The little boy that I baby-sit wanted a John Deere tractor cake, but I was having trouble finding a picture of one and I didnt want to buy the expensive tractor cake pan for a one time cake. So, I came up with this cake. I used 3 small loaf pans. I cut two to … Read more
For this John Deere tractor cake we used 2 loaf sized pans for the cakes and stood one up on its end. We took the part that we had leveled off for the windshield and cut the other loaf in half and attached it to the loaf that is standing on end. We also made … Read more
After doing a Google search for ‘Tractor Cake’ I came across this site and got some fantastic inspiration for our son’s 1st birthday. Being farmers I really wanted to do a tractor but wasn’t sure how to go about it so the ideas I got from this site were so helpful. We have an actual … Read more
I made this Tractor and Field Birthday Cake by using a basic sponge recipe. The field was 5 eggs, 315g self raising flour, caster sugar and margarine and 155g plain flour and using a 12″ by 8″ cake tin. The tractor was 3 eggs, 175g self raising flour, caster sugar and margarine and using a … Read more
I frosted the John Deere Tractor Birthday Cake with Wilton’s whipped icing (my favorite). Then I traced the tractor into the icing with a toothpick. I found this tractor from online coloring pages. Then I piped the outline of the tractor with black icing using a writing tip. Then I filled in the colors. I … Read more
I made this John Deere cake for my nephew. It was so much fun. It’s a regular sheet cake with butter cream icing. I purchased the tractor and barn, and the possibilities were endless. On a yellow base I made a muddy road (brown tinted icing with black dye on a toothpick to make strokes), … Read more
I used the cake mix in the box and followed the directions. I used the John Deer Tractor cake pan and 13X 9 for the crop rows. The icing is the Wilton Butter Cream recipe and I used green, black, and yellow gel to get my colors. The brown is just the chocolate butter cream … Read more
I baked two loaf cakes, and bought some chocolate covered donuts in two sizes. I sawed off the tops of the loaves (the rounded parts) with a serrated knife, and used one loaf for the base of the tractor cake. I then cut about a third into the next loaf (with a slanted cut) and … Read more
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