Coolest Lightning McQueen Cake

Homemade Lightning McQueen Cake

I made this Lightning McQueen Cake for my son’s third birthday. He, like most boys his age, is OBSESSED with the movie Cars and loves anything and everything associated with the movie. I haven’t made a sculpted cake before so I was nervous, the red fondant, the actual sculpting of the shape. There are quite … Read more

Coolest Lightening McQueen Cars Birthday Cake

Homemade Lightening McQueen Cars Birthday Cake

This Lightening McQueen Cars Birthday Cake I made for my little Blakey Bear when he turned 3 this year. It is a triple layer cake made with 3 boxes of Rainbow Chip cake mix. Rainbow Chip frosting between layers for the car. The 3rd layer is cut and leveled off to make the front window. … Read more

Coolest Cars Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

Homemade Cars Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

For this Homemade Cars Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake I started with two 9 x 13 sheet cakes (one chocolate and one yellow) and ½ a cake mix (chocolate) in a loaf pan. I just made cupcakes with the extra batter and gave them away. So I iced between the two sheet cakes and carved the … Read more

Coolest Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

Homemade Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

Yes, this is another Lightning McQueen birthday cake. There are already many beautiful Lightning McQueen cakes on this site! It is too bad I’ve found this site after making the cake. There are a lot of good tips on the site! But about this cake. My mother and I made this cake for the celebration … Read more

Cool Homemade Lighting McQueen Cake

Lightning McQueen Cake

My nephew loves the movie Cars, and his favorite character is Lighting McQueen, so, I made him this Lightning McQueen cake. It was kind of easy to do, because I used the Wilton Lighting McQueen cake pan. You could use any 2-layer cake mix. I actually make my cakes from scratch. I really didn’t follow … Read more

Coolest Lightning McQueen Car Birthday Cakes 4

My sons favorite movie is Cars, so for his birthday, I just had to make him a Cars cake. I knew I wanted it to be 3-D, and there was no pan I found to do that, so got ideas from Car birthday cakes on this site and then I did it all myself. I … Read more

Coolest Lightning McQueen Cake Photos and Tips 8

To make this Lightning McQueen cake I used the Lightning McQueen cake pan from Wilton. I frosted the cake with buttercream and then topped it with red fondant. I cut out a cake board to the shape of the car and placed the cake on it. Then I made a rectangular cake frosted with buttercream … Read more

Coolest Lightning Mcqueen Cake

Homemade Lightning Mcqueen Cake

I made this Lightning Mcqueen cake for my nephew’s 1st birthday. The car cake pan was Wiltons but there wasn’t enough cake so I put it on top of a 13×9 rectangle pan. The frosting I made myself from my grandmother’s recipe. I decorated the base like a road and used edible candy lightning bolts … Read more

Coolest Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

Homemade Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

I did this Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for a good friend’s grandson’s birthday. The cake was a hit with everyone! I enjoyed doing this cake as with all the cakes I have done. I am getting better all the time. I think the clouds and sun makes this cake stand out. I changed up the … Read more

Coolest Lightning McQueen Cake

Homemade Lightning McQueen Cake

I made this Lightning McQueen Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. I used the Wilton 3D cruiser cake pan and just a box cake mix. I used Cake Release all over inside (especially in the little detailed spots) and filled it up about ¾ of the way. When it was finished, I cut off the … Read more

Coolest Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

Homemade Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

I have had zero cake decorating classes, but this Homemade Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake was easy enough that I was still able to pull off. This Lightning McQueen cake my 3 yr old requested in a fairly short amount of time. 1. I prepared one boxed cake mix according to directions and then baked it … Read more