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Coolest Dumper Truck Cake 32
by Sherrill
(Peterborough, UK)
Dump Truck Cake
This dump truck cake was made for my son's 4th birthday using ideas picked up from this site. It's made from two 2lb loaf Madeira cakes. I turned one upside down to make the base and iced it using yellow fondant icing. I cut a third off the other cake and turned it upside down to make the cab. I then cut a rectangular hole in the remaining piece of cake to make the back of the truck. Tip - don't make the hole too deep as it makes the sides of the cake weak and it only needs to be deep enough to hold a few of what ever you decide to fill it with to give the illusion that it is full. I then iced the cab and back in yellow icing.
I covered two wafer biscuits with the yellow fondant and built up the cake, putting the covered biscuits behind the cab to prop up the back at an angle. I made number plates with my son's name and age on in advance from flower paste with edible pen writing and glued them in place. I used licorice for the bumpers and licorice allsorts for the rear lights and white choc buttons for the front lights. Licorice Catherine wheels made the wheels, glued on with edible icing.
I made a windscreen and side windows from white fondant and drew a little man driving on the windscreen. A sweet made the exhaust and I filled the back with chocolate raisin "rocks". Demerara sugar made the sand on the tray to complete the look.
