Matthew wanted a tractor cake which I had a basic plan for in my mind. Quite unusually as a man, I have been delegated the cake making or at least icing for our parties. Then Matthew got fixated on having icing vegetables and insisted that he new where to buy them on the other side … Read more
Living on the farm with only “Green” equipment, it wasn’t a stretch to find inspiration for my son’s 2nd birthday John Deere Birthday Cake. I am very crafty and a perfectionist, I’ve also made a Cookie Monster, Lightening McQueen and an alligator for my sons’ birthdays. I love making cakes for my boys, but they … Read more
My son is obsessed with “mow mows” (aka tractors,) so I wanted to have a tractor-themed party for him, including the tractor cake. I was looking at his wooden toy tractor that his grandfather had made for him and thought, I could make a cake like that! So, I tried it and was thrilled with … Read more
My husband sells John Deere Tractors. Since we had a boy after 5 girls, it was a no-brainer to make a tractor cake for our son’s 1st b-day. I looked here at coolest b-day cakes to get ideas. This cake was a combination of ideas that I found. I baked cake in 2 bread loaf … Read more
When I asked my son what kind of cake he wanted for his third birthday he had a very specific idea: it had to be a red tractor cake with an amber revolving light on top. I told him I would try. I didnt have time to order any baking pans, so I had to … Read more
I did research on this site before making this Tractor And Hay Wagon Birthday Cake for my then 2 year old. I considered cutting the cake from a sheet cake, but I ordered a plastic cake pan for the tractor and decorated it to match my son’s favorite International tractor. The plastic pan has been … Read more
I made this tractor cake for a Father’s Day celebration. We were on a farm in St. Paul, Oregon, so I thought it would be fitting to put a tractor on the cake. It was a 12″ round 4 layer vanilla bean cake with raspberry filling. After baking the cake I chilled it to make … Read more
I made this tractor cake for a co-worker of my husbands who is quite the cowboy. I made this the night before his birthday. I used cake mixes and baked them in bread loaf pans. After they had cooled I cut one loaf in half and placed it on top to make the shape of … Read more
Like many others, I got my ideas from this website for a John Deere Tractor Cake. The cake is colored in fondant and I crushed graham crackers to use as the dirt. The hay stacks are Rice Krispie treats. I used my children’s foam blocks covered in foil as the raised support under the cardboard … Read more
My dad was a John Deere engineer for 30 years and my family has been delighted that my now two-year old son loves John Deere tractors. For my son’s birthday, I did a John Deere tractor cake with a hay wagon behind it. I used standard loaf cakes for the tractor and trailer, and stacked … Read more
I made this cake out of two loaf pans, including the trailer behind and frosted it with the right colors.
I searched around for a John Deere type tractor cake idea but couldnt find one I liked or thought I could make!! So I set to drawing a tractor over and over and over again until I was happy with the basic shape (I am no artist you see!!) I then cut it out in … Read more