For my son’s 5th birthday he decided he wanted a tractor cake just like papa’s tractor. This was my first attempt at cake decorating, so after much researching, I took photos of the actual tractor from different angles and then enlarged them on the photocopier. Using a combination of tracing the photocopies and sketching freehand, … Read more
My son loves tractors so we had a tractor birthday party for him for his 2nd birthday. I found inspiration from this site for my Harvest Tractor Cake. Its not the neatest cake, but my son LOVED it, and it was very tasty. He loved watching me make it too. I used 2 loaf pans. … Read more
I made this cake for my brother-in-law. He is a farmer and I wanted to make something appropriate. I was having a hard time coming up with an idea. I had to make it the night before. I was getting a pan out of the cupboard for dinner, and a loaf pan and a 6-inch … Read more
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
I started out just making the tractor from a form cake pan. My son’s first birthday party grew in size so needed something else. I received some inspiration from other cakes on this website. I added the baler; it was a two-layer round cake trimmed. I used a cupcake for the wheel. I also used … 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!
I made this cake using the Wilton tractor cake pan. Instead of just following their directions, I customized the cake by adding “Oliver” and 770 to the tractor so it would look like an Oliver 770 tractor.
This John Deere cake was made for a family friend’s little boy who was turning 4. It was a half white, half chocolate cake baked in a 11” x 15” cake pan. It was iced smooth with white buttercream icing. I first traced the tractor (I got the outline off of the internet) and then … Read more
This John Deere Tractor Cake was my grandson Mason’s 2nd birthday cake. I used the John Deere tractor pinata as my pattern and made the cake the same size as the pinata, which made making patterns a lot easier. I used yellow cake mix and tinted it green to make a neon green color which … Read more
My 2 year old son loved tractors (still does). It was his first word besides mom and dad. So a tractor cake it was for his birthday! This was my first time making a 3D cake. It turned out exactly how I was hoping. I used this site for inspiration photos! I’m a firm believer … Read more
I am submitting this photo on behalf of my mother, Janie Runyan. She didnt think her cakes are good enough to win the contest but the rest of us begged to differ. She used a Wilton cake pan. After she made the cake she poured colored chocolate in the mold to make the body of … Read more
This tractor cake was for our one year old. He had to share his birthday party with his older brother, so he didn’t have much say in the theme. It’s a 9″ two layer yellow cake with buttercream icing. I first iced the whole cake with white buttercream. Then I traced the tractor on top … Read more