This cake was inspired by several images from this website. My Grandson wanted an army tank birthday cake for his 5th birthday which had an ‘army camo’ theme. He wanted a chocolate and hazelnut cake (he had picked and shelled all of the hazelnuts required for the flour himself!), which I made the bottom part … Read more
I made this Tractor Birthday Cake for a friend’s little boy who loves John Deere tractors. I got the idea from some of the cakes on this site and then took it and made some tweaks to the other ideas. I used two loaf pans (1 cake mix each) to make the tractor. The cab … Read more
Want a slice of cake?! This Army Tank Birthday Cake was created by 2- 9″x13″ Pillsbury Yellow sheet cakes and 1- 6″ round cake. It was assembled using good ol’ Crisco and 10x sugar based icing. Wilton’s brown and green gel food coloring was used to create the sand, medium brown, and army green colors. … Read more
I made this dump truck birthday cake as a smash cake for my God son’s first birthday! I had been looking at dump truck cakes online trying to find a recipe and some instructions I could follow. I never really found one that I fell in love with so I sketched out a blueprint for … Read more
I made this John Deere cake for my nephews second birthday. I cut the cake into a tractor shape, frosted donuts for the wheels and used oreos to simulate dirt. Tip: don’t use plastic wrap. My piping for the face stuck to it when I took it off. The kids still loved it though!
My son Rhys was turning 3, so I drew inspiration from his current hero, Fireman Sam for his birthday party. His invitations were a photo of him dressed in his Fireman Sam dress up (that I made) and his birthday cake just had to be a fire engine. I made a ‘family chocolate cake’ and … Read more
After following the tips from some others online (namely the rice Krispy digging arm) I also added licorice straps and mini Oreos for the wheels. The green cake was a chocolate cake which I ‘dug’ into with a spoon to make it look like excavated earth when it was served up(not shown in photo). I … Read more
To make the cake, I used 2 box mixes. I used my P.C. stoneware roasting pan lid for the base and my P.C. stoneware loaf pan for the top. Once the cakes were cooled, I placed the loaf on top, slightly to the back of the base. I then froze them overnight. The next day … Read more
My son wanted an army party for his 8th birthday. I used a large rectangular pan for the bottom and an oval pan for the turret. The treads on the tires is molded chocolate (I used a fence mold). The army cake was iced in an army green color and I used spray color green … Read more
I made this cake for a friends son. I used two 9×13 cakes and put them together. I iced with green and brown dyed icing to look like the field and garden. I used green icing to make the plants in the garden and used pieces of his favorite farm toys for the toppers.s son. … Read more
After searching the internet for a tractor cake to surprise my soon-to-be-three year old son my mother showed up with a Wilton pan. (Whew one step easier!) I didnt start baking this until 8:00 pm. I made the tractor of chocolate and the rebuilt-rectangle-cake wagon of vanilla. The family is large and each has their … Read more
Next I cut a small chunk for the cab and adhered it to the top using icing. I left a one-inch gap and then adhered the third layer to the second layer with icing. For the top of the dump part I used the 8×8 square- trimming it down to a 7×6 size. When I … Read more