I had a great time making this airplane birthday cake. At first I didn’t know how it would go. I started with 4 big rectangle shaped cakes. I made mud cakes. Placed them on top of each other with icing, but every time I went to put each cake on, they broke so I just … Read more
I made this airplane cake for my son for his kindergarten graduation. I wanted to do something special for him and practice some of my techniques in the process. Graduating from kindergarten is a big deal and so is he so I looked for a long time before I decided on the airplane. This was … Read more
Well, my son who is turning 5 is big into Jets and Helicopters this year and of course as I was just “looking” at cake pics online, he saw them and immediately said “Mommy, I want that one!!”. So, I got the idea for this Jet plane Runway birthday cake from looking at others on this site. The … Read more
I made this Homemade Airplane Birthday Cake for my son’s 1st birthday and was really pleased with the result. I got it in my head that I wanted an airplane cake so went online for ideas but was disappointed when all I found were jets or commercial planes on a cake board. So I found … Read more
I made this cake for my sons third birthday. He’s a HUGE Blue Angel fan. I made it from 2 sheet cakes – cutting out the body from one and the wings from the second (diagonally). The cockpit was made from a snack cake (I wouldn’t recommend that cake idea, since it sat a little … Read more
My son wanted an airplane cake for his 6 birthday. He specifically said he wanted a plane landing on the road made out of icing. So I baked a 11 x 15 cake. I put icing over the whole cake first then I took a toothpick to mark an air strip out with the large … Read more
My son loves fighter planes. So for his 3rd birthday we decorated with F-22s and F-16s. For his F16 airplane cake, I took his favorite plane and drew it out on some graph paper. This helped me get the dimensions right. I then took those dimensions and optimized it to cut out the correct pieces … Read more
A cake to play with! The whole scenery of the airport activity turned the birthday cake ceremony into an exciting board game for all the little ones who gathered around the table. It was a little bit hard for them, though, having to take apart the flying machine in order to try it out. Nevertheless, … Read more
For this airplane cake I used 2 13×9 sheet cakes and a small round bowl cake. I used pound cake because of the crumbs. The body of the plane was made from one sheet cake cut in half longways, stacked, and carved. The wings are made from the other sheet in cake. The nose is … Read more
I made this F16 airplane cake for a coworker who was moving to Italy for a job related to F-16s. I cut the shape out of a 12×18 sheet cake. I didn’t want to waste the rest of the cake so I made an Italian flag and an American flag cake too, out of the … Read more
Here are Lias preparation tips for her airplane cake idea: My daughter insisted that she needed a blue airplane cake for her fourth birthday. (We live near three airports, maybe that’s why…) So I did my best…. Here’s how I did it: I baked 4 cakes in loaf pans so that I could make the … Read more
I used a “Roasting” pan and two boxes store bought cake mixes for the airplane cake. I cooled in the fridge overnight. Decorated the next day. I carved the airplane shape with a knife adding extra cake to wing tips. Then I iced using two cans store bought whipped chocolate icing and a star tip. … Read more