Coolest Monster Truck Cake 20
by Amy Redman
(NC)
Monster Truck
I made this monster truck cake for my son's fourth birthday. I thought I was going to have to carve out the entire truck, but then saw that Wilton made a 1980 truck cake pan.
I made the cake and then just carved out the wheels so that I could make monster truck sized ones. For the actual design on the side of the truck, my husband drew out a sketch for me to go by.
I baked two six inch round cakes for the wheels and then decorated them in chocolate buttercream icing tinted black. I frosted the inside of the wheels white and added a green hubcap. Then to finish the tires I added some tread using tip #5. I used black licorice ropes to connect the wheels and the cab.
To finish the remainder of the cake, I started by outlining the entire truck. I frosted the white cab and windows and added black roll bars. I then frosted the front and back bumpers in grey. Before filling in the remainder of the cake, I added the lightning bolt, back tail light, head light, and number 4. Finally, I simply filled in the rest with green stars using tip #16.
Needless to say my son absolutely loved it and it was a big hit at his "Monster Jam" birthday party.
