Construction Cake

Today, I delivered the second cake that I have made for someone paying me! The cake was for the second birthday of my friend’s son. He loves construction vehicles, so I made a construction scene cake. I was a little nervous, because I have only made a few cakes without fondant and never anything scene-like.

On Tuesday, I went to Edwards Cake Supply in Modesto and found some fun construction vehicles. The cake is two 9” x 13” layers. Both layers are white chocolate pound cake with a filling of homemade dark chocolate ganache. I made homemade chocolate buttercream for the construction scene and orange-colored vanilla buttercream for the sides. The piles of “rocks” are chocolate candies and black sanding sugar was used for the “fresh dirt.”



I really love the construction scene. It was so fun to create. My kids were begging to poke their fingers in the frosting or play with the trucks. Who can blame them? I let them have few licks of the frosting bowl after I was finished. I do need more practice on frosting the sides of cakes. It was hard to get it even and without any crumbs (even though I thought I de-crumbed the cake and used a gentle touch). I’d love any cake frosting tips!