Dump truck cake

by Ally Chumley
(Australia)

Easy dump truck cake!
Buy a big yellow dump truck and park it in the middle of a large board covered with chocolate frosting.

I used a screwdriver handle to make tyre tracks through the 'mud', and added various features as follows:

log pile of Kit Kats (with a few 'snakes' thrown in)
rock pile of Violet Crumble or Crunchie bar pieces
a wood pile of Jersey Caramels
a stone pile of chocolate covered sultanas

I printed a few road hazard signs on yellow paper, then used clear adhesive contact in a few layers. I used icing to attach Toblerone triangles to each one, as a stand.

I also made some orange witches hats (safety cones) out of moulded icing which I painted.

I used a few of Fisher-Price's 'Little People' figurines as workers.

Best of all, I used a Sara Lee (pre-frozen) chocolate cake, cut into chunks, as the load in the truck. This particular truck had a spring mechanism that enabled Lewis (birthday boy) to actually dump the load on the board after he blew out the candles - which was a highlight for him.

This is a minimal waste cake!