A cake to play with! The whole scenery of the airport activity turned the birthday cake ceremony into an exciting board game for all the little ones who gathered around the table. It was a little bit hard for them, though, having to take apart the flying machine in order to try it out. Nevertheless, … Read more
This is a cake photo of my son’s first birthday cake. I made it myself using a 9×12 pan and a mix. Once the cake was baked, I cut diagonally down the middle so I would have 2 triangles to use as the sails. I made one slightly smaller than the other. I also made … Read more
These “cookies” are made from graham crackers – one square, with one rectangular (quarter of entire graham cracker) for front – stuck together with royal icing. Use royal icing tinted yellow and black decorator icing. The face is a Mento candy (not very diverse, but there may be other types of round candies in varying … Read more
My son LOVES garbage trucks, so I naturally decided to make a Homemade Garbage Truck Birthday Cake for his 2nd birthday. I really wanted a 3-dimensional cake and was surprised that I could not find specific instructions for one online. I drew much of my inspiration for this cake from other cakes on this site … Read more
I used two metal bowls to bake this cake in, and turned them upside down on top of each other. And used a small casserole dish to bake the grass in. I covered the grass with Fondant, and added some detail with buttercream icing and some tips. I covered the two halves of the carriage … Read more
I made this homemade Jeep trail birthday cake for my son’s 2nd birthday party. I thought of my plan of action by baking some cupcakes and arranging them out to make a jeep trail. I used a zip lock bag to pipe out the grass, green dyed sugar to coat some frosting to look like … Read more
Bake a 9 x 13 cake and 2 8×8 cakes. Stack smaller cakes on top of each other and then on top the larger. Frost army green and add splotches of browns for camo effect. Outline with black frosting from a tube. Cut moon pies in half for tires and chocolate graham cookies for the … Read more
I was asked to make a “Grave Digger” Monster Truck Cake for a friend at work. It was for his grandson who was turning 5yrs old. He brought me a toy truck to use as a model. This Homemade Monster Truck Birthday Cake Design was the first Monster Truck, or any vehicle cake I have … Read more
I made this 18 wheeler cake for a trucking company picnic. I used the Wilton 18 Wheeler pan 2105-0018. Using star tip I piped the flag pattern on trailer part of truck. Then piped the remainder of the truck.
My son wanted a Monster Truck Rally Cake for his 6th birthday. I simply made a 9×13 cake from a box mix and leveled the top off after it had cooled. I then smeared chocolate frosting on a little rougher than usual to make it to a little messy, smashed some of his beat up … Read more
Our son was turning 3 and loves the big trucks that resemble the Monster Jam trucks. We decided on a blue truck. After extensive research online, this is what we came up with! First, to hold the homemade monster truck birthday cake, I covered a wood board in tin-foil for an easy display. The truck … Read more
I made this Monster Truck cake for my son’s 5th birthday. He saw the plates and napkins in a store and said that is what he wanted for his birthday cake. So I decided to test my limits!! I made all of the icing homemade from a recipe I got offline. For the cakes I … Read more