My son has two loves in life – Star Wars, and Fireman Sam. I had tried to get him to choose between the two for his 4th birthday cake but he kept changing his mind! Eventually, the day before his party, I sketched out a design for this mix & match cake and he LOVED … Read more
I made this Homemade Fire Chief Helmet Cake to celebrate the birthday of the fire chief in our community. I started by tracing an actual helmet (my son is a volunteer fire fighter) onto poster board. I then traced the poster board shape onto flexible cardboard. I glued the two pieces together and curved it. … Read more
To make this Firetruck Birthday cake, I baked one 9″ x 13″ cake and one cake in a loaf pan. The front of the firetruck was the loaf pan cake, cut in half and then placed standing up. The body of the truck was cut in a rectangular shape, the width of which matched the … Read more
My son has a yellow toy fire truck so he wanted a yellow fire truck cake for his 3rd birthday. I used the information I saw on a Betty Crocker kitchen’s video at Howdini. But, I didn’t follow their instructions exactly. I used one huge loaf pan. I cut off part of it for the … Read more
This 3rd birthday fire truck cake was my first attempt at a specialty cake for my son’s birthday. Since I am not very knowledgeable regarding baking cakes, I did a lot of online searching for tips. Here are some of the ones that really helped me. 1. I used store bought mix, but found recipes … Read more
I used an 11×15 cake pan and filled it with two cake mixes and baked until the tooth pick came out clean! Then I froze the cake to make shaping it easier. Once the cakes were frozen I cut them length wise and then made two exact match rectangles (approx. 5×14). I cut off the … Read more
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 filled three layers of cake (two yellow one chocolate) with vanilla buttercream frosting. I made the frosting slightly stiffer knowing that I had three heavy cake layers. The cakes were adapted from the cake doctor; I was looking for one that was between a pound and a typical layer cake, sturdy but not too … Read more
I wanted to do a cake for a little fan of Firemen Sam but I wanted to do more than just the Fire truck so I thought of creating a scene wherein Fireman Sam is in action with his fire truck trying to control a house on fire. First of all I covered a large … Read more
This Fire Truck Cake was such fun. I used a raised board to make it look like it was up off the ground. I carved the cake and covered in fondant with fondant accents. I put a flashing light on the top of the engine. It was a hit at the party. The little boy … Read more
This homemade fire truck cake was made for a younger boys birthday. The lights on the front of the truck actually light. I painted them with red food coloring. The other lights are actually gummy bears cut in half, they looked just like the orange and yellow lights on top of the cab. The cake … Read more
A bride asked me to do a cake for her rehearsal dinner. She asked if I could do a three dimensional firetruck cake. I had never done one but why not. I used two 1/4 sheet pound cakes. I thought that regular cake would not be strong enough to keep the shape, especially when I … Read more