Coolest Farm Scene Birthday Cake

Coolest Farm Scene Birthday Cake

What a week, I decided that making a farm themed cake for my grandson’s 2nd birthday would not only be fun but easy. Needless to say, farming is not to be taken lightly! I started with what I thought was the beginning, the design. I researched, YouTubed, and made drawings til I was pleased with … Read more

Coolest John Deere Birthday Cake

Coolest John Deere Birthday Cake

My mom sent me a picture of a John Deere birthday cake. It was a 3 tier cake and told me she thought I should make this cake for my  son’s 3rd birthday and at first I was kinda scared cause I’ve never made a 3 tier cake before with so much detail to it … Read more

Farm Themed Birthday Cake

Farm Themed Birthday Cake

It had always been on my mind to do a farm themed birthday cake. And what better occasion than a kids’ party! I prepared the fondant figures before hand i.e the piglet and the ducklings. The duckling were a request from my kids and the piglet came as a request from one of their friends. … Read more

Gitty-Up Cowboy Cake

Gitty-Up Cowboy Cake

I make this Gitty-Up cowboy cake  for my son’s 6th birthday. For weeks my son asked for a Soccer birthday party so I was dead set on making a soccer cake for him, BUT at the last minute he decided he wanted a cowboy birthday party. With only 2 days to change EVERYTHING from soccer to … Read more

Coolest Tractor Cake 17

Homemade Tractor Cake

My friend’s little boy turned three and is really into tractors, so I asked if I could make him his tractor cake as a present. I purchased the tractor and wagon as part of his gift so he can play with it when the cake is done. It was pretty simple. I used a cupcake … Read more

Coolest Ideas for Making Cakes for a Barnyard Party 10

This is a chocolate square cake iced in dark green. I frosted one corner in brown and used my “cake rake” to make the appearance of rows. Then I iced a blue pond. I used pieces of toothpicks topped with a little brown icing and added leaves to make “cat tails” by the pond. I … Read more

Coolest Tractor Birthday Cake

Homemade Tractor Birthday Cake

I did this tractor birthday cake for my 5 year old son’s birthday. He loves tractors and John Deere. The cake is made of 2 oblong cakes put together. To do the brown plowed field it is chocolate icing that I put on then put in the refrigerator to get the icing stiff. Then I … Read more

Coolest Ideas for Making Cakes for a Barnyard Party 11

Use any type of cake mix and make a rectangular cake. Use white whipped icing and mix it with either green food coloring or green gel coloring (I used the gel). Use the green frosting as your base color. Then make a road through the center of the cake with crushed graham crackers and decorate … Read more

Coolest Country Cake

Country to Washington D.C.

This country cake is my sister’s birthday cake for the year that she moved from rural Virginia to Washington, D.C. Because I needed space I made it in in a 12X17 inch jelly roll pan. I used one box of cake mix per layer (three layers). I used chocolate cake mix both because she requested … Read more

Coolest Tractor Cake

Homemade Tractor Cake

My son had a John Deere tractor birthday party on a farm. This tractor cake was 2 9×13 sheet cakes that I put together. They weren’t completely even and that worked out perfectly because it looked more realistic of the ground. I used a grass tip to pipe the green grass. The garden is chocolate … Read more

Coolest Homemade Farm Birthday Cake

Homemade Farm Birthday Cake

My nephew asked me to make this Farm cake for his fourth birthday. I did alot of internet searching to find a design that best suited him and this website was very helpful! This was the first time I had ever worked with fondant; I didn’t have a great recipe so I found it hard … Read more

Coolest Farmyard and Tractor Birthday Cake

Homemade Farmyard and Tractor Birthday Cake

I made this Farmyard and Tractor cake for a friend’s birthday party. Their son, having had tractor cakes for the previous two years, wanted something a little different this year. I baked and frosted a 9″ x 13″ single layer cake. I frosted it with green. I then added the “dirt” by using crushed graham … Read more