This army tank birthday cake was for my 3 year old son, who is mad about soldiers. I used a loaf tin to make a thick sponge, and bought two large chocolate Swiss rolls. I cut the large Swiss rolls down so they were slightly longer than the middle sponge cake, covered the whole thing … Read more
This Homemade Tractor Birthday Cake was super easy and really fun to make! I used ideas from this site. I made it in 2 separate loaf pans leaving one loaf whole and cutting the other in half. I put half on top of the whole loaf and used toothpicks in between to help hold it. … Read more
I made this John Deere Tractor Cake for a co-worker and I used the same idea that I found on this website. The tractor alone wasn’t enough cake for the party so I added the trailer and hay bales. I used the plastic tractor pan that I purchased from my local cake decorating shop and … Read more
I made an 11 x 15 x 2 sheet cake and cut it into thirds. With buttercream, I stacked the cake thirds to produce a 11 x 5 x 5 cake and crumb coated the entire thing. I removed a 2 x 5 x 1 section just before the halfway mark for the separation of … Read more
It was Hunter’s 3rd birthday party and we had it at the local petting farm. What better to do than a Farming Tractor Cake Design. And what tractor is more famous than the John Deere? The 3D cake was a little harder than expected, but well worth it in the end. The base of the … Read more
Heres my tank birthday cake picture. It was super easy to make. Prepare two 8×11 cakes (this one is 1 yellow & 1 chocolate) and prepare one 6″ round cake. Once cooled, freeze the 8×11 top layer to make it easier to cut the cake at an angle as shown.The cannon is a pretzel rod … Read more
I made this tank cake for my sons third birthday. First I used a 9×13 pan and a loaf pan. I cut the loaf in half so it wasn’t as tall and put it on top of the 9×13. Then frosted it white and used the cake spray paint. It works really well and it’s … Read more
I am submitting this photo on behalf of my mother, Janie Runyan. She didnt think her cakes are good enough to win the contest but the rest of us begged to differ. She used a Wilton cake pan. After she made the cake she poured colored chocolate in the mold to make the body of … Read more
I purchased a Kit from EBay to help me with the dimensions and design. The cake itself was made from a 12×18 slab cake cut into sections to form the truck. For these kinds of kids cakes it is good to take a few weeks in advance during which I made Royal icing decorations and … Read more
We built a dump cake for my sons second birthday. Bought a chocolate cake mix and made it in a loaf pan for the shape. (Cheated and also bought a Swiss roll). Cut the loaf pan cake short for the correct shape. Cut the Swiss roll in half lengthways to make the front end scoop … Read more
This is one of those kids cakes thats easy to prepare! Using large loaf tins I baked two chocolate cakes. For this cake I used a Hershey’s chocolate cake recipe from their site. I placed the two loaf cakes end to end to form the body of the truck (cut off a couple of inches). … Read more
My son Joel is so fond of all types of vehicles so I decided to make a vehicle cake for his 2nd birthday. I searched a lot and found your site very interesting. He has a fire truck so I selected a fire truck cake to make since its familiar to him. I got lots … Read more