cargo. The icing was the difficult part I put each … Read more
I was asked to do a train shape cake for a two year old girl that loves trains. All the trains were boyish looking so I had to come up with this one using the colors her mother picked out. I just used a 9×13 cake and buttercream icing. For the train I covered cardboard … Read more
I made the train engine out of white cake mix, 2 of the cars with chocolate and 2 with strawberry. I used buttercreme icing on all. The logs in the 1st car are cookies, the coal in the second car is crushed Oreo cookies and the rocks are jelly bean rocks. I had more fun … Read more
I made this train cake for my little guy’s first birthday. It was a “piece of cake” to make! I started each section of the cake by using medium sized bread loaf pans for the mold. I made chocolate cake and white cake to give the guests a choice of flavor. The engine was the … Read more
I used a small loaf pan (makes 8 mini loaves) to make the cars, and for the locomotive put one of the loaves on its end and trimmed one to connect in front. I used graham crackers for the cowcatcher at the front and covered with frosting. Decoration for this train cake was with a … Read more
My twins boys are obsessed with trains so naturally I wanted to create an incredible cake for their 3rd birthday. I did a lot of research online and ended up incorporating many different ideas into my own creation of this Homemade Train Birthday Cake Design. The tracks are made with Keebler fudge bars with black … Read more
We had my son’s third birthday party recently. The whole birthday centered around a train theme and so I wanted a train cake as well. With all his food allergies I don’t have the luxury of getting it from any bakery. The last birthday we had two cakes, one for him and (a regular square … Read more
For all of my daughter’s cakes since birth she has chosen Winnie the Pooh, her favorite, but for her 3rd she said she wanted something a little different. She wanted to combine her love of choo choo trains with her love of Pooh, and so we chose to make her a Winnie the Pooh Choo … Read more
This Homemade Train Cake was so much work, but well worth it! I baked several cakes (different flavors) in bread loaf pans. Once they were completely cooled, we transformed each “loaf” into a train car. I used Wilton’s 3D pan for the engine, but the rest of the cars were made from loaf pans. This … Read more
I didnt have a cake pan to make a 3D train birthday cake, so I had to just cut and trim by hand. I ended up with having a main train and then three train cars after it. The first one carried different colored animal cookies. The rails are made of chocolate wafer roll and … Read more