My husband sells John Deere Tractors. Since we had a boy after 5 girls, it was a no-brainer to make a tractor cake for our son’s 1st b-day. I looked here at coolest b-day cakes to get ideas. This cake was a combination of ideas that I found. I baked cake in 2 bread loaf … Read more
When I asked my son what kind of cake he wanted for his third birthday he had a very specific idea: it had to be a red tractor cake with an amber revolving light on top. I told him I would try. I didnt have time to order any baking pans, so I had to … 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
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
I did research on this site before making this Tractor And Hay Wagon Birthday Cake for my then 2 year old. I considered cutting the cake from a sheet cake, but I ordered a plastic cake pan for the tractor and decorated it to match my son’s favorite International tractor. The plastic pan has been … Read more
I made this tractor cake for a Father’s Day celebration. We were on a farm in St. Paul, Oregon, so I thought it would be fitting to put a tractor on the cake. It was a 12″ round 4 layer vanilla bean cake with raspberry filling. After baking the cake I chilled it to make … Read more
I made this tractor cake for a co-worker of my husbands who is quite the cowboy. I made this the night before his birthday. I used cake mixes and baked them in bread loaf pans. After they had cooled I cut one loaf in half and placed it on top to make the shape of … 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
