Take a look at these cool homemade Monster Truck cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
My son wanted a Monster Truck Birthday Cake. I baked a 9X13 cake and two loaf pans. I used the loaf pans to make the cab of the truck. A monster truck needs to sit up off the ground, so I put the cake on a cake board (cut to size) and under that I … Read more
My son wanted a monster truck birthday when he turned 5. So, of course, we had to have a monster truck cake for the occasion! I looked through the pictures on this site to get some ideas. I got some very helpful tips about using a platform and freezing the layer for the cab to … Read more
For this monster truck cake I used a 3D Cruiser cake pan. I elevated the platform to make it look like a monster truck. I used frosting to frost and Crueller donuts were used for wheels.
My son is allergic to dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, sunflower, and coconut, so I couldn’t use the donut wheel method as shown in so many other monster truck cakes. I asked my husband to build me a 4-legged table approximately 4″ x 12.5″. We then attached two PVC pipes to the tabletop as “axles”- … Read more
My best friend Debbie and I made this monster truck cake for our loving Zack who is turning 12 this year. We used a car-shaped cake pan and put it on top of a 9×11 cake to make the monster truck. We also trimmed the car cake to give it more of a bed and … Read more
My son wanted a monster truck theme for his 5th birthday this year. Sadly, I had extreme trouble finding anything with Monster Trucks on it….believe it or not. I really thought this would be an easy theme but not so much! I ended up making my own invitations, party hats, and birthday shirt for the … Read more
A co-worker asked me to make her son a monster truck cake. I told her I would and since I had never made one before I thought I should make a “sample” cake. So I started by baking 2 cakes in loaf pans and carved them for the truck. I also baked a rectangular cake … Read more
It was my brother in law’s birthday and we decided to make him a birthday cake, he’s a lorry driver so this truck cake is what we decided to make. I started by making 3x square sandwich cakes and when they were cold I sandwiched two of them together with butter cream, then the other … Read more
This is a very simple cake, but a big hit. My kids couldnt keep their hands off of it and got lots of playtime on it before we ate it! The cake is made of two 9×13 layers. The dirt is tan-colored icing covered with graham cracker crumbs. The ramp, from board to cake, is … Read more
Designing and making this Monster Truck cake was a lot of fun. I made it for my great-nephew’s sixth birthday party. We have a large family so I used two chocolate cake mixes for the bottom layer cake. They are frosted with the buttercream recipe off the Hershey’s Cocoa package. I baked a white cake … Read more
My son loves Gravedigger, so I decided to make him a Gravedigger Monster Truck cake. It turned out fabulous, and he was so surprised. It was made out of a loaf cake, cut into the shape of the truck, with kruller doughnut wheels.
My husband and I decided to attempt our first ever cake for my son’s 1st birthday. We baked for 2 days and assembled and iced over 2 days. We found it easier working with very cold cakes and coated the entire cake in a very runny icing before applying the butter icing so the cake … Read more