Take a look at these cool homemade Barns and Animals cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
This cake was made for a coworkers’ son. She wanted the farm theme, and found one on-line that she liked. We looked at other farm cakes on-line and picked the best ideas from each, ending up with “Lucas’s 1st birthday cake”. The cake is chocolate with vanilla buttercream icing, then covered entirely with marshmallow fondant. … Read more
I made this Down on the farm cake for my son’s 1st birthday. We made 4 – 9″ square cakes and stacked 3 of them up for the barn, then some smaller pieces for the roof area. The silo was made by cutting the cake into circles using a cookie cutter. We took a long … Read more
I then added green food colouring to shredded coconut. I sprinkled the coconut over the top, leaving a little spot for a pond (which was just blue icing). To top it off I placed little plastic animals randomly on the surface of the coconut.
This cake was for a first birthday of a little boy who loves farm animals. I got the idea from looking at other photos of barn cakes. I took the parts of other cakes that I liked and combined them to get the finished product. I used graham crackers for the barn walls and roof, … Read more
This barnyard cake was made for my son’s second birthday. It was my first homemade cake. I started out well in advanced making the animals and fence out of marshmallow fondant and then stored them in an air tight container until ready to use. I made three 9×13 cakes, two for the bottom and then … Read more
I was struggling with what to do for my son’s first birthday. I looked on several websites, and decided to combine several ideas. This Barnyard Cake with Animal Cupcakes was my practice cake. This is a 9 x 13 inch white cake shaped like a barn. I used a toothpick to lightly etch the shape, … Read more
My Mom and I spent two days on my son’s first birthday cake. I wanted something that would feed 35 to 40 people so I decided on two 9 x 13 cakes side by side. I also wanted to offer a variety so we made one vanilla and one in cherry chocolate. This ended up … Read more
I baked a huge cake, using a Wilton cake pan. It took 4 boxes of French vanilla cake mix. I made homemade butter cream icing. The barn is made out of iced graham crackers. I dyed coconut for the hay and grass. The animals are Fisher Price Little People. The pig is sitting in a … Read more
Lots of prep work for a first timer on barn cakes. The royal icing animals were made well in advance of the party. The base cake is 9×13 – chocolate with buttercream blue and red shell border. I used shaved milk chocolate instead of coconut under the animals. The fence was made with pretzel sticks … Read more