I made this homemade WWII Air Raid Shelter cake for my 97 year old granddad who has one in his back garden still! The cake was made in sponge with coconut grass and toffee strips for the ‘dig your own’ vegetable patch! The steps going down into the shelter were after eight mints and the … Read more
I made this tank cake the night before & refrigerated it. For the base I used a 9×12″glass casserole dish. For the top part I used a loaf pan. I made 1 chocolate and 1 vanilla. I got 1 container of each chocolate and vanilla frosting and mixed a portion of each to get the … Read more
This Tank Birthday Cake was really easy and I was so happy with the results as was my 6 year old soldier. I used 2 boxes of cake mix and about 1 1/2 jars of frosting. The round cake I attached to the rectangular one by cutting up some plastic straws to keep it in … Read more
My son wanted a tank cake for his 10th birthday. I looked at several ideas directly from this site and modified to come up with the final creation. I used a small baking dish for the main body of the tank and a meatloaf pan for the upper portion. I sculpted both so the scale … Read more
This army tank cake is made by assembling a rectangle base of cake and a smaller rectangle for the top. I made two 9 x 13 cakes and used about 1.25 cakes in total for the tanker. We added small scraps of cake at the front of the cake on either side of the gun. … Read more
To make the cake, I used 2 box mixes. I used my P.C. stoneware roasting pan lid for the base and my P.C. stoneware loaf pan for the top. Once the cakes were cooled, I placed the loaf on top, slightly to the back of the base. I then froze them overnight. The next day … Read more
My son wanted an army party for his 8th birthday. I used a large rectangular pan for the bottom and an oval pan for the turret. The treads on the tires is molded chocolate (I used a fence mold). The army cake was iced in an army green color and I used spray color green … Read more
This patriotic cake was for my Godson who loves American History – especially the Presidents. Since this is something he loves I decided to do a sort of replica of the Presidential seal emblem. It is a four layer vanilla cake. I used buttercream icing for the decorations which were made using a paper template. … Read more
My husband is in the US Army and our son just idolizes him so for his 8th birthday party he wanted an army cake. We were having a huge party so the cake decorating and designs needed to be a good size. I baked 2 large sheet cakes. I made butter cream icing. I bought … Read more
This cake was for my nephew’s 7th birthday. He wanted an army themed party so I started my search for cake decorating ideas. I used the Wilton baseball player cake pan and turned it into a soldier. I turned the baseball helmet into an army helmet, I changed the expression on his face to be … Read more
This tank cake was fairly simple to make. I took a 13×9 pan and made the bottom half that was chocolate devils food cake mix and the top of the tank was a loaf pan made with classic yellow cake mix. I stacked the loaf pan cake on top of the 13×9 pan cake after … Read more
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