I wanted to make a cake that would be recognized and enjoyed by two 2 year old boys, one from Canada and one from Holland, and decided on a fire engine. I looked at many examples from various websites and took ideas from most of them. The only thing I did that I didn’t see … Read more
This is a Fire Engine Birthday Cake I made for my son’s first birthday. He really loved it and it was a huge hit and really quite simple to make. I had never made a themed cake before but I’m happy with how it came out! I made it by baking two pound Madeira cakes … Read more
This is one of those kids cakes thats easy to prepare! Using large loaf tins I baked two chocolate cakes. For this cake I used a Hershey’s chocolate cake recipe from their site. I placed the two loaf cakes end to end to form the body of the truck (cut off a couple of inches). … Read more
My son (5 years old) wanted a Rescue Hero birthday party so we started off with a firetruck cake. I got several kids cakes ideas from this website as well as others and sort of used a little bit of each of them. I made two sheet cakes (15 x 10 x 1; one chocolate … Read more
My name is Cailyn and I started taking cake classes last year. I developed a passion and love for cake decorating. I make lots of cakes and am always proud of my accomplishments. Not only do I make lots of cakes for people, I also enter cake contests here in PA and NY. I plan … Read more
This cake was made for my youngest son’s 4th birthday party which had a firetruck theme. My husband built a platform with wooden wheels and painted it black. I baked my cake in a regular 11″ x 15″ pan, then cut approx. 2″ across the top of it. I then cut the rest of the … Read more
I enjoyed making the Fire Truck Birthday Cake, and the kids loved it! I used a few ideas off this site to put it all together. I bought a plain sponge cake, cut it into pieces, glued it together with icing, iced it red, and it looked like a fire truck already! The wheels are … Read more
When one of your most precious grandson’s asks for a Fire Engine Birthday Cake what does his favorite grandmother do? Make his cake and go all out to make it the best ever! His eyes in the picture show his excitement! Sam’s fire engine cake was a labor of love starting with butter pound cake … Read more
I made this Firetruck 1st Birthday Cake for my nephew’s 1st birthday. It was lots of fun to make. I started with two 10″ cakes, two 8″ cakes and one 6″ cake. I frosted all of them white. Next, I frosted the 10″ cakes using the red, black and orange stripes. I also added black … Read more
I made this cake mostly because my son is CRAZY for fire trucks. I searched around through lots of kids cakes and finally came up with this idea. I made a yummy 9×13 chocolate cake base to serve guests in case my son decided he didnt want to eat his truck. The truck was made … Read more
I purchased a Kit from EBay to help me with the dimensions and design. The cake itself was made from a 12×18 slab cake cut into sections to form the truck. For these kinds of kids cakes it is good to take a few weeks in advance during which I made Royal icing decorations and … Read more
Our 6 year old is still crazy about firetrucks and firemen and requested a cake to reflect that love! I made a 2 tiered cake and iced it with buttercream. I then made a marshmallow fondant and shaped the bus, stop sign, road and ladder with the tinted fondant. I used almond bark candy for … Read more