I had a lot of fun making this girl baby shower cake for my best friend’s baby shower. Girl Baby Shower Cake Directions I formed all the little farm animals and the scarecrow out of the decorator preferred fondant about three days in advance so they would have time to dry a little. For the … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for my daughter’s then fiance, now her husband, and his brother. Their birthdays are just a few days apart and since they’re both country boys I didn’t have too much trouble coming up with this John Deere cake idea. Cakes are the most fun when they’re a labor … Read more
This John Deere tractor cake is every little boy’s dream and was one of my first. A co-worker asked me to make it for her son’s first birthday since he loved John Deere tractor toys! The flavor of the cake was vanilla, since my scratch vanilla is better for carving than my super-moist chocolate! The … Read more
I created my Old McDonald Had a Farm cake for a local county show contest and was delighted to win 1st place. The interior of the cake I made with chocolate biscuit cake which consists of chocolate and lots of it, marshmallows, biscuits and condensed milk. After the cake set in the fridge I smothered … Read more
I first made this ploughed field farm cake for my eldest son’s third birthday. Twenty five years later I was asked by my daughter to bake a cake for the third birthday of her son (my grandson)! Obviously I was honoured to be asked. He is our first grandchild. Without looking at any other cakes … Read more
This farm cake was supposed to be a simple 2 tier cake with a farm scene. It was for a 1st birthday party for a little boy. His mom really wanted the barn on top but a cake that size was out of the budget. I said I would find some little farm animals and … Read more
My grandson Cayden, who turned four on this birthday, presented me with a drawing of exactly how he wanted his birthday cake to look. “I want a farmyard please, grandma”. He was very specific in explaining that he wanted a tree with apples, there HAD to be a pond with fish jumping out, the barn … Read more
Our Jefferson County Tennessee Fair was celebrating its 70th year this year and I decided to submit a cake in the Decorated Cake contest. I had made a decorated wedding cake last year, which I won 1st place for so I decided why not try again. I decided to design the cake with a true … Read more
My nephew asked if I could make his two children a joint birthday cake. The theme being farm animals as they were having a travelling farm for their party. I was quite nervous doing this as I’ve never made animals before and having tried a few different animals the results were not great as I … Read more
This green John Deere tractor cake is 100% edible! The tractor is made from gum paste and was airbrushed finished. The “tire” tier is actually chocolate fondant airbrushed black so it has a much better taste than if you had just dyed the fondant black! The John Deere logo what free-handed cut out and placed on dried … Read more
A friend of ours asked me to make another cake for her daughter’s 2nd birthday, the theme was a farm as her party was at a farm. She sent me details of how she wanted it made. I had to make cows, pigs, bee’s and sheep. It was a three tier cake. I made the cakes. … Read more
Living in rural Wyoming, you don’t just run to the store (35 miles away) to pick up a couple things. We didn’t have a lot of money at the time so I used my son’s plastic tractor carrying case and traced the outline of it onto a piece of cardboard. It fit perfectly inside a … Read more