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
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.
This cake was for a first birthday of a little boy who loves farm animals. I got the idea from looking at other photos of barn cakes. I took the parts of other cakes that I liked and combined them to get the finished product. I used graham crackers for the barn walls and roof, … Read more
I made this homemade IH tractor graduation cake for my daughter’s boyfriend’s graduation. The guy is obsessed with IH tractors and I thought it would be a fun gift for him. Luckily my husband is a tool-maker and can help me with customized cake stands. I got out the pans I decided to use and … Read more
I made this tractor cake for my son’s second birthday. I looked at images from his tractor books, then drew a pattern on newsprint. This is not too hard – you can trace around appropriately sized cups or bowls to make the wheels, then the rest is mainly straight lines. I baked 4 cake layers … Read more
A friend asked me to do a John Deere Tractor cake for a groom’s cake to go with the wedding cake. It was made with the right cake pan. I used colored chocolates to form the main body and wheels of this cake and then filled in with butter cream icing. It was placed next … Read more
This tractor cake was baked for a competition. I had originally intended to make a fire engine but it all went a little wrong on the day and so it became a tractor – a red one! A deep based square tin was used for the main tractor body and sides where the farmer sits … Read more
I am still learning this cake making deal, but I am pleased with the outcome of this farming cake. I made this cake for my nephew’s 3rd birthday. I made a chocolate sheet cake from scratch. Then made buttercream frosting and attempted to color it the green used for John Deer. Boy oh boy, was … Read more
This barnyard cake was made for my son’s second birthday. It was my first homemade cake. I started out well in advanced making the animals and fence out of marshmallow fondant and then stored them in an air tight container until ready to use. I made three 9×13 cakes, two for the bottom and then … Read more