You can then add your Grave Digger monster truck (or any other truck your have) climbing the chocoalte muddy path to the finish line. Finish off by adding your chocolate malt balls (to mimic big rock boulders) in chocolate icing. Sprinkle the crushed orea pieces on the chocolate frosting any way you wish.ĩ. (or put them in a giant ziploc back and "hammer" them with a rolling pin)Ĩ. Take your oreo cookies and remove the white icing from the middles.Ĭrush the cookie only pieces using a potato masher in a bowl. This will give effect of muddy road the monster truck climbed.ħ. Optional: IF you want you can also use the chocolate icing to ice a bottom border around the cake. Using the chocolate frosting, frost the part your cut out in step 3. The beauty of this monster truck cake is that its suppose to look "messy" and "muddy" so you can't go wrong.Ħ. To ice you can use a butter knife or a baking spatula.ĭont worry if bits and pieces of your cake crumble off as you ice. Take your green food coloring and ice the entire cake (but leave out the area you cut out in step 3). Remember, a little food coloring goes a long way, and its always best to add incrementally, so that your color isn' too dark.ĥ. Add more to get a tint of green that you like. Start out with a few drops of food coloring and mix. Mix your vanilla icing with some green food coloring. Using a knife, cut out a shallow piece from 1/4 of the cake (as shown in the picture below) Once the cake is done, it will give the effect that the monster truck is going up a hill.Ĥ. Bake according to instructionsĢ.Once cakes are cooled, stack them on top of each other on a cake stand or cake plate.ģ. Divide the batter into 2 8" or 9" round cake pans. Mix the boxed cake mix according to instructions on the box. Even though I wanted to jump in and join the fun- I restrained myself and let the kids do their thing.ġ. This part was super fun for my 5 year old – no adult help required. To make a part of the top of the cake look muddy (like in a Monster Jam), we used the Oreo cookies (with the white middles removed) and crushed them up into small pieces.
If you don’t have to grave digger, any monster truck will do. You can use this toy as a cake topper on this cake- simple! If you want more super easy birthday cake ideas, check out our other cakes, like:Ĭhances if your making this grave digger cake, you already have this popular toy truck. He also enjoyed putting the Chocolate malt ball “rock boulders” in place. My son (the birthday boy) loved crushing the cookies, and sprinkling them in the “mud” chocolate. It’s a perfect project to show your kiddos how creative and fun baking and cake decorating can be. One huge reason why its easy: the messier and more imperfect – the better! You’ll see why when you read the tutorial… I’m not exaggerating when I say this is probably the easiest fancy birthday cakes that I’ve made yet! This makes a great birthday cake idea for boys AND girls- even those big kids who love their trucks!Īnd you won’t have to hire a cake designer to make this cake. If you have young monster truck fans you want to impress, they will adore this chocolate “muddy” version of a monster truck cake with their favorite Monster Jam truck (the Grave Digger, etc.) at the finish line for the win!
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