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
This Volunteer Firefighter Birthday Cake was a cake I made for my boyfriend who was captain of his local fire department. Was my first time making a cake with fondant. Made my own marshmallow fondant that I found online.
My son Jared loves big trucks of all kinds, for his 4th birthday he was absolutely sure that he wanted a firetruck birthday cake. I look forward to making my children a custom-ordered cake for their birthdays, so I was excited about this challenge. To construct the cake I baked a half-sheet of cherry chip … Read more
I made this homemade fire truck and burning house cake for my son’s third birthday. I used a roasting pan for the ground. I sliced off the right corner and stacked it on the left corner then I frosted the whole thing green. I made a graham cracker house and made flames from cinnamon and … Read more
My son Rhys was turning 3, so I drew inspiration from his current hero, Fireman Sam for his birthday party. His invitations were a photo of him dressed in his Fireman Sam dress up (that I made) and his birthday cake just had to be a fire engine. I made a ‘family chocolate cake’ and … Read more
My little boy is Fireman Sam obsessed so I wanted to make him a fire engine birthday cake. Saw one in a Woman’s Weekly (Australian Publication) cake book and then went on line and did some searching (that’s how I found this site) and had a look at others. Found the Betty Crocker how to … 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
The hardest part about making this fire truck cake was achieving a true fire engine red icing. I certainly did not want a pink fire truck! I ended up using seven containers of Wiltons No Taste Red and let the icing sit overnight (it darkens after a day). Red we wanted and red we got! … 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