This dump truck construction cake was for my sons first birthday last week. He loves his toy dump truck so we used that theme. The cake turned out much bigger than I thought, it easily would have fed over 30 people. I started with 11×13 and 9×11 sheet cakes. I used a small box covered … Read more
I first want to explain that Michael Paul wanted a Scoop cake but his mother didnt want the face on it just the truck; therefore I made Scoop without a face. To make dump cake I used two regular sized loaf pans and four mini loaf pans. The body of the truck is the two … Read more
I made this dump cake for my sons birthday party. He loves cars and trucks. I made a rectangle sheet cake the day before the party and bought a cheap plastic construction set at Wal-Mart. I frosted the cake the morning of the party and placed the washed plastic pieces in place. I crushed vanilla … Read more
This dump truck was so much fun to make but time consuming too. I started by baking two 9×13″ cakes. Once cooled I cut out the shapes I needed and put the pieces together to resemble a dump truck. It took 2 tubs of icing to cover everything and that was the most time consuming … Read more
A friend of ours has a company of dump trucks. I was asked to commission a truck cake for their to be 13 year old son. His mother suggested a Homemade Double Dump Truck Cake and said that orange was his favorite color. After making the main truck and realizing it was rather small (they … Read more
For this construction cake I used three 9×13 cakes, graham crackers (whole and unbroken), and Wilton’s decorator frosting (yellow, light blue). Cut one of the 9×13 cakes in half so you have 2 short rectangles. Layer the two remaining cakes as you would any double layer cake. Then place one of the halves at the … Read more
I first want to explain that Michael Paul wanted a Scoop cake but his mother didnt want the face on it just the truck; therefore I made Scoop without a face. To make dump cake I used two regular sized loaf pans and four mini loaf pans. The body of the truck is the two … Read more
My friend asked me to make a Handy Manny cake for her twins 2nd birthday. I felt it was important that each boy had his very own cake so I decided to do two smaller cakes as well as a larger sheet cake to feed the guests. I used a 6″ round pan and decorated … Read more
With some help from family I made these construction cakes for a 2 year old’s birthday party. They are all made from bread pans and I used funfetti cake. Everything about them is edible. Yes those are donuts with Oreo cookie rims on the loader! The loaders’ shovel is supported by cake in the dump … Read more
They were both simple Victoria Sponge cakes (eggs, vanilla sugar, margarine all the same weight then about 1oz extra SR Flour) with buttercream and lemon curd filling. On the first, smaller one I used fondant icing to cover the cake and make the digger shape – theres a great ‘how to draw a digger’ pattern … Read more
My friends son was turning 3 and they were having a Construction party for him. I purchased a construction vehicle play set (which also served as part of his birthday present) to make a “work site.” After washing the individual pieces I attached pieces of lollipop sticks to the bottoms with royal icing to serve … Read more
Like most 3 year old’s, my son is crazy about construction equipment. His ultimate favorite is the Impact Hammer – or maybe it’s also called a Hydraulic hammer or something else. Either way it’s his favorite and when I asked him what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday it was the obvious answer! … Read more