My Aunt Judy outdid herself for my son Josiahs 1st birthday party. Since I didn’t make it I can’t share a whole lot of helpful hints but I searched and searched for pictures of a barn cake so I thought it might be helpful for some just to see it. I do know that the … Read more
This Farm Combine Cake was made for my farm loving son’s 3rd birthday. We already did the tractor cake for a previous birthday so I had to come up with something different and he wanted a combine cake. I looked all over internet trying to find a picture to go off of but could not … Read more
This John Deere cake was made for a family friend’s little boy who was turning 4. It was a half white, half chocolate cake baked in a 11” x 15” cake pan. It was iced smooth with white buttercream icing. I first traced the tractor (I got the outline off of the internet) and then … Read more
This John Deere Tractor Cake was my grandson Mason’s 2nd birthday cake. I used the John Deere tractor pinata as my pattern and made the cake the same size as the pinata, which made making patterns a lot easier. I used yellow cake mix and tinted it green to make a neon green color which … Read more
My 2 year old son loved tractors (still does). It was his first word besides mom and dad. So a tractor cake it was for his birthday! This was my first time making a 3D cake. It turned out exactly how I was hoping. I used this site for inspiration photos! I’m a firm believer … Read more
I am submitting this photo on behalf of my mother, Janie Runyan. She didnt think her cakes are good enough to win the contest but the rest of us begged to differ. She used a Wilton cake pan. After she made the cake she poured colored chocolate in the mold to make the body of … Read more
My son wanted a chocolate cake for his ‘turning 2 cake.’ So my son and daughter and I sat down and drew up our Farmyard Birthday Cake idea. Tractors area huge part of my son’s life (we live on 165 acres of agricultural land and huge corn/pumpkin/cattle farm across the street.) The tractor was purchased … Read more
This cake was made for a 6 year old. He wanted a farm/garden to go with his love for John Deer Tractors. I made two sheet cakes from a box and made some homemade Butter cream frosting. I started by frosting the garden area and the dirt road with white. I grinded up chocolate graham … Read more
Little Red Barn Cake is the name of the cake. I found it on the Pillsbury website. I cut out a template,traced it on a sheet cake. Hope you get the idea. I used shoe string potatoes, graham crackers, animal crackers etc. Do your own thing, have fun with it.
I made this Farmyard Birthday Cake Idea for a friend who’s little boy was turning two years old. It was my first time to use marshmallow fondant. Once I learned to cover my hands with JUST A DAB of Crisco, the fondant was a fun challenge. The frosting is buttercream and chocolate buttercream. The barn … Read more
My boy Phillip turned 1 year old on 16 Jan 2012. He absolutely adores animals, all kinds, so I decided on a cheerful farm-themed birthday party. I used a large sheet cake for the ‘farm yard’ and cut a second sheet of cake into 4 pieces, stacked them and shaped the top to form the … Read more
I made this cake for a barn themed party. I used the Wilton house cake pan then frosted it red for the barn. The hay on the ground is toasted coconut. For the haystacks I used cupcakes and the Wilton mini dome pan – the dome cakes are the haystacks next to the barn by … Read more