I needed to make a tank cake for a groom in my family. He is about to go into the Army for boot camp so I wanted to make it into an army tank which seemed pretty simple. I saw the other tank cakes on this website. So heres how mine turned out. Everyone loved … Read more
I made this tractor cake for my nephews first birthday which was a John Deere theme. I used Wilton’s tractor pan and put it on top of two 9×13 sheet cakes. I used yellow cake mixes for all three cakes. I used chocolate icing for the sheet cakes and made the grass using white icing … Read more
My husband has an antique tonka dump truck from when he was a child. My twin son doesnt like cake, so we were stumped trying to come up with something he would like. My husband suggested a dirt construction cake made in the dump truck. Here’s the recipe. INGREDIENTS: 1 (20 ounce) package chocolate sandwich … Read more
First my husband made a stand for the cake to be lifted off the ground. It was a thin but stable piece of wood attached to four small blocks that were covered by the wheels of the truck. The dump cake it self was simply cake mix as I wanted to put more time into … Read more
My son (5 years old) wanted a Rescue Hero birthday party so we started off with a firetruck cake. I got several kids cakes ideas from this website as well as others and sort of used a little bit of each of them. I made two sheet cakes (15 x 10 x 1; one chocolate … Read more
This FA 18 Blue Angels cake was requested by my son for his 2nd birthday. It took me a year to get up the nerve to try it and finally made it for his 3rd birthday. I looked at lots of pictures of F/A-18 Blue Angels and also looked at several different cakes online. I … Read more
For this Farewell cake idea, first frost the cake white. Spray with blue mist for background (covering the plane and flag area so that it stays white). Outline plane with black frosting using no. 3 tip. Sprinkle in some silver glitter and/or sanding sugar on plane. Add red fruit roll-up stripes. Pipe in blue part … Read more
Well my sister’s husband and his friend graduated from EMT school and I was asked to provide a cake for the surprise congrats party. So what more fitting then an Ambulance Cake Design. I cant take all credit for it though my husband carved the cake and covered it with fondant and then my niece … Read more
The schooner base was vanilla cake baked in a silicone loaf pan with the two end pinched to a point using large metal bulldog clips. The sails are sugar cookie baked on a cookie sheet and cut to shape as soon as it is removed from the oven. The sails are held together to the … Read more
My kids loved this school bus cake! My children are allergic to nuts and because of this we cannot buy ready-made cakes from the store or any ice cream cakes from places like Dairy Queen because of their allergy. This made it a nice change from the regular cake mixes with icing and is kind … Read more
My son’s favorite truck was his orange garbage truck. So for his 2nd birthday I’ve decided to make a replica of the truck. I’ve covered the garbage truck cake with fondant and made the details with tubed red icing. I used Oreo cookies for the wheels and black licorice for the chimneys, and it is … Read more
I prepared this Cinderella cake from a class I took. This was my very first cake so please forgive its messiness of the cake. The cake is made from fondant and rolled sugar. This cake takes time but the results are pretty amazing. If I can make a cake like this for my very first … Read more