My friend’s little boy turned three and is really into tractors, so I asked if I could make him his tractor cake as a present. I purchased the tractor and wagon as part of his gift so he can play with it when the cake is done. It was pretty simple. I used a cupcake … Read more
This is a chocolate square cake iced in dark green. I frosted one corner in brown and used my “cake rake” to make the appearance of rows. Then I iced a blue pond. I used pieces of toothpicks topped with a little brown icing and added leaves to make “cat tails” by the pond. I … Read more
I did this tractor birthday cake for my 5 year old son’s birthday. He loves tractors and John Deere. The cake is made of 2 oblong cakes put together. To do the brown plowed field it is chocolate icing that I put on then put in the refrigerator to get the icing stiff. Then I … Read more
Use any type of cake mix and make a rectangular cake. Use white whipped icing and mix it with either green food coloring or green gel coloring (I used the gel). Use the green frosting as your base color. Then make a road through the center of the cake with crushed graham crackers and decorate … Read more
This country cake is my sister’s birthday cake for the year that she moved from rural Virginia to Washington, D.C. Because I needed space I made it in in a 12X17 inch jelly roll pan. I used one box of cake mix per layer (three layers). I used chocolate cake mix both because she requested … Read more
My son had a John Deere tractor birthday party on a farm. This tractor cake was 2 9×13 sheet cakes that I put together. They weren’t completely even and that worked out perfectly because it looked more realistic of the ground. I used a grass tip to pipe the green grass. The garden is chocolate … Read more
My nephew asked me to make this Farm cake for his fourth birthday. I did alot of internet searching to find a design that best suited him and this website was very helpful! This was the first time I had ever worked with fondant; I didn’t have a great recipe so I found it hard … Read more
I made this Farmyard and Tractor cake for a friend’s birthday party. Their son, having had tractor cakes for the previous two years, wanted something a little different this year. I baked and frosted a 9″ x 13″ single layer cake. I frosted it with green. I then added the “dirt” by using crushed graham … Read more
We decided to have a John Deere themed birthday party this year for our three year old and one year old (Their birthdays are only five days apart). This farming cake was the oldest’s cake. He’s very much into tractors right now. This is one of my first attempts at cake decorating, but I had … Read more
I used the Pantastic Plastic Tractor pan and followed the directions to make the John Deere Tractor Cake out of candy melts. Then I baked a cake in that pan, and another in a large oval pan. I stacked the cakes and covered them with green fondant, then attached the tractor to the top with … Read more
I got this idea for a farming cake from looking at numerous cakes on this site. The cake is a 11X15 mock angel food. I frosted it with white buttercream and added some grass with cows grazing in the corner. I used tip #233 for grass. The field is made of chocolate graham crackers and … Read more
My grandsons, Sam almost 5 (he is now!) and Alex almost 3, requested a John Deere birthday cake. Except for both of their first birthday cakes the rest have all been transportation themed cakes. This year I decided to pass on making a cake with ‘wheels’ and focus on a cake showcasing how the John … Read more