This Monster Truck Cake is a combination of several cakes I saw on this website. I plan to submit a few more pictures to show all the sides and one while under construction. I only used 1 cake box mix which was perfect for the 12 servings that I needed.
I made 2 loaf pans, one was the base of the truck and the other was cut to make the cab/hood. To lift the cake, I wrapped a Jiffy cupcake box in foil and put it under the base cake. It was basically hidden by the tires. This worked very well to give the truck a lift.
I iced the cake with star tips and added a lightning strike on each side. I debated on doing the windows black or white, but decided on tinted windows with black royal frosting. Royal isn’t a necessity, but I had leftover black so it was convenient.
Like many others, I used 4 donuts as the tires and put in mini-marshmallows for the rims. To stick the tires on, I inserted 1/2 of toothpick into the donut and the other end into the cake. I added a bit of royal frosting to glue it on. The mini-marshmallows were also used as cab lights on top. Brown sugar was the dirt below the truck.
Bravo! Best one I’ve seen so far.
i see the actual truck is cake, i cant tell, but did you have something under it to hold it up or did it hold up on its own?? and how?? thanks,
(i am making one for my husband in march and was going to use rice krispies, making it 3d, and would like to have it hold up)
thanks :) -lauren
I used a jiffy muffin box and covered it in foil to hold it up. (it’s in my description). Good luck!
I’m going to be making a cake truck for my son this weekend. I have never made a cake before (other than just sheet cake)and was wondering when it came to construction and frosting the cake how long did it take?
Thanks for all the pics. it will help me putting it together. We are going to put dirt bikes in the back of the truck and make a mountain with oter smaller monster trucks and dirt bikes 2 climb. Little man is only 2 but he loves his trucks and motorcycles. Thanks once again,
Glenda