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
I made this Firetruck cake for my son’s fourth birthday. He loves firetrucks and wanted an actual firetruck cake. I got ideas from this website and all of the cakes were wonderful ideas. I started with a large loaf pan, probably a 17″ or 18″ long by 6″ wide. I used it twice; once with … Read more
To get the shape of this Fire Truck Cake, I baked and cooled two 9×13 cakes. I stacked them and cut out the shapes freehand (as best I could). By stacking and then cutting, you will get a better block look. The back of the truck ended up being 3 layers (measuring apx. 9×4), which … Read more
I was inspired by the many Fire Engine Birthday Cakes on this site and when my 3 year old son asked for a “fire truck” cake, I hoped it would be less daunting than I thought, and it was. I baked 2 standard loaf cakes and 2 mini loaf cakes. I wrapped the 2 mini … Read more
This Firetruck Birthday Cake is my first cake that I made with fondant. My son loved it. I’ve also put some blinking lights in it. Some parts are airbrushed, because I couldn’t find icing color for coloring fondant. I bought body blinking light online and looks very cool on the cake. The cake was vanilla and walnuts … Read more
Jesse, my #3 grandson, wanted a firetruck for his second birthday. I did a lot of research for kids cakes, but didnt find many I liked, so I just made it up as I went.t find many I liked, so I just made it up as I went.