Take a look at these cool homemade Barns and Animals 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!
I made this homemade barnyard birthday cake for my son’s first birthday. I used a basic vanilla cake covered in homemade buttercream icing. The barn is made using the stand up house mold, the roof is Chex mix. The cow, pig, and ducks are make out of homemade marshmallow fondant. The pond is just a … Read more
I made this farm cake for my granddaughter’s birthday. The animals are made of fondant. The barn is made from rice krispie treats covered in fondant with impressions for the boards made with a ruler. I iced the top and added graham crackers from the 100 calorie packs. The cake is 10 x 15 iced … Read more
For this barn cake I used the Wilton stand-up house pan for the barn and I used cupcakes for the haystacks. I used the grass tip with golden yellow to ice the haystacks. I bought a pack of barnyard animals at Walmart and cut the head off of the cow for the window. I used … Read more
This Tennessee Farm Cake was made for my sweet grandson’s 3rd birthday. I got ideas from several submissions on this site. The cake itself is an 18×26′ sheet cake(1/2 chocolate and 1/2 white cake). I iced the entire cake in white buttercream. The barn was made of cardboard, iced with royal icing and allowed to … Read more
This was for my son’s 2nd birthday. We had people coming with lots of dietary restrictions, so it is basically three cakes. The sheet cake ( I never got a picture before it was cut. It had used to have a tractor on it, too) was dairy free. The silo was gluten-free cupcakes stacked on … Read more
I prepared this barn cake and cupcakes for my son, Elis first birthday party. We had an ‘Old MacDonald” theme because we like to change the lyric to that song to “Eli-Eli-Oh” for him! I created both cakes (the barn cake and piggie cupcakes) from one box of golden vanilla cake mix (I added an … Read more
My daughter loves horses and wanted her barnyard cake to look like a horse ranch. I just started making cakes for a hobby and thought I could do that. My sister-in-law suggested that I use Twix for the fence post and Kit-Kats for the fence. I shaped the barn and tree out of rice crispy … Read more
This cake was made for a coworkers’ son. She wanted the farm theme, and found one on-line that she liked. We looked at other farm cakes on-line and picked the best ideas from each, ending up with “Lucas’s 1st birthday cake”. The cake is chocolate with vanilla buttercream icing, then covered entirely with marshmallow fondant. … Read more
I made this Down on the farm cake for my son’s 1st birthday. We made 4 – 9″ square cakes and stacked 3 of them up for the barn, then some smaller pieces for the roof area. The silo was made by cutting the cake into circles using a cookie cutter. We took a long … Read more
I then added green food colouring to shredded coconut. I sprinkled the coconut over the top, leaving a little spot for a pond (which was just blue icing). To top it off I placed little plastic animals randomly on the surface of the coconut.
