We had our sons birthday at a fire station and I decided I wanted something different. I decided to make a building on fire instead. The cake is a four-layer cake with butter cream icing (the size depends on the number of guests). I used colored fondant for the walls, door, windows and fire and … Read more
I found an image online of a Fireman Sam and Jupiter Cake and used ideas to copy from. It’s always best to copy from a perfect cake then you get the best results! I made a large square Madeira cake then cut up the pieces to resemble the fire engine shape, then layered them together … Read more
I made 2 12 x 6 sponges for this fire truck cake. Cut in half and piled high with jam in center. The cab was cut and shaped from cut offs and stuck together with jam. I covered it in red fondant and layered up the coloured fondant on top, i.e. the windscreen,ladder, wheels, bumper … Read more
I used the tips on the Family Fun website to make this fire engine cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. It was a very easy cake to make and my son really enjoyed looking at it for it ages. The more sweets you can pack on the better! You bake a rectangular cake and then … Read more
When my little boy turned three, he knew exactly what kind of party he wanted…A Fire Engine Party! Of course the first thing I did was to come to this site and search for great cake ideas. Thankfully, there was a ton of fire engine cakes to see. I gathered a few ideas for this … Read more
My son (5 years old) wanted a Rescue Hero birthday party so we started off with a firetruck cake. I got several kids cakes ideas from this website as well as others and sort of used a little bit of each of them. I made two sheet cakes (15 x 10 x 1; one chocolate … Read more
I used four packages of cake mix, three white and one chocolate for this fire truck cake. I baked each in two 7×11 loaf pans. Wiltons cake release worked wonders to prevent crumbs. Once cooled we layered two full cakes (to get a 7x 22 base). The cake is on a piece of cardboard covered … Read more
After making several BD cakes for my grand-daughters, my son complained that I had never made him one when he was little, so, since he is a firefighter, I surprised him with a Homemade Firefighter Helmet Birthday Cake. This was the first time that I had used fondant and I thought that it came out … Read more
I made this Homemade Firetruck Cake for an FDNY Retirement Party. I tried to make the firehouse and fire engine as close to the real deal as possible. It served as the cake topper for a cupcake tree.
My husband and I found the design on the internet as my son wanted a firetruck for his 4th birthday. We used chocolate cake – 8 to be exact. There was a little wastage after we cut the shape out… we then spread with Nutella to hold the icing on. I kneaded a little white … Read more
I am not great at making cakes but like to make Birthday cakes myself using shop bought cakes and making them into whatever my little boy has asked for! For his fourth birthday, he wanted a Fire Engine Birthday Cake. I bought 4 small Madeira cakes and sandwiched them together with jam. I used the … Read more
I made this 2nd firetruck birthday cake for my grandson’s 2nd birthday because his grandpa and mother are volunteer firefighters and he loves to ride on the fire trucks. I started by making several sheet cakes then cutting and stacking them to the desired shape. I placed small dowels in the middle of the cab … Read more