I made this tank birthday cake for my friend’s 9 year old son’s birthday. I used a 9×13 cake pan for the base and a 9″ pie pan for the top. I cut the notches out of both ends and measured the top to make the circle fit properly on top. I used some of … Read more
I am a 15 year old boy and I was trying to decide what to get my little brother for his birthday. He told me that he wanted a tank cake. So I got on this website and got some ideas and it turned out great. I used a regular pound cake for the entire … Read more
This Tank Birthday Cake is my first attempt at a shaped cake of any kind. My son had requested a tank cake and I looked around for some ideas online. This seemed the most straight-forward design. I bought 2 cake mixes and made one 9X13 cake and bought 3 disposable mini loaf pans. I filled … Read more
Thanks to your site and the wonderful ideas of each birthday cake picture from others, I was able to make this cake for my army loving son who just turned nine. I couldnt have found anything as wonderful to help me out with this. My son was tickled and that made it all the better. … Read more
I made this army cake for my sons fourth birthday which was an Army boot camp themed party. He loved the action figure coming out the hatch on top. I made the army cake using a 9×13 and a loaf pan trimmed to make the top look like a tank. The wheels are Oreo cookies … Read more
My best friend was having her birthday party and the theme was army/camo. I decided to make her a tank cake! I had got the idea for it from this site! I made a large cake first for the bottom piece and then used a smaller square sized baking pan for the top part. I … Read more
I made this Army Tank Birthday Cake for my nephew’s 10th birthday party. I used a 9×13 cake pan and cut the end off in order to make the turret. I used buttercream icing and added brown food coloring to ice the majority of the cake. I added more brown food coloring to make darker … Read more
My army mad 8yr old announced he would like an army type cake so I was delighted to come across your web site! I got great inspiration for this Homemade Irish Army Tank Cake from all the fantastic cake recipes and helpful tips. I started by making two plain sponges in a Swiss roll tin … Read more
This Homemade Army Tank Birthday Cake was made for my son’s 8th birthday. It is a chocolate and vanilla layered cake (in thin layers), covered with a homemade buttercream frosting with almond flavoring. The frosting was applied using a star tip then cooled in the fridge for about 20 minutes. Once frosting began to firm … Read more
I made this cake for my sons fifth birthday as he wanted an army themed party. I used a 9×13 cake for the bottom, a loaf for the top, a frosted pretzel rod for the cannon, Oreos for wheels, and pieces of Hershey bar for the tread. The icing was made tan by mixing chocolate … Read more
This was an army cake I initially got ideas for from this site. It was made for our friend Anthonys son’s 3rd birthday. Both my boyfriend and our friend are Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans (Army). The tank army cake itself is Devil’s Food (two batches of batter, the turret is two small loaf pans, the … Read more
My 8 year old wanted an “Army Man” party &, after watching Ace of Cakes, he thought it would be cool to have a tank cake. To start with I told him that Mom couldn’t do that. But, seeing how I love a good challenge, I started considering “why not?” So, my husband and I … Read more