I made this army tank cake for my grandson’s 11th birthday. I am self-taught and read a lot about the various techniques on-line. I mix a common fondant recipe with a rolled butter cream recipe which gives a better tasting icing. The cake itself was made by mixing chocolate fudge cake mix with brownie mix. … Read more
This Army Tank Cake was made from two 1/4 sheet cakes, filled and stacked, then taking a serrated knife starting at the front, carved down to an angle, then doing the same for the back, but leaving a block in the middle for bumper, then using rice krispies, two layers cut with a knife for … Read more
This Homemade Army Tank Birthday Cake was for my son’s 4th birthday. I looked through the cakes on this site, then created my own from there. I made one 8 1/2 x 11 cake, then cut it in half and stacked them on each other. I also put another cake in a loaf pan as … Read more
For my son’s 6th birthday, he asked for a Tank/Military Birthday Cake. I thought a tank cake would be perfect. I scanned through this website to get ideas as well as searched the web for pics of real military tanks. I tried to keep it simple – and though I originally wanted the entire cake … Read more
To make this tank birthday cake for my 5 year old sons birthday, I first I got two 9×13 pans to make the two layers of the cake. Then I used a 3×9 pan to make the top of the tank. I stacked the two long pieces on top of one another and then set … Read more
I got the idea for a tank cake from this website. I used three boxes of chocolate cake mix. I used two 9X13 pans and a large loaf pan (some mix left over). After they cooled I put the loaf in the freezer. I placed the two 9X13 cakes on top of each other and … Read more
This air force cake I made for a family friend who was soon to be leaving to the air force. His mother wanted something partiotic so I thought the flag was the most patriotic thing I could think of. The cake itself is a vanilla chocolate chip cake with a vanilla buttercream, baked on a … Read more
I made this cake for my sons third birthday. He’s a HUGE Blue Angel fan. I made it from 2 sheet cakes – cutting out the body from one and the wings from the second (diagonally). The cockpit was made from a snack cake (I wouldn’t recommend that cake idea, since it sat a little … Read more
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Heres a birthday cake picture of a Camouflage cake for my nephew’s ARMY bash. I started with an 11″x15″ sheet cake. I used 3 marble cake mixes and added green food color to the cake mix to give it the “Camo” look on the inside of the cake and that took everyone by surprise. There … Read more
I made this tank cake for my father’s birthday that loves tank models. It required a lot of time to do it! The grass layer is made of vanilla cake filled with vanilla custard cream and covered with green colored coconut. The tank is made of chocolate cake with a nut cream filling, covered with … Read more
This Army Tank Cake is a classic white cake (doubling the recipe) made a couple days before decorating. The bottom portion on the tank is a 9×13 inch cake, and the turit is an 8×8 square pan. After placing the turit on the top, I cut about a 1/4 inch off of the two sides … Read more