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
These are the type of kids cakes that are fairly simple to make. I took a 9×13 cake and cut it in half (long ways). One half served as the base of the cake and the second half is cut to make the cab of the fire truck. Black licorice for the ladders, chocolate cookies … Read more
Here is a fire truck cake I made for my husband when he got a firefighter job. I used pound cake. A whole loaf for the bottom and cut the other one in half and put it on top. I used red icing (which I couldnt find at the time so I had to create … Read more
This firefighter cake was made for a friend’s boyfriend who is a firefighter. I made the firefighter out of fondant icing mixed with some CMC powder I made him over a period of three days. The hat was a pain to do but I got there after oh about 8 attempts. I love the worried … Read more
My mother and I made this Fire Truck 3rd Birthday Cake for my son’s third birthday party; he’s really into trucks and had asked us for a “firetruck” cake. I looked at other cakes from this website for inspiration, and it turned out great! I started by baking a double batch of “Perfectly Chocolate Cake”, … Read more