Welcome to my homesteading blog! As the weather starts to cool down, nothing warms me up more than a delicious homemade cake fresh from the oven. Today I’m sharing my recipe for Farmer’s Cake, a moist vanilla cake topped with a cute farm scene made of frosting.
These cakes are a longtime favorite around here. Whenever we have anniversaries or family visiting the farm, I love whipping up a Farmer’s Cake to share. The kids especially love helping me decorate the frosting farm scene on top. It’s such a fun way to get creative in the kitchen while also enjoying a sweet treat.
I’ve made a few farmer’s cakes over the years and taken photos (see below)
To make the cake, you’ll need:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
For the frosting farm decorations, you’ll need:
1 container vanilla frosting
Food coloring (I used red, yellow, brown, and green)
Assorted sprinkles (I used red and yellow nonpareils)
Cooking Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9×13-inch cake pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3–5 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
Alternately, add the dry ingredients and milk to the wet ingredients, mixing just until combined after each addition. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 25–30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
Once cooled, flip the cake out onto a serving plate or board. To decorate the frosting farm scene, start by dividing the vanilla frosting into smaller bowls. Tint one bowl red, one yellow, one brown and one green.
Use a butter knife to spread the vanilla frosting evenly over the top and sides of the cake. This will be your “field” around the farm scene.
To make the barn, use the frosting to pipe a large rectangle shape near one edge of the cake. Add some vertical lines for doors and windows. Sprinkle a few yellow nonpareils around the base to look like hay bales.
Pipe yellow frosting in a triangular shape next to the barn for the farmhouse roof. Add a brown frosting rectangle underneath for the walls. Add some green frosting bushes or trees nearby.
Use the brown frosting to pipe a fence line across the front of the “field” with vertical posts. Add some yellow dots of frosting along the fence for chickens or ducks.
Finally, pipe yellow frosting in the empty field area in abstract shapes for crops like corn or wheat. Sprinkle a few nonpareils around for added texture.
Sit back and admire your frosted farmer’s cake masterpiece! Feel free to get creative with the details—add a red frosting tractor, frosting buckets for the chickens or frosting sheep in the field. The possibilities are endless!
Slice and enjoy your homemade farmer’s cake. I hope it brings back fond memories of harvest time on the farm. Be sure to snap a picture of your decorated cake creation to share. Happy baking!
