How to make a truck cake

Take a look at some easy cake recipe ideas to help you make the coolest ever Pickup Truck cake. You’ll also find loads of homemade cake ideas

I recently had the privilege of creating my first sculptured vehicle for a friend's son's 3rd birthday. Garbage trucks are a big hit among the boys these days. All new information to me since my little guy is more interested in blowing spit bubbles and checking out his appendages. A garbage truck has all the design elements that could make cake building a challenge; large sectioned parts, wheels, and lots of detail. Since this was my very first, I thought it a good idea to take pictures and…

Take a look at some easy cake recipe ideas to help you make the coolest ever Pickup Truck cake. You’ll also find loads of homemade cake ideas

We start with a 1/2 sheet cake, cut into thirds, stack, then carve. Platform is styrofoam we cover with cake foil, glue to board, then we cut a piece of foam core, covered in foil for the body to sit on. glue that to the platform. Ice in buttercream, airbrush, fondant accents, edible image door sign. Wheels are rice krispy treats covered in fondant.

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Dump Truck All buttercream. I used a bread pan for the truck body, and cab. Graham crackers for the bed, along with crushed Oreos for dirt...

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So back in June of 2018 I found this 2WD short bed eliminator one Friday afternoon when I went look for Cherokee parts for my at the time girlfriends 99 sport. Had been dropped off a year or so ago as the owner didn't want to deal with the problems. Here are the pictures of it outside the junkyar...