A 3D Monster Truck cake for a special little 3-year old. The cake is made of 3-layers of vanilla cake with buttercream filling. All elements of the cake are edible including the tires and rice crispy treat mountain covered in modeling chocolate.
So tell us, what do you think?
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October 5th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
When I started planning my son’s Monster Truck Birthday party, a good friend referred Meoi to me. I looked at her work on the website and was obviously impressed with her work. Although she had never created a Monster Truck before, I had confidence that she could do it, although I never imagined how perfect it would actually be. I was just hoping for a Monster Truck, but Meoi asked if my son had a favorite truck, which of course was Grave Digger.
From the moment I placed it on the table, (it was the center of attention), it smelled as good as it looked.
Although it was a difficult task to butcher her beautiful work, it was a pleasant surprise how great it tasted as well!
I don’t think I could ever find the right words to Thank her enough for her attention to detail and making this cake even better than I expected!
October 6th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Hi Teri,
I am so thrilled that you were happy with the cake! I had a great time making it and it brings me even greater pleasure knowing how much you enjoyed it! Thanks again for the kind words and hopefully we can work together again in the future!
March 11th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Hey I was wondering if you could email me instructions on how to make this cake. It is awesome
April 19th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
This cake looks awesome!!!! How much did it cost?
May 7th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Hi, could you mail me the instructions on how to make this cake? Please. I have been asked to make one and don’t know where to start!!! lol. Thanks.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Hello, I love your cake of grave digger. I have been looking for different ideas of how to make a monster truck cake. I was wondering if you could e-mail me the directions. thanks!!
July 29th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Hi! I see that everyone is asking you this, but would you please send me your directions for how you made this completely amazing cake too? My new stepson is turning 4 in a couple weeks, and he put in a special request for a monster truck cake. I’m the only one who can do it, and I’m just not sure where to start! I really appreciate it SOOOO much!
July 29th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Thanks so much everyone for the kind words. I don’t really have a “Set of Instructions” to say that I can send you but I’ll try to explain how I made it.
First off, my husband made the platform for me by using 2 pieces of plywood and wooden dowels to hold the top piece of plywood up at a slight angle to make the truck look like it was going over the hill. The dowels are screwed into the top and bottom boards. The hill is created from rice crispy treats covered in modeling chocolate which I made from Wilton candy melts and Karo syrup (recipe can be found online). The truck itself is made from 3 stacked 9×13 cakes with buttercream frosting in between the layers and then I hand carved the cake to the shape of the truck and covered the entire thing in black fondant. The tires are also made of cake and covered in fondant but that part was very tricky. If I were to do it again, I would probably make the tires out of rice crispy treats for the extra stability. I used an Exacto knife and hand cut the flames on the front of truck and hand painted the rest of the details to match a picture of Grave Digger I found online.
Hope that helps and let me know how it turns out. I would love to see some pictures!
December 27th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Hey I was wondering if you could email me instructions on how to make this cake. It is awesome! My son saw me looking this photo for birthday cake ideas and said please momma can you make this for my birthday. I told him i will see if I can try. Please please!!! help me out.
Thank you!!
May 19th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
do you ship cakes?
May 23rd, 2011 at 10:57 am
Hi Tatiana - Unfortunately we don’t ship cakes. There’s just no way to guarantee a safe arrival to you. Sorry!
May 27th, 2011 at 6:40 am
How did u paint on the blk fondant? Decorating markers?
My son keeps changing his mind between grave digger and batmab monster truck cake lol
May 31st, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Hi Alanna - I used the Wilton “White-White” icing whitener to paint on the truck. I added a little electric green gel paste to the whitener for lime green accents. Hope that helps and good luck with your son’s cake!
July 12th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Hi! Great job on this Grave Digger cake! I will be trying this for my sons 3rd birthday in 2 weeks. I dont want to use fondant…is there another icing that you recommend?
October 4th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Cake looks great! How many people does it serve and how much did you charge for it?
November 7th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
I absolutely love this cake and was wondering how many people it served and how much it would be. I am having a monster truck theme birthday for my son on 11/27/11 and live in the Brandon, Fl area. Thanks!