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
This harvester birthday cake was made of black chocolate (motor), white chocolate (cab) and a roll with caramel spread (the platform I believe this is the word to define this). Then I covered all the cake with different colors of chocolate and vanilla fondant. My little grandson, my family and the guests said: Uouuuu, WONDERFUL!!
I made this Tractor Birthday Cake Design for my grandson Billy’s 3rd birthday. He lives in the country side near a farm. He loves tractor’s. I have made cakes for my other grandchildren in the past, but nothing with dark icing. I tried to colour the icing with liquid colour. This was unsuccessful as the … Read more
The Pink Antique Tractor Cake is made with 11×13 pan, 3 layers for the main part, carved on the top to give a bit of roundness. Fondant overlay, then painted with the spray paint. The chair is a round cake carved to look like a seat, covered with fondant. The wheels and steering wheel are … Read more
I made this cake for a friends son. I used two 9×13 cakes and put them together. I iced with green and brown dyed icing to look like the field and garden. I used green icing to make the plants in the garden and used pieces of his favorite farm toys for the toppers.s son. … Read more
After searching the internet for a tractor cake to surprise my soon-to-be-three year old son my mother showed up with a Wilton pan. (Whew one step easier!) I didnt start baking this until 8:00 pm. I made the tractor of chocolate and the rebuilt-rectangle-cake wagon of vanilla. The family is large and each has their … Read more
For my son Gavin’s second birthday party, we chose to have a farm themed party. The invites were little barns and when you opened the barn door there was a picture of my son dressed as a farmer. And this is the Farmyard Birthday Cake. All the kids received cowboy hats and bandanas and cowbells. … Read more
I am not good at making cakes so about a week before my sons birthday party I made all of the animal figures, hay bales and flowers out of icing and kept them in an airtight container. The day before the party I made a square sponge cake which I filled with jam and covered … Read more