Dad's Tool Cake

My 5-year old wanted to decide how we did Dad's cake this year! So, he drew out his design and told me what shape the cake should be. I made the cake and we used fruit roll-ups for the saw and wrench and fruit by the foot for the tape measure. He used cookie cutters for the letters (also out of fruit roll-ups). He was so proud of HIS cake!

Wood Cake

For my son's birthday we took them to the local Home Depot for the kid's workshop!  So, to celebrate the wood building theme I made the cake to look like two pieces of wood.  I even made chocolate/yellow swirl cake for an added touch!  I mixed light brown and dark brown fosting slightly to get an uneven look and then scraped each with a texture tool I have.  Then I added dark frosting to make "knots" and a couple of swipes to add more grain look.  He was happy with it!