Made for my nephew’s 3rd birthday, this is a Construction Site Birthday Cake inspired by the book Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker. Here is the photo that inspired the cake
Image from “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site” by Sherri Duskey Rinker
This is a triple recipe of the Cook’s Illustrated (9″ cake) recipe in a 12″ x 18″ Wilton pan. (It took 16 cups of batter) Baked at 325 for 50 minutes.
Blank canvas!
Frosted road and grass with vanilla buttercream.
Frosted dirt area with chocolate buttercream.
The fun part…adding decorations! These are Max’s construction trucks from his toy collection, thoroughly cleaned. All added decorations are listed in image.
Tenacious Baker 