I made this Firetruck Birthday Cake for a 3 year old little boy that loves firetrucks. When doing my research to make this cake and the first 3D cake ever, I looked at a bunch of pictures and took my favorite ideas from several. I started with two 11 x 15 cakes (one white, one … Read more
My son is a fire engine fanatic! After looking around a little on the internet, I found this amazing site. I combined a few ideas and got his input as well. The fire engine cake is actually one large 13×9 cake that I refrigerated (to cut easier later). I split it down the middle and … Read more
I was throwing my son a party for his 4th birthday for my 3 children and some friends, so as well as the clown cake -submitted, I made this Digger Cake also. I asked him what cake he wanted and he wasn’t bothered -he just wanted the party, so I thought I’ll try a 3d … Read more
To make this tank birthday cake for my 5 year old sons birthday, I first I got two 9×13 pans to make the two layers of the cake. Then I used a 3×9 pan to make the top of the tank. I stacked the two long pieces on top of one another and then set … Read more
I got the idea for a tank cake from this website. I used three boxes of chocolate cake mix. I used two 9X13 pans and a large loaf pan (some mix left over). After they cooled I put the loaf in the freezer. I placed the two 9X13 cakes on top of each other and … Read more
I made this cake using the Wilton tractor cake pan. Instead of just following their directions, I customized the cake by adding “Oliver” and 770 to the tractor so it would look like an Oliver 770 tractor.
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 dump cake was made for a three year old that loves tractors. I wanted to make it extra special so I made it on lazy-Susan. I took the lazy-Susan apart and attached a square board instead of the round one that comes on it (very simple to do; only one screw). I also used … Read more
For my sons second birthday I made a fire engine cake using several kids cakes ideas from this site as well as others. I started by baking a 9×13 in yellow sheet cake which I froze for a few hours to make cutting the various pieces a little easier. I then cut and stacked the … Read more
I made the fire truck cake using the Wilton Long Loaf pan. I cut about four inches off the end of the loaf and stacked it onto the other end matching up the rounded corners. I used red icing between the layers and let it stand for a few hours. I also added skewers to … Read more
My son has always been fascinated with fighter jets. A few years ago, the Blue Angels were featured at our air show, and he has been requesting a “Blue Angels” birthday cake ever since. After being a fighter pilot for Halloween this past year, I figured I would attempt the cake for his 7th birthday. … Read more
Homemade Cessna Airplane Cake Homemade Cessna Airplane Cake I made this Cessna airplane cake for my sons 4th birthday. He loves planes and wanted a T41 cake (his made up name after watching to many WWII documentaries with daddy). I fashioned this after my father’s Cessna 172 as I know what that looks like. I … Read more