At first I had to look online to get some tips for a Fire Engine Birthday Cake, I found the Betty Crocker website to be very helpful in terms of how to spread icing on easily and without too much mess (especially when working with red icing!). I made 3 rectangular sized tins of vanilla … Read more
The kids (and adults) loved this cake! I baked one 11×15 double batch chocolate chip cake for the truck: 1) The cake was first cut in half lengthwise. 2) Two inches were cut from the end of each piece from step 1. 3) The two larger pieces from step 2 were stacked to create the … Read more
For my sons second birthday I did a fire truck cake. I baked it with a regular loaf pan for the main part of the truck. A mini loaf pan for the top. The tires were the bottom of cupcakes, painted with black frosting. Candy was used for the different parts of the fire truck. … Read more
I found this cake on the Family Fun website. It was really an easy cake to assemble. I had to buy the red frosting because it was incredibly difficult to avoid a pink fire engine just using food coloring!
This is a fireman cake I made for my son’s 3rd birthday. I had already made him a Postman Pat cake for his 2nd Birthday, and decided I liked making character models. As he loved Fireman Sam by then, I rose to the challenge! I divided the sugar paste into small pieces and mixed in … Read more
This firetruck cake was made on a double layer sheet cake. I then frosted the road with premade black frosting, which I don’t suggest using unless first softened in the microwave. I then cut small strips of yellow marshmallow fondant to make the stripes on the road. The grass was done with the Wilton grass/hair … Read more
The general theme for this Fire Engine cake came from the invitations to a co-worker’s son’s third birthday party. We started by making three funfetti cakes. Two cakes were used to make the 9″ x 9″ sq cakes that make up the body of the fire engine, one loaf cake was used to make the … Read more
This fire truck cake is made from two 10 inch square cakes. I cut one cake in half and stacked it to make the back. I cut the other cake in half and stacked and cut it to make the front and the middle. Each piece was individually iced in white and chilled in the … Read more
Another Firetruck Cake that requires no baking! The base is made from three Asda Madeira slab cakes glued together with jam. The covering is ready made butter icing coloured green and piped on with a star tip, the road is a thin layer of black sugar sprinkled over buttercream. I made the duck pond using … Read more
For my sons second birthday I made a fire engine cake using several kids cakes ideas from this site as well as others. I started by baking a 9×13 in yellow sheet cake which I froze for a few hours to make cutting the various pieces a little easier. I then cut and stacked the … Read more
Jesse, my #3 grandson, wanted a firetruck for his second birthday. I did a lot of research for kids cakes, but didnt find many I liked, so I just made it up as I went.t find many I liked, so I just made it up as I went.
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