I made this template for the dump cake on an 8.5″x11″ sheet of paper and I baked a 9x13in. cake for the body of the bulldozer and a 9x9in. square for the bucket and used the remaining batter for cupcakes. As I was making it I realized that my tracks were too small but it … Read more
I wanted to make a cake for my son’s 1st birthday and was inspired by the cute dump truck invitations I found for the party along with ideas from this website. I should mention that I’ve never decorated a cake before, unless you count watching chefs on TV! Honestly, this dump truck cake took some … Read more
I made this Excavator cake for my friend’s son’s 2nd B-Day….he loves “diggies”! The base of the machine is a 12×18 vanilla pound cake that I cut and carved into shape. I had a lot of help from my husband with the design after he informed me that me original drawing was “all wrong”! The … Read more
This dump truck construction cake was for my sons first birthday last week. He loves his toy dump truck so we used that theme. The cake turned out much bigger than I thought, it easily would have fed over 30 people. I started with 11×13 and 9×11 sheet cakes. I used a small box covered … Read more
I first want to explain that Michael Paul wanted a Scoop cake but his mother didnt want the face on it just the truck; therefore I made Scoop without a face. To make dump cake I used two regular sized loaf pans and four mini loaf pans. The body of the truck is the two … Read more
This dump truck was so much fun to make but time consuming too. I started by baking two 9×13″ cakes. Once cooled I cut out the shapes I needed and put the pieces together to resemble a dump truck. It took 2 tubs of icing to cover everything and that was the most time consuming … Read more
A friend of ours has a company of dump trucks. I was asked to commission a truck cake for their to be 13 year old son. His mother suggested a Homemade Double Dump Truck Cake and said that orange was his favorite color. After making the main truck and realizing it was rather small (they … Read more
For this construction cake I used three 9×13 cakes, graham crackers (whole and unbroken), and Wilton’s decorator frosting (yellow, light blue). Cut one of the 9×13 cakes in half so you have 2 short rectangles. Layer the two remaining cakes as you would any double layer cake. Then place one of the halves at the … Read more
I first want to explain that Michael Paul wanted a Scoop cake but his mother didnt want the face on it just the truck; therefore I made Scoop without a face. To make dump cake I used two regular sized loaf pans and four mini loaf pans. The body of the truck is the two … Read more
I made this cake for my 3 yr old son. He has been wanting a bobcat cake for months. His daddy has taken him for many bobcat rides, so this was defiantly going to be his birthday theme! I baked a 9×13 size yellow cake and then cut the shape of a bobcat. I had … Read more
After researching a great construction vehicle cake for my twins’ 3rd birthday, I found the perfect example of a Excavator Birthday Cake I was looking for on funfamily.com. I baked a pound cake instead of buying a pre-made one like it suggested, cut off one end and placed on top for the cab. The entire … Read more
My son Zach LOVES trucks, so we decided on a BIG truck construction party theme for his 3rd birthday party. I wanted to make a dump truck birthday cake for him and looked on this website for inspiration. I got some great ideas to add to the ones I had in my head. Turning them … Read more