I baked a Lightning McQueen cake and cupcakes for a 4 year old toddlers birthday party. I made a spongecake which I carved and covered in a red fondant with all the trimmings. I also made cupcakes with the racing number on for each child that came to the party. I did it overnight. I … Read more
I made this Lightening McQueen birthday cake with 3 cakes total. Two regular long cakes for base wrapped in red fondant. The third cake I cut and used for top of car. I always buy my own Wilton Fondant from Michaels and make my own colors. I have the Wilton color box, and it has everything I need! … Read more
For my son’s fourth birthday he wanted a Lighting McQueen cake. After baking a couple Betty Crocker box cake mixes in two 9×11 pans, I allowed them to cool, wrapped them in plastic wrap and put them in the freezer. Once frozen, I was able to cut, stack and carve them into the car shape. … Read more
This Disney Cars birthday cake took me 4 to 5 hours to make, the base consist of two half sheet cakes stacked, then to make the car I baked one 9×13 cut in half and stacked it. Than I carved it out into the shape I wanted. I hand piped the whole base….which takes for … Read more
My hubby and myself made this Lightning McQueen birthday cake at home. We do this a lot now for friends and family. This cake was made from chocolate sponge and covered with homemade sugar paste colored red. Before we started the cake we had pre piped and flooded the run out for the Rust-eze logo on the bonnet of … Read more
My 2 year old is crazy about Cars, so I thought what better than a Lightning McQueen cake. The cake was a large sheet of Chocolate Sponge, about 30cmx50cm. I first cut out an oval shape for the bottom layer and cut out a smaller layer for the roof, cutting the front and back edges … Read more
I made this Lightning McQueen cake for my son’s 5th birthday, using a 16-12 3 inch high oval pan that I carved down. Carve off the sides and place side by side on top for the cab. Tires are rice krispies treats covered in embossed and decorated fondant. The real challenge was constructing the case … Read more
My son loves Disney’s Cars, and what boy turning 3 wouldn’t like a Lightning McQueen Cake? I am very crafty and a perfectionist, I’ve also made a Cookie Monster, Johnny Tractor and an alligator for my sons’ birthdays. I love making cakes for my boys, but they do take a lot of time. Their birthdays … Read more
My youngest son was fascinated with the movie “Cars” and asked me to please make him a Lightening McQueen Birthday Cake for his birthday. As he always takes a cake in to school to share, this was one he wanted, so he could show off mum’s efforts! The pan was bought from Ebay and is … Read more
The Lightning McQueen cake was for my son’s 3rd birthday! This is my first time covering a cake in fondant. I have been making cakes now for 4 years and really enjoy the time spent making them. For the body of this cake, I used two 9×13 sheet cakes and for the cab I used … Read more
For my son’s 3 year old birthday, decided to make a Homemade Lightning Mcqueen Cake Design. Many hours looking at the cakes on here gave me inspiration & tips! I started by making 2 sheet cakes and a loaf tin cake. Stacked the two sheet cakes together to get the desired height and then using … Read more
My son really wanted a Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for his 5th Birthday. I got thinking for days on how I would make it. I decided that I would bake the cake in two loaf tins, then once they had cooled I cut about 1/4 off one cake, that was going to be stacked on … Read more