John Deere Tractor Cake

John Deere Tractor Cake

I made this for my son’s 4th birthday. The detail on the tractor cake was done with colored chocolate (white and milk chocolate). For the hay bales I cut squares of cake, frosted them yellow and rolled them in browned coconut. I think I got that idea from this website :) I wish I had … Read more

Coolest Nemo Birthday Cake Idea

Homemade Nemo Birthday Cake Idea

I made this Nemo Birthday Cake Idea for my son’s 4th birthday. I made 2 rectangular cakes using 2 packets of Betty Crocker’s Mudcake cake mix. I put one on top of the other using chocolate frosting in the middle. I found a picture of Nemo online and enlarged it to use as a template … Read more

Coolest Thomas Cake Photos and How-To Tips 10

This is the Thomas cake I made for my two year old son. I spent a long time getting ideas from this site, thank you everyone. I used frozen pound cake and then cut each one into four slices for the carriages. Then I cut out a space in the top of each one and … Read more

Home Made Thomas Birthday Cake

I made this Thomas cake for my sons 3rd Birthday. It’s a 3 teir 7 layer cake. Used a little fondant too. 7 layer 3 teir Thomas The Train cake: 6 boxes of cake mix 1 gallon of butter cream A little fondant And some trains & tracks

Coolest Thomas Birthday Cake

Homemade Thomas Birthday Cake

My granddaughter wanted a Thomas birthday cake for her fourth birthday. Using this website I gathered ideas to create this cake. The bottom is two layers using a 1/2 sheet pan. I used cake mixes as she wanted blueberry and strawberry cakes. However I would recommend a sturdier pound type cake (at least on the … Read more

Coolest Toy Story 3rd Birthday Cake

Homemade Toy Story 3rd Birthday Cake

This Homemade Toy Story 3rd Birthday Cake is the first time I ever made a cake with marshmallow fondant. I used a recipe I found online and trained myself how to prepare the fondant from watching a youtube video. I did one practice round about a week before the party date just to be sure … Read more

Coolest 4th Birthday Barbie Cake

Homemade 4th Birthday Barbie Cake

I made this Homemade 4th Birthday Barbie Cake for my nieces 4th birthday party. I wanted to make a Barbie cake using a full size Barbie and not the half doll you can buy at Cake stores. I baked 3 8″ round cakes and baked a cake in a large oven safe glass bowl. We … Read more

Coolest Choo Choo Birthday Cake

Homemade Winnie the Pooh Choo Choo Birthday Cake

For all of my daughter’s cakes since birth she has chosen Winnie the Pooh, her favorite, but for her 3rd she said she wanted something a little different. She wanted to combine her love of choo choo trains with her love of Pooh, and so we chose to make her a Winnie the Pooh Choo … Read more

Coolest Lawn Mower Cake

Coolest Lawn Mower Garden Cakes

After making my son a train cake for his first birthday which he loved I wanted to come up with something that was really different and that he could relate to as soon as he saw it. He loved his toy lawn mower so I thought I’d give it a go making the same mower … Read more

Coolest Thomas Birthday Cake

Homemade Thomas Birthday Cake

I made this Thomas birthday cake for my friend son’s birthday who was turning 3 this February. The only request the birthday boy made was that he wanted Thomas coming out of tunnel. I reviewed various options and then decided on using rice crispies for the tunnel and mountains. I baked 2 9×13″ chocolate cakes … Read more

Coolest DIY 4th Birthday Barbie Cake

Homemade 4th Birthday Barbie Cake

My niece wanted a homemade 4th birthday Barbie cake with Stars and Big Hearts. So after 6 cake mixes and many different bowls I finally finished it. I used the Wilton’s doll dress pan. The only problem I had is for some reason I couldn’t get the center of the cake to finish cooking. This … Read more

Coolest Crane Cake

Crane Cake

I made this crane cake for my son’s first birthday. I got the idea from a Wilton cake year book. The crane is made out of the 3D train pan and we just cut off a few things to make it look like a crane. We used a plastic dowel and wrapped it in black … Read more