Earlier this month, I had the joy of decorating a birthday cake for a tractor-loving nephew. The idea is not mine; for once I allowed myself to rely on Pinterest.
Usually, cake decorating is a mix of therapy and stress. This time was pure joy.
First, you outline the birthday boy’s age number (in this case, six) and divide the outline into different fields. Oreo crumbs make great soil, and forks or toothpicks dragged through the frosting add texture where needed.
Then, you decorate as you wish, adding plastic animals and equipment.
So simple, and so fun!
So cute! I have a little boy turning 3 Dec 2 and he would love a cake like that, even if he had a farm cake last year too… It will be a special birthday, his first birthday with us as an official member of our family. His adoption was finalized in July.
Aww! Congratulations! ❤️
Hmmm. Interestingly I never noticed the outlined 6 on the real cake and in fact had to look a loonngg time on here to find it!!! What’s wrong with me? ????
Haha. I know – it’s not very obvious, is it? That’s why I had to be sure and mention it in the blog post itself, so you’d look. 🙂 I’m not sure why. I think I should have made the six smaller, and it would have looked more sixish.
Oh that’s so cute! I had to look a couple more times before I saw the number 6. I also had to ask “What’s wrong with me?”????
I love tractors too. My family tells me we can’t afford nor do we need one so I’m going to have to order a JD toy tractor from the GVS catalog.????
So cute! My niece decorated a farm cake for my son and he was beyond thrilled. When I saw the comments about the number I had to back and see for myself what they meant!
When I looked at it I said to myself “I feel like that design means something” but I didn’t see it until I read further and knew what I was looking for 🙂 I’ve done similar cakes for my boys but never that perfect 🙂
What a cute cake!!!
the carrots are my favorite detail.
they look perfectly carrot-like to me.
Without a doubt I thought they were carrots.???? This is so cute. My daughter would probably love it as much as any boy.
So cute!!
They are clearly carrots!