Coolest Homemade Train Birthday Cakes 1

I made this train cake for my sons 3rd birthday. I combined ideas from a few pictures of train birthday cakes I saw on this website. (Thanks!!) I started with train tracks and used graham cracker sticks (stuck down with frosting) for the crossties and black licorice for the tracks. I put some graham cracker … Read more

Coolest Homemade Train Birthday Cake Photos 6

I used the Betty Crocker bake and fill pan and another round cake for the bottom. There is no special filling although I did use icing between each layer of cake. I made this train birthday cake for my 2 year olds birthday. I also made a Thomas Character cake and his eyes lit up … Read more

Coolest Homemade Train Cake Photos and Tips 11

I had so much fun making this train cake for my son Andrews second birthday! Here is how I did it: three frozen pound cakes, two cans vanilla frosting (I split one for two cars and one for the engine), gel food coloring tubes, “writing icing”, pens toothpicks and one plastic straw, m&ms, Oreos, pull … Read more

Coolest VW Van Cake

Homemade VW Van Cake

My niece recently celebrated her 16th birthday and her Mum asked if i could do her cake. After a conversation with her I discovered that she is really loving the hippie era (also the theme of her party) and the VW van so her mother and I agreed that this would make the perfect cake. … Read more

Coolest Camo Tank Birthday Cake

Homemade Camo Tank Birthday Cake

I got many of the ideas behind this from this website! But put them together my way. For my son’s Camo Tank Birthday Cake I used a massive 15 x 12 x 3 cake pan and for the top I used an over sized bread pan (3″ deep). I think the key is the size, … Read more

John Deere Tractor Cake

John Deere Tractor Cake

I made this for my son’s 4th birthday. The detail on the tractor cake was done with colored chocolate (white and milk chocolate). For the hay bales I cut squares of cake, frosted them yellow and rolled them in browned coconut. I think I got that idea from this website :) I wish I had … Read more

Cool Homemade Homemade Firetruck Birthday Cake

Homemade Firetruck Birthday Cake

This cake was made for my youngest son’s 4th birthday party which had a firetruck theme. My husband built a platform with wooden wheels and painted it black. I baked my cake in a regular 11″ x 15″ pan, then cut approx. 2″ across the top of it. I then cut the rest of the … Read more

Cool Homemade Farming Tractor Cake Design

Homemade Farming Tractor Cake Design

I made this Farming Tractor Cake Design for my son’s second birthday; he loves trains and tractors. I used a Nordic Ware cake pan for the tractor shape. The cake is made of chocolate, cut in half; in the center there’s a layer of chocolate fudge. The cake is also covered in fudge, and for … Read more

Coolest John Deere Birthday Cake 38

Homemade John Deere Birthday Cake

A fun cake pan and a lot of special talent from my mother always makes for a fantastic Birthday Cake! This John Deere Birthday Cake took her about 2 hours to decorate. We made the cake using the John Deere cake pan and from there it was all about the decorating. She poured chocolate into … Read more

Coolest Airbrushed Fondant Army Tank Cake

Homemade Army Tank Cake

This Army Tank Cake was made from two 1/4 sheet cakes, filled and stacked, then taking a serrated knife starting at the front, carved down to an angle, then doing the same for the back, but leaving a block in the middle for bumper, then using rice krispies, two layers cut with a knife for … Read more

Coolest John Deere Tractor Cake

Homemade John Deere Tractor Cake

This John Deere Tractor Cake was my grandson Mason’s 2nd birthday cake. I used the John Deere tractor pinata as my pattern and made the cake the same size as the pinata, which made making patterns a lot easier. I used yellow cake mix and tinted it green to make a neon green color which … Read more