My son was turning 3 and he absolutely loves Lightning McQueen from the Cars movie. I had made a Thomas the Train cake for his 2nd birthday that turned out real well so I decided to tackle a Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake. I used a sheet cake pan (12 x 18) for the body of … Read more

My son, an ardent cars fan wanted Lightening McQueen as his cake for his 5th birthday. I bravely accepted the challenge! He specifically wanted a butter cake. I made one square cake and one round cake. First I drew the shape of the car ( when you look from above) on to a paper and … Read more

This Lightning McQueen cake was made out of chocolate cake and fondant. To get the lightning strips, we yellow-tinted white fondant and then used the Wilton orange mist spray to darken their effect.

I was asked by my friend to do a cake for her twin boys 4th Birthday. She gave me a big plastic Lightning Mcqueen car and said I want this and as I like a challenge I said yes. I searched a forum for some ideas for a Lightning McQueen cake and well this is … Read more

This Lighting McQueen cake 3rd birthday cake was time consuming but easy. I used the 3D Car cake from Wilton’s. I used a pound cake mix because it seems firmer and easier to shape. Next, I used yellow, no taste red, and black icing. I used the Tip 16. After baking I cut some off … Read more