My son recently turned 10 and wanted a surprise birthday cake. I chose to make him an army tank birthday cake as he is always playing soldiers and loves anything to do with the army. I did so much research, including this site and decided that it would be best to keep in simple. I … Read more
This cake was made from a half sheet pan. My son and I made this for a Cub Scout son and one cake competition and won first place. The cake sold for $55 at auction. As you can see from the birthday cake picture, the tracks and barrel are made from tootsie rolls and the … Read more
My husband is a history fanatic and hes always watching war documentaries. I figured a tank cake would be the most exciting birthday cake he’d ever had. The cake was a standard chocolate Victoria-style sponge made in a 13×9 cake dish. I used a Pyrex style because the edges were nicely rounded. I cooled the … Read more
We made this tank cake for my son’s 11th Birthday Bash! We had an Army/battle theme and thought a tank was the best choice for a homemade cake. We found a lot of ideas on this website and played around to make the cake our own! First, we baked a 9×13 cake (vanilla w/ green … Read more
We were inspired to make this homemade tank birthday cake from this website. I made this for my son’s 6th birthday. The bottom of the tank is a 9 x 13 pan, the top is a bread loaf pan. The gun pointing out is a cereal straw that was dipped in melted chocolate chips. I … Read more
My son wanted an army-themed party, so I searched this site for Army Tank Birthday Cake designs. This cake, therefore, has a little of everyone’s ideas and I thank you all! I started by baking two 9″ x 13″ mixed chocolate and vanilla, tinted green, cakes. I then baked the third layer, which was a … Read more
This is the tank cake I made for a friend’s little boy’s 10th birthday. He loves all things military and really wanted a tank for his birthday cake. It’s not something I had ever tried to do before so thought it would be fun to have a go. I made two large rectangular chocolate sponge … Read more
I looked at a picture of a tank and cut out the cake bottom from a 9×13 pan. The Turret is an oval cake pan trimmed to a proper size. The soldier is a 1.00 army man from Walmart. The tracks are painted bubble tape, and a leaf tip to make bumps along it. The … Read more
My son wanted a tank cake and I was wondering how in the world I was going to accomplish that. Then I stumbled on your website and couldnt wait to get started. I knew it was going to turn out awesome! I simply made a 9×13 cake for the bottom and then made two 9” … Read more
The Hello Kitty Tanker Idea came about when my boss asked me to make a cake for his wife. I asked, what does your wife like? Any ideas? Colors, shapes, characters, flavors? To my dismay, he didn’t have a clue, his wife of 20 years! So, I asked around, found out that she likes Hello … Read more
My son Jacob was having an army themed campout for his birthday and wanted a homemade army tank cake. I baked a chocolate slab cake, and cut about 8cm wide off the end to use for the top. I then cut that in half and joined them together with icing and stuck it on top … Read more
My son was having a ‘SPY/SWAT/ARMY’ birthday. He and his mom picked out a tank piñata so I figured a homemade US army tank cake would be perfect. The bottom is made out of two 9x13s with the tops shaved off of each so that they were flat. The turret is a single 8×8 cake … Read more