Sheet Cake Method One

• The easiest way to make a tractor cake is to take a sheet cake and frost it to look like it has a field and a garden on it. Use two shades of brown frosting to make the garden. Frost half of the cake with light brown frosting and pipe the dark brown frosting on to look like the rows. Then frost the other half of the cake green to look like the field. Then get a matchbox-style tractor and put it on top of the cake. Don't forget to write the birthday message with a contrasting color on the field. This is easy to do and provides the birthday boy with a fun treat long after the party is over.

Sheet Cake Method Two

• Another relatively simple way to make a tractor cake is to make a large sheet cake. Freeze it overnight so that it is easier to cut. The next morning cut the cake into the shape of a tractor. It might be helpful to enlarge a picture of a tractor and lay it on top of the cake as a guide while you cut. When you have the shape that you desire, frost the cake with the appropriate colors.

Loaf Pans

• The third way that you can make a tractor cake is by taking two cakes baked in loaf pans and piecing them together with frosting to create a tractor shape. Using a knife, cut off the rounded part from both cakes. Put a layer of icing on the first cake. Cut the second cake in half vertically and lay it on top of the first cake so that it looks like the cab of the tractor. Frost the whole cake and use cookies as the wheels.

Tractor Cake Pan

• Another option is to purchase a Wilton cake pan from your local craft store. Use Wilton Cake Release on the pan to ensure that the cake will come out of the pan easily. Bake the cake according to the directions that come with the pan. While the cake is baking, create the colors of frosting that you need. Let the cake completely cool before you frost it. Letting it sit in the refrigerator or freezer overnight makes frosting it easier.