Customer Reviews

Wilton Choo-Choo Train Set

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
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I bought this 3D train cake pan to make my son a Thomas the Train 3D cake for his 3rd b-day. The cake itself turned out great once I made some adjustments to the suggested cook time. I only had to cook 2 cakes for it to come out right. (I don't bake much.) The only real downfall for this product is where the hole is located to "check" to see if it's done. It's at a shallow location. So, when I checked to see if it was done, it showed it was. Unfortunately, it was the deeper part of the cake that wasn't done and I had no way of knowing until I took the cake pans apart.

I love to bake cakes. I especially love to make cakes for children's birthdays. When someone asked me for a train, I never thought that I would find a 3-D one! This cake pan was excellent. The cake baked evenly, and filled both sides well. It stood unassisted and even make it through a 25 minute car ride with lots of hills and turns. I would highly recommend this!

I purchased this pan for my daughters second birthday cake. Last year I bought the giant cupcake pan and that was very easy to use! Not so much with this pan! Its the night before my daughters party and I am on my second train cake, using a wilton recipe, and the darn thing is not cooking as directed! the silly inadequate instructions that came inside the pan turned out to not be the same ones on the wilton website. Looks like Im going to have to bake a 3rd one tonight, and Im not thrilled. I am an experienced baker, and this is ridiculous! If you buy this pan make sure you use these instructions [...] not the one in the pan!

Pros: If you, or someone you love, likes trains... this form is great.

Cons: Didn't come with the cake already in it. (Only kidding)

I have to say this pan is really great!!! Make sure you follow the directions and spray it really well and put flour in it. Also you really need to use a true dense pound cake recipe. The first cake I made was from a box and it was to light and the cake couldn't stand up properly and fell over. Then I made a pound cake recipe and it came out fantastic. All the ridges and shapes were easy to see and I had a great time decorating it.

This pan made a great train cake sideways! Make sure you use a heavy cake such as a pound cake. Handle the pan carefully! The edges are sharp and it slit my finger.

I made a train cake for my son's 2nd birthday and it turned out wonderfully. The pan was very easy and I did not have a hard time getting the cake out of the pan. My son loved it.

Definitely read the directions first- I used the wrong batter and the wrong amount so it didn't stand up. I still used it and the cake turned out so cute.

This is a great cake pan. I made a Thomas the Train cake and it was perfect. Easy to use easy to make.

The pan worked great. Two comments:
1) You must grease the pan very well, getting in every nook and cranny (per the instructions)
2) Finding the exact right volume of batter was the hardest part. Luckily you can just scrape the overflow off the pan and your cake will still look fine. Just remember to put a cookie sheet under the pan while cooking!