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How to Make a Tractor Cake Topper?

February 2, 2023 by CJ [email protected] 10 Comments

Today I’d like to share with you how to make a Tractor Cake Topper. This easy cake topper is perfect for farm/barn-themed cakes and can be changed as needed to match your party decor!

For my cake, I made a little red tractor that will sit on a blue and green cake. You can change the colors as needed. Just choose your favorite color or whatever color you want it to be.

How to make a Tractor Cake Topper

Making Time!

What do You need to Make a Tractor Cake Topper?

What You Need To Make a Tractor Cake Topper
  • Blue, red, black, white, and yellow fondant  (white not pictured)
  • Sharp knife
  • Small rolling pin
  • Tylose powder
  • Small round cookie cutters
  • Tylose Glue or Water & a Paintbrush
  • Small Wire
  • Ball Tool

Step-By-Step Tutorial

Step 1:

Dust your work surface with Tylose powder. I chose to work on an upside-down 8″ pan because that’s the size cake I was putting the tractor on and I wanted to be sure to make it the proper size.

Take a ball of blue fondant and cut/shape it into a "base" for the tractor

Take a ball of blue fondant and cut/shape it into a “base” for the tractor. You want it slightly smaller than the tractor you plan to make. I used blue because I initially planned to put the tractor on blue fondant (I ended up putting it on green but it wasn’t very noticeable). Use whatever color you’d like to match the cake! Or make a contrasting hue to emphasize your topper.

Step 2:

Take a large, smooth red ball of fondant and cut it into the body of the tractor. It should be a rectangular solid slightly wider and longer than the base you created. Attach it to the base with a bit of water or sugar glue.

smooth red ball of fondant and cut it into the body of the tractor

Using a sharp knife will give you really sharp corners and smooth surfaces.

Create the tractor's body

Step 3:

For the cab of the tractor, you need to take a smaller red ball of fondant and cut it like a square on all sides except the front – it needs to be slanted for the windshield area.

Make the tractor's cab

Step 4:

Attach it to the body of the tractor with water or sugar glue. Be sure to put the slanted side facing front.

Create the tractor's body

Step 5:

Roll out some black fondant and use a small round cutter to cut out the tires. You want them tall enough so that about half of the tire is on the red fondant.

Cut Tiers of the tractor

Step 6:

Glue with your own Tylo glue them to the sides of the tractor with water or sugar glue.

Attach the tractor's tiers

Step 7:

To make an exhaust pipe, roll out a small rope of fondant and cut it to about 1″ long.

How to make an exhaust pipe?

Step 8:

Use a ball tool to make a slight indention on the top for the “hole” in the pipe.

How to make an exhaust pipe for the tractor cake topper

Step 9:

Slide the pipe onto a short floral wire long enough to secure it to the tractor.

How to make an exhaust pipe for the tractor cake topper

Step 10:

Attach it to the hood of the tractor on one side or the other.

The tractor cake topper with tiers and a pipe

Step 11:

Roll out white fondant and cut out the window shapes.

Roll out white fondant

Step 12:

Mix a small amount of black with white to make gray fondant. Roll it out and cut a square to make the grill of the tractor. Use a gum paste tool or knife to make the line details. Attach these details to the tractor with water or sugar glue.

Mix a small amount of black with white to make gray fondant
Making the tractor's grill

Step 13:

Roll out a tiny amount of yellow fondant and cut out very small circles for the center of the tires.

Making the center of the tires of the tractor cake fondant

Step 14:

Attach the round circles to the center of the tires with sugar glue, then use the ball tool to make indentions.

Attach the round circles to the center of the tires with sugar glue

Step 15: 

Allow the tractor to dry overnight before placing it on the cake. It can be secured with sugar glue!

How to make a Tractor Cake Topper

I used the same methods to make a small hay trailer for my tractor and then attached the whole thing to a farm-themed cake.

Suggested Read: How To Make Espresso Cupcakes

Happy Caking!

Now you know all the steps and essential ingredients and tools for making an edible tractor cake topper for your little one’s birthday party. You can always improvise with the shapes or decorations, but keep close to the steps. Making and assembling it can sometimes be a tricky project! But hey, your mind is way more creative than you think! Who knows we can even use your own improvision.

Now it’s your time to share your experience with this tutorial with all of us. Please tell us how it was and show us your results in the comments section below! We’d love to hear from you.

If you have further questions about the tractor cake topper tutorial, do not hesitate to share them. I am here for you and all your sweet projects!

Happy Caking!

Rose

Double layered cake with Tractor Cake Topper

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: Gum paste decorations

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Comments

  1. Dóra

    May 25, 2019 at 4:37 PM

    My 3 year old insisted on having a tractor topper WITH a trailor on his BD cake. I knew I would be trouble to find one to buy, or will have to pay a fortune. So I just finished making this one. He was pleased with it. Thanks very much for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Sophie

    October 9, 2014 at 10:56 AM

    I love this page! It’s pretty heavy – will it be okay to sit on top of a madeira sponge?

    Reply
  3. Home Cupcake Business

    May 17, 2013 at 5:35 PM

    Great tutorial, a smaller version would look great on top of a cupcake too!

    Reply
  4. YY

    May 5, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    Hi, Louise,
    I hv a question, what if I need to make Sth bigger in size? It’d be quite heavy if we use fondant, should we use foam block inside, then cover by fondant?

    Thx!
    YY

    Reply
    • Rose

      May 5, 2013 at 10:15 PM

      I’d actually recommend rice cereal treats over foam – simply because I like edible decorations and the fondant would stick to it better. However, foam would work!

      Reply
    • Louise

      May 5, 2013 at 10:02 PM

      Hello:

      I will leave this question for Rose since it’s her tutorial.

      Thanks,
      Louise

      Reply
  5. suzanne

    May 4, 2013 at 11:08 PM

    Really appreciate the simplicity of your tutorial, even I can do that one.. and I will. Thank you for sharing x

    Reply
  6. Rebecca

    May 3, 2013 at 7:51 PM

    It looks stunning!! I am really amazed how talented you are 🙂

    Reply
  7. Kelli

    May 3, 2013 at 7:20 PM

    This is too cute! Thanks for sharing your techniques.

    Reply
  8. Jen Melo

    May 3, 2013 at 3:37 PM

    Very cute! Bravo. Also, I love the smiling cow.

    Reply

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