Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday
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Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

We are riding the birthday train until the wheels fall off, friends. For Sawyer’s 3rd birthday celebration, I opted for a Thomas and Friends train decorated cookie cake. Thomas isn’t Sawyer’s favorite character or TV show (I think that honor would go to Paw Patrol), but he recently has become interested in all things trains. (Incidentally, he’s been singing “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” on repeat in his adorable toddler voice.)

The theme coordinated perfectly with our other activities for his big birthday weekend: checking out the model railroad display at the Morton Arboretum and having dinner at 2 Toots, the boys’ favorite diner where a model train delivers your food to your table.

I was going to do the KitKat train tracks on cupcakes and arrange the cupcakes in the shape of a 3, but as I noted in the Funfetti cookie cake recipe post, my boys just don’t particularly like cake. They do, however, like cookies.

So a decorated cookie cake it was, and with a little green frosting, some Thomas minis, and train signs borrowed from our train set, this cute, easy Thomas the Tank Engine birthday cookie was created.

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

The hardest part was figuring out how to cut the KitKat bars into the shapes to form the number 3. If you can do that, you can do anything. So get set up and follow along with the photos for a step-by-step.

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Thomas the Tank Engine Cake Decoration with KitKat Train Tracks

Supplies:

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Instructions:

Place your cooled cookie cake on a 12-inch cardboard cake circle. This will make it easier to transport and move after decorating.

Start by arranging your KitKat candy bars on the cookie cake in the shape of the number 3. You will need 2 full bars, 1 full bar with one end cut into a point, 3 bars cut in half (6 halves total) and 6 triangles. I used a total of 6.5 KitKat candy bars to do this.

Use a sharp paring knife to cut the KitKats as shown:

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

The shapes don’t have to be precise; you’ll fill in the gaps between them with green frosting, and if any of your KitKats break, you can strategically arrange your toy Thomas MINIs to hide it.

After you have the number 3 laid out, get ready to frost: Transfer your green frosting to a piping bag fitted with the 4B star tip. Working one piece of train track at a time, pipe two lines of stars to correspond to the 2 bars of the KitKat. Place the bar on the lines and squish down so that green frosting shows on the outside of the “tracks” (like grass).

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Work your way through each section of track until you have the entire number 3 frosted in place.

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Then pipe a border of stars around the entire cookie cake. Add traffic signs in strategic location with extra frosting. (Continue to pipe individual “stars” to give a uniform appearance of grass.)

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Add your Thomas and Friends MINIs to the KitKat tracks and use a dollop of frosting to hold each train car in place.

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday
Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Let the frosting set up a little to harden enough to hold the train cars in place. Cover until ready to serve.

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday
Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Sawyer was a big fan of his train cake and started zooming the cars around the “tracks” before we had even finished singing Happy Birthday to him.

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday
Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Bonus: He now has three new Thomas and Friends MINIs to add to his collection!

Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

Happy birthday, baby boy! I’m so happy you loved your cake … and even happier that we’ve found a dessert that we can all compromise on!

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XOXO Kate #NeverDoneWithFun signature
Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday
Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday
Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday
Easy Thomas and Friends Thomas Tank Engine Decorated Cookie Cake | With KitKat train tracks! | #toddlerbirthday #3rdbirthday #trainbirthday

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