Construction birthday cake - Real Recipes from Mums

An effective birthday cake for the novice birthday cake maker or for the parent who has left it to the last minute. This cake can be made the morning of the party.

Ingredients (makes 1 medium cake)

1 packet Chocolate cake mix of your choice
Heaped tablespoons Milo Cold Crunch
Heaped teaspoons choc bits
construction machines
wax paper cut into the shape of the birthday number

Method

Make cake according to packet. Ice the cake and while the icing is still very moist, decorate as follows:
Cut out a number (the birthday is for) in wax paper and place in the middle of the iced cake. Sprinkle Milo Cold Crunch over the remainder of the cake. Carefully peel the wax paper off the cake to reveal the number.
Carefully crumble off part of the side of the cake, making sure not to split the cake too far through the middle. Add choc bits through this part of the cake.
Arrange the construction machines around the cake.

Notes

Allow at least 45 mins to cool the cake before icing.

19 Comments

- - kay1987 said
  - 12 Mar 2024
    6:21 am
Very cute. We made something similar for my sons birthday last year and he absolutely loved it

- - cherz said
  - 20 Sep 2019
    10:04 am
OMG you are so clever …what an easy and awesome cake. Thanks.

- - happymum2018 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    11:18 pm
I love this recipe idea for construction cake thansk

- - mom112023 said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    10:08 pm
I love your idea. Simple yet effective. Thanks.

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 29 Nov 2017
    12:08 pm
This cake is amazing I love it its the perfect construction of a cake

- - rachelvk said
  - 12 Jan 2017
    10:27 am
I love this idea! I work full time and will be working on my sons birthday so won’t have a lot of time to make a cake for us to share at home… this would work with a Coles mudcake! So easy!

- - mom94125 said
  - 08 Sep 2016
    8:51 pm
this is such a cool cake! i like the idea behind it

- - mom103232 said
  - 07 Sep 2016
    1:40 pm
Think I’ve just found the next birthday cake ill be making my son. I think the addition of a few Crunchie or Violet Crumble bars broken up to make them look like boulders will look fantastic too.

- - curlytops said
  - 08 Aug 2016
    9:13 pm
what a great idea and looks so great.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 18 Jun 2016
    2:00 pm
terrific IDEA. All our little Bob the builders will love this!

- - mum4107 said
  - 18 Jun 2016
    8:21 am
That looks wonderful. Thank you

- - nealsq said
  - 16 Jun 2016
    2:42 pm
Time for us to start thinking about my bub’s first birthday cake, this is so cool!
- mom19782016 replied
  
  16 Jun 2016 , 8:43 pm
  and super super easy!
- - mom93821 said
  - 16 Jun 2016
    5:59 am
Super cute! Love the look of this cake – a good idea.
- mom93821 replied
  
  17 Jun 2016 , 6:32 am
  Might just make this for some big boys too – they will love it!
  - mom19782016 replied
    
    20 Jun 2016 , 2:40 pm
    
    Yes, I’ve had requests from my teenage nephews!
- - cherz said
  - 14 Jun 2016
    7:41 pm
You are one very clever mom…well done indeed. So very ingenious the way you revel the number.
I love this cake …also wishing your child a very happy belated 7th.
Thanks for sharing.

- - mom90758 said
  - 14 Jun 2016
    6:50 pm
This cake is surely going to impress a lot of kids! Well done!!

- - mom112217 said
  - 14 Jun 2016
    2:29 pm
A chocolate cake any little boy would love!