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
My husband has an antique tonka dump truck from when he was a child. My twin son doesnt like cake, so we were stumped trying to come up with something he would like. My husband suggested a dirt construction cake made in the dump truck. Here’s the recipe. INGREDIENTS: 1 (20 ounce) package chocolate sandwich … Read more
First my husband made a stand for the cake to be lifted off the ground. It was a thin but stable piece of wood attached to four small blocks that were covered by the wheels of the truck. The dump cake it self was simply cake mix as I wanted to put more time into … Read more
I baked a sheet cake and covered it in white icing for this Homemade Handy Manny Birthday Cake. I traced Handy Manny out of a coloring book onto wax paper. I laid the wax paper down on the cake and used it as my guide to decorating Handy Manny. I read that you could use … Read more
We did a construction theme party for my son’s third birthday. I looked at a lot of different construction birthday cakes from the wonderful bakers on this site and came up with this one. I used rock candy along the road. 100 calorie candy cut in half for the white and black edging. I also … Read more
Unique Birthday Cakes for a Construction Theme Party 2
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
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
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
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