Train Cake For Son's Birthday

by Pye

We are making a cake for a 2 yr old's birthday. He's crazy about trains, so we're going to make him a cake with the train cake pan. However, there will be many guests at his party, and we want to place the train atop a half-sheet cake. Can we put filling between the train, which is smaller, and the sheet cake? How would we do this? We'd love you input!

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Mar 07, 2009
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Cake Filling Ideas
by: Michelle (admin)

Hi Pye,

In answer to your question about filling between a larger and a smaller cake:

It's not so much that you'd be using filling between the cakes - more like using frosting as glue to position the train cake on the sheet cake.

If you're feeling confident you could slice the un-frosted train cake in to horizontal layers and fill between them before re-assembling and frosting. Any kind of buttercream will work really well for this. Try this cookies & cream filling recipe.

Here's a quick idea for some added detail and fun:

make railroad tracks from thick black licorice and fill between the tracks with ginger snap (or similar) cookie crumb 'dirt'. Place the train cake on top and use a #234 large grass tip to add grass around the remaining top and sides of the sheet cake. Easy and fun!

Good luck!

Regards,
Michelle

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