To get the shape of this Fire Truck Cake, I baked and cooled two 9×13 cakes. I stacked them and cut out the shapes freehand (as best I could). By stacking and then cutting, you will get a better block look. The back of the truck ended up being 3 layers (measuring apx. 9×4), which … Read more
I was inspired by the many Fire Engine Birthday Cakes on this site and when my 3 year old son asked for a “fire truck” cake, I hoped it would be less daunting than I thought, and it was. I baked 2 standard loaf cakes and 2 mini loaf cakes. I wrapped the 2 mini … Read more
This Firetruck Birthday Cake is my first cake that I made with fondant. My son loved it. I’ve also put some blinking lights in it. Some parts are airbrushed, because I couldn’t find icing color for coloring fondant. I bought body blinking light online and looks very cool on the cake. The cake was vanilla and walnuts … 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
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