For my son’s 3rd birthday he wanted a cake with Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and Mater. So I decided to replicate the scene where Doc & McQueen are racing in the desert and McQueen falls down the cliff into the cactus bushes. For this homemade Cars birthday cake I started out with two 9”x13” layers. … Read more

I had fun with my son’s first birthday party cakes. It was a Cars theme, and the Cars Cast turned out oh-so-cute! I baked several bread loaf cakes (not filling them too full so they wouldn’t be tall) and trimmed them with an electric knife to mimic the Cars characters. I also made a mini … Read more

My sons birthday’s are 4 weeks apart so we have one party between them. I wanted a theme and they both like Lightening McQueen. So I decided to make one huge Lightening McQueen and The King Cake but give them both their “own” cakes. The sheet cake is 12″ by 30″ and the cars are … Read more

My 4 year old twins desperately wanted a Disney’s Cars birthday party with a race cake, so I decided to do a dirt track scene using some Cars toys as decorations. I baked one 10″x14″ layer and two 9″x13″ layers, stacked them so that they aligned on along the left side of the cake, and … Read more

I got the idea originally for this Cars birthday cake from Raleys but we couldn’t afford to buy one so I made one and just bought the topper. It took me almost 4 hours to do it all. I used a 15in square cake pan and made 2 layers of the cake then covered the … Read more

This Disney Cars Birthday Cake is my second Disney Cars cake and I made it for my son’s 4th birthday. I have to admit that I searched far and wide for inspiration (this web site, YouTube, Google etc.). The inspiration for this cake came off of one of Car’s posters where you see the track … Read more

Thanks to several of you who previously submitted to this site. Using your ideas along with several of our own we came up with this Cars Birthday Cake for our son’s fourth birthday. The cake was made from two boxed cake mixes. Each was baked in a 9×9 pan and I placed them next to … Read more

My son wanted to have a Disney Cars birthday party. I was telling my friend that I wanted to make a Disney Cars cake for him and she really encouraged me to try it. So, this was my first attempt at making a birthday cake. I had so much fun and it was so easy! … Read more

My daughter is in love with Cars, the movie, and all its characters. I wanted a Cars birthday cake for her, without having to make a car. So, I decided on a race track in the shape of the number 4, since she was turning 4 years old. I covered a cake tray with a … Read more

This is a two tiered Cars cake I made for a 2 years old’s birthday party. Covered in fondant with fondant and buttercream details. This Cars scene is the outdoors scene with a road going around the bottom tier. They were very happy with the cake. It is a swirl chocolate and white cake with … Read more

I made this Cars birthday cake for my youngest son’s 3rd birthday. I used a white cake and buttercream frosting. I used crushed Oreos for the “road” and used the Wilton grass tip for the grass spots and the borders. For the brown, I added cocoa to the buttercream and a little brown gel paste … Read more

I made this Disney Cars Cake for the kids at church, every 3 months they have a big birthday bash for all the kids who had a birthdays in the last 3 months. I first baked 3 rectangle cakes, 8×10 and 3 small square cakes 2×4.5. The 8×10 rectangle cakes became the body of the … Read more