I made this Farmyard Birthday Cake Idea for a friend who’s little boy was turning two years old. It was my first time to use marshmallow fondant. Once I learned to cover my hands with JUST A DAB of Crisco, the fondant was a fun challenge. The frosting is buttercream and chocolate buttercream. The barn … Read more
My boy Phillip turned 1 year old on 16 Jan 2012. He absolutely adores animals, all kinds, so I decided on a cheerful farm-themed birthday party. I used a large sheet cake for the ‘farm yard’ and cut a second sheet of cake into 4 pieces, stacked them and shaped the top to form the … Read more
I made this cake for a barn themed party. I used the Wilton house cake pan then frosted it red for the barn. The hay on the ground is toasted coconut. For the haystacks I used cupcakes and the Wilton mini dome pan – the dome cakes are the haystacks next to the barn by … 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
My babysitter’s son wanted a tractor cake and this hauling tractor cake is what I came up with. I baked 2 13×9 cakes and used one as the base. I cut up a small piece to be the base of the tractor and two pieces into small squares and stacked them to be the top … Read more
My grandson just loves tractors. I made him a tractor cake for his birthday this year when he turned two (May 2012). I started by making a full sheet cake and icing it with green tinted butter cream icing. I outlined the sides of the cake to make it look like a fence. I picked … Read more
I prepared this cake using the Wilton tractor cake pan. My second born son was really into tractors, so I made this one for his 4th birthday. He loved it. I prepared it according to the directions that came with the pan. My husband helped fill in some of the stars in the main body … Read more
My son wanted a chocolate cake for his ‘turning 2 cake.’ So my son and daughter and I sat down and drew up our Farmyard Birthday Cake idea. Tractors area huge part of my son’s life (we live on 165 acres of agricultural land and huge corn/pumpkin/cattle farm across the street.) The tractor was purchased … Read more
We were making cakes for our mums 46th birthday when we thought of this cake. This is her farm (not to exact scale) complete with lake, tractor, farm house, ducks and the family dog. The tractor wheels are choc aniseed rings and small buttons for the front. It was meant to be red but the … Read more
For the barn I used 4 8 x 8 cakes and then layered them together and cut the two sides of the top layer on an angel so the excess came out as two triangles and then I just placed the two triangles on the top of the cake to make one big triangle. I … Read more
I wanted to make my son a Farmyard Birthday Cake for his first birthday because he loves his Fisher Price Barn he got from his Grandma and Grandpa. I looked at a lot of different barn and farm cake ideas online, but so many used the Wilton stand-up house pan, which I do not have … Read more
What you will need for making cakes is: * White Cake Mix * 2 Loaf Pans * Red and Green Food Coloring * Vanilla Frosting * Oreo Cookies * 1 Pinwheel Cookie * Bag of Coconut * Chocolate Sprinkles * Tube of White Drawing Icing * Farm Animals or other miniature barnyard toys. I first … Read more