100+ Coolest Homemade Construction Cakes

Unique Birthday Cakes for a Construction Theme Party 2

Coolest Homemade Construction Cake Photos and Tips 10

This is the first time I ever did create something like this. My inspiration to do this was my son and also being sick of overpriced chintzy store bought cakes. My 4-year-old wanted his favorite construction trucks featured on his birthday cake. I made a 2-layer cake, (9X13 pans) and trimmed before icing it. I … Read more

Coolest Wrench Cake

I honestly came up with the idea for this wrench cake out of the blue. Nov. 29 was my fiancee’s 24th birthday so him being a mechanic I wanted to do something special for him. I thought about just going to the store and buying him a cake, but I wanted this one to be … Read more

Coolest Dozer Cake

I made a dozer cake for my son’s school party and after a few people saw it, I got my first order. The hardest part was constructing the dozer and the sponge was crumbling because I prefer using a sponge cake for a good tasting cake. Everthing is edible on the cake, and the fondant … Read more

Cool Homemade 3D Bulldozer Cake

My son was approaching his 21st and said he would like a bulldozer cake. He works for Caterpillar as a heavy machinery mechanic, so I knew he would pay attention to detail. My daughter and I spent the morning with all sorts of machinery books, rectangular sponges, yellow icing and licorice covering our dining table. … Read more

Easy DIY Dump Truck Birthday Cake

I made this dump truck birthday cake as a smash cake for my God son’s first birthday! I had been looking at dump truck cakes online trying to find a recipe and some instructions I could follow. I never really found one that I fell in love with so I sketched out a blueprint for … Read more

Coolest Homemade Construction Cake Photos and Tips 3

I am very proud of how this Bull Dozer construction cake came out. I made two rectangular cakes and stacked them on top of each other and then angled the front to look like a dozer. The treads on this cake are extra cake frosted with chocolate icing. I used wedding pillars to form the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Construction and Dump Cake Photos and Tips 8

This dump cake was for my sons 1st birthday. His favorite toy was a yellow dump truck so that’s where the idea came from. I used a couple of Sara Lee frozen pound cakes and cut to shape. I had seen directions somewhere on how to cut the pieces but when the time came to … Read more

Coolest Homemade Handy Manny’s Toolbox Cake

My son was in a Handy Manny phase when he turned 2, so the theme of the cake was easy. I shopped the web for ideas and came up with this version of Manny’s toolbox for my son’s cake. I baked a 10×15 inch cake (vanilla) for the bottom, which I cut to look like … Read more

Construction Scene Cake

This construction scene cake was done for my son’s 1st birthday. It was very easy. I just made a sheet cake and iced it brown. It has been awhile but I think I used crumbled cookie for the dirt. I even dug a hole in the cake where I put the backhoe. I bought the … Read more

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Coolest Homemade Construction Cake Photos and Tips 11

For this construction cake, I baked a chocolate sheet cake (any recipe that you like). After it cooled I froze it to make it easier to ice. Once it was frozen I iced it with white buttercream icing. I created a pond using blue Jello Jigglers. I just cut out a pond shape from the … Read more