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
My husband and I made this tractor cake based on pictures that we found on this site. It really was quite easy. Two loaf pans made the tractor, one quarter of a loaf pan for the trailer. I’m not the best cake icer, but we both think it turned out really great. I’m so glad … Read more
Thanks to all the wonderful ideas from this site, I was able to provide the army tank cake my son really wanted. We used a 9×13 cake pan and a loaf pan suggested by others who had done this. We mixed store bought chocolate icing with white icing to get the brown we wanted. We … Read more
I used a 13×9 cake for the bottom, and an 6×4 pan for the top part of the Army Tank Birthday Cake. I frosted the cake using different shades of green frosting, as well as the spray can frosting in green. I then placed drops of chocolate frosting as well. I used Oreo cookies for … Read more
For my son’s 5th birthday he decided he wanted a tractor cake just like papa’s tractor. This was my first attempt at cake decorating, so after much researching, I took photos of the actual tractor from different angles and then enlarged them on the photocopier. Using a combination of tracing the photocopies and sketching freehand, … Read more
I had a request to make a John Deere Tractor Cake for a little boy’s 2nd birthday but they needed it to feed several people so I used the tractor cake pan and placed it on top of a full sheet cake. I used butter cream icing to ice the sheet cake to look like … Read more
This homemade Army Tank cake was made for my son’s seventh birthday. I used three cake mixes. I made two 9″ x 13″ rectangular cakes, and one loaf pan cake which had a little extra batter left over. I frosted between each layer, and stacked the cakes with the loaf pan on top. I then … Read more
I made this Dump Truck Birthday Cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. I got the idea from a Wilton Fondant Yearbook. We used blue and grey to match my husband’s flat bed truck. To make the truck I covered a Styrofoam block with foil to raise the cake. For the truck body, I baked chocolate … Read more
My 2 year old son loved tractors (still does). It was his first word besides mom and dad. So a tractor cake it was for his birthday! This was my first time making a 3D cake. It turned out exactly how I was hoping. I used this site for inspiration photos! I’m a firm believer … Read more
This 3rd birthday fire truck cake was my first attempt at a specialty cake for my son’s birthday. Since I am not very knowledgeable regarding baking cakes, I did a lot of online searching for tips. Here are some of the ones that really helped me. 1. I used store bought mix, but found recipes … Read more
I looked online at hundreds of cakes with a John Deere theme, but couldn’t find any one particular cake that matched what I had envisioned for my son’s first birthday party. I knew I wanted to do a tiered cake with fondant. I had never made a cake covered with fondant, so I did a … Read more
I made this 2nd firetruck birthday cake for my grandson’s 2nd birthday because his grandpa and mother are volunteer firefighters and he loves to ride on the fire trucks. I started by making several sheet cakes then cutting and stacking them to the desired shape. I placed small dowels in the middle of the cab … Read more