I made this construction birthday cake for my grandson’s 2nd birthday. I started with a three tier mountain cake with a chocolate road leading to a one tier cake. To make the large construction cones I used ice cream cones covered with orange candy melts placed on chocolate covered graham crackers. All the lettering and signs … Read more
For 3 weeks leading up to my son’s birthday, all he could talk about was the Bob The Builder birthday cake that he was going to have. I searched high and low for Bob characters, toys and decorations to put on his cake. I couldn’t come up with anything. It was now the night before his … Read more
This Bob the Builder cake was made for a special little boy for his first birthday. I enjoy making cakes for friend’s and family. When I showed up at the party with Bob no one wanted to eat it, they all said it was to good to eat. The kids there loved it and told me … Read more
This is a Craftsman toolbox cake I did for my handyman Dad. It was inspired by a wrench and screwdriver cookie cutter set I found. I made some of those out of sugar cookies and placed them on and around the cake for decorations. The cake was chocolate sheet cakes that I cut into rectangles and stacked and … Read more
I got my inspiration for this construction cake from a friend who’d made a similar one. I just made a basic chocolate cake recipe and I used an online guide to cut the pieces of cake and join to make the ‘3’. “How to make number cakes” by H. Harris seems to be a popular one to … Read more
My son Tyler’s digger cake, that’s what he call’s it. Oh, he loves to dig. So my husband and I have been thinking about this cake for the last couple months, what are we going to do. We had bought the dump truck already, then two days before his birthday I had this idea, lets … Read more
My sister in law called me as my nephew’s birthday was approaching and asked me if I could combine his two favorite characters, Scoop the Dozer from Bob the Builder and Nemo, into a cake for his second birthday. I asked her to text to my phone a picture of Scoop, which she promptly did, and off … Read more
This Construction Zone Birthday Cake was pretty easy! I used a star tip with green icing for grass, added fake trees and a couple of construction cars with some crushed Oreo’s for a dump site and wrapped the edges in caution tape. Big hit! The cake was a 1/2 sheet pan size.
I used yellow and black gel for the construction zone stripes and cookie crumbs for the sand/dirt. You can add beige/white/brown M&Ms for rock piles etc. Very fun cake to make! Enjoyed by all!s for rock piles etc. Very fun cake to make! Enjoyed by all!
I made this a few days ago for my sons third birthday party. This was my first time actually decorating a cake and it turned out great. I used two cake mixes (butter and devil’s food) and baked them in the same pan. I got the idea from other construction birthday cakes on this website. … Read more
This Construction Tools Birthday Cake is made of half yellow, half chocolate cake mixes in a half sheet cake size baking pan. I drew the saw and the tape measure free hand. I took an actual hammer and traced it to create a template and then I cut it out of the cake. All the … Read more
My friend Megan and I made a bright yellow Tonka Truck Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday party. We made 4 white chocolate mud cakes in different tins for the different parts of the truck. We covered some cardboard shapes in foil to sit the truck onto. The wheels are two wagon wheels stuck together. … Read more