Train Cake

What do you do when you don't have a train mold to make a train cake? You carve it!

We (my mom and I) had the opportunity to make a train cake for a boy turning 2 years old. I decided to carve the main engine instead of using one of those standing 3D cake molds, that way I could determine the size and the shape of the cake . What was I thinking? Yes it was a lot of work. Yes, I went to sleep at 2:00 am finishing the main engine, but it was worth it.

Here's the main engine. Marble cake on the botton and spice cake on the top. We made chocolate wheels and decorated everything in buttercream. Candy canes and a sugar cone filled with buttercream are part of the decorations.

Here's a picture of some of the other cars. Candy, chocolate lollipops, chocolate wheels and lots of colorful buttercream cover the cakes. Lemon, spice and white cake were chosen.

Here's a picture of another car. We placed chocolate birthday lollipops on top.

And here is the whole train on it's way to the party. I loved it and the client loved it too.