I got the idea to make this train cake from this website! It is made with Sara Lee Pound cake and Wilton icing. I used pretzels (for the cage), marshmallow (for the smoke stack), black licoriceand chocolate wafers (for the train tracks). It was very easy. I had to freeze the cake because my son … Read more
A friend asked me to do a train shape cake for her sons third birthday. I used the plate as a design and just drew it out on the cake using a toothpick, then filled it in with buttercream icing. She said it looked great with the decorations and was a big hit for her … Read more
For my son’s 2nd birthday, we decided to make a big yellow Tonka Truck Cake, as it was his current favourite toy. The sponge is a white choc mud cake, baked in a variety of tins to get the right types of shapes. We then iced in butter cream, and used a variety of available … 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
I wanted to make a cake for my son’s 1st birthday and was inspired by the cute dump truck invitations I found for the party along with ideas from this website. I should mention that I’ve never decorated a cake before, unless you count watching chefs on TV! Honestly, this dump truck cake took some … Read more
To make this Firetruck Birthday cake, I baked one 9″ x 13″ cake and one cake in a loaf pan. The front of the firetruck was the loaf pan cake, cut in half and then placed standing up. The body of the truck was cut in a rectangular shape, the width of which matched the … Read more
I modeled my Firetruck Cake after the coolest birthday cake #29 and used their design for inspiration. I made 3 9×13 cakes. The bottom and middle layer were cut in half vertically and measured about 6×8. I put one half in front of the other to make a ~6×16 firetruck bottom. I also cut the … Read more
My son was having a ‘SPY/SWAT/ARMY’ birthday. He and his mom picked out a tank piñata so I figured a homemade US army tank cake would be perfect. The bottom is made out of two 9x13s with the tops shaved off of each so that they were flat. The turret is a single 8×8 cake … 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
My dad was a John Deere engineer for 30 years and my family has been delighted that my now two-year old son loves John Deere tractors. For my son’s birthday, I did a John Deere tractor cake with a hay wagon behind it. I used standard loaf cakes for the tractor and trailer, and stacked … Read more
This fire truck cake is made from two 10 inch square cakes. I cut one cake in half and stacked it to make the back. I cut the other cake in half and stacked and cut it to make the front and the middle. Each piece was individually iced in white and chilled in the … Read more