OK, I've been asked to do a cake for a baby shower. The mother to be wants a pound cake with a train on it. How could that be done??? 
I've never seen a pound cake that has been decorated. I've only seen them with the glaze on it. Please help me. It's due the 28th. TIA!!
I've baked pound cakes in loaf pans and they've turned out great- very yummy and you'd be able to carve them.
Try this link:
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/cake/cake_train/cake_train.html
It's not the most sophisticated looking cake, but at least it'll give you a starting point for carving your cake. HTH!
I've made pound cakes in many different shapes and sizes and they always turn out great! Good luck! One tip though, if your icing is on the sweet side, you may want to tone it down a little with some salt or thin with water instead of flavoring. The pound cakes tend to be too rich with a sweet icing on them.
Good luck!! 
I bet she wants pound cake just for the dense texture. Some people prefer it while others absolutely hate it. Most of the 3-D cake pans that I have seen suggest a pound cake mix be used (like the stand up bear) because it will be able to hold its shape better than just a straight cake mix (so I agree with the previous post...pound cake can be in any shaped pan you like). I bet you can find a pound cake mix at the grocery store with the other cake mixes if you are unsure about doing it from scratch. Pound cakes tend to be more dry/dense, so don't be surprised when you start to decorate it!
I bought a Duncan Hines lemon cake mix recently. On the side of the box was a variation to make the cake into a pound cake. The difference was adding a 4-serving size of instant pudding mix, and an extra egg.....voila! Now it's a pound cake! I tried it and it tasted really good - still nice and moist, but a little more "solid".
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