Train shaped cake

We've put together a huge collection of the best train cakes made by the Mum's Grapevine community along with some of our favourites...

I had a request for more details about the 3D cake I made for my son’s 2-year-old Train Birthday Party last year. I should clarify before I start, that I am not a trained baker (wait until I show you his 3-year-old birthday cake fail). I just get big ideas for my kids’ cakes and […]

SUPER EASY Thomas the Train birthday cake with train tracks in the shape of the number 3 for a third birthday!

This cute train cake is assembled using store bought cake, and if you like, store bought frosting. Although, we’ve included a recipe for our favourite vanilla buttercream because it’s simply delicious, and of course, you could bake your own Madeira loaves if you wanted to. Get the full recipe here http://www.ilovecooking.ie/recipe/train-cake/

A choo-choo train sheet cake

We celebrated my “big boy’s” third birthday this week! He’s completely obsessed with trains, so I decided to make him a train cake. Last year I made him a car cake, but this…

This is a pretty simple Thomas the Train birthday cake I made for my nephew's second birthday. I showed a picture of the carved cake before I frosted it.

This is a quick video tutorial demonstrating how to make a very quick & Easy Gumpaste Fondant Sugar Train decoration. You can see a full length video tutori...

Jonah had a fantastic birthday this week. Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Since Jonah is really into trains this year, I decided to try to make him a birthday cake shaped like a train. I searched online and was amazed at all the fancy train cakes people have made. I couldn't believe all the exact replicas of Thomas the Tank Engine (probably done to scale, no less!) and fancy fondant-iced train cakes. How much time do you people HAVE? Since this cake was for Jonah (who is only three…