The Lightning McQueen cake was done with the Wilton cake pan. The other cake is a 1/4 sheet. Both cakes are two layers. I sprayed the sheet cake green, used crushed graham crackers for the road and the grass tip for the grass and the grass border. The flags were bought at a party store … Read more
I got my inspiration for this Lightning McQueen cake from Rebeccas NASCAR car cake. I baked one 10″ and one 12″ cake. I cut the top tier to about 7″ to have the slop. Then accessorized for the cake the street signs signal, lights and clouds which were make of fondant about two days before … Read more
Here is a Lightning McQueen cake. What an awesome job my partner made! I was a bit worried about trying to make it for our daughter’s 3rd birthday, and I’m positive I could not have done a better job. All the kids loved it. We used pettinice with a red and black powder dye as … Read more
I made this Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for a friend’s 19th birthday, and she is a huge “Cars” fan, so she specially requested this. First, I made a 9×13 fudge marble swirl cake (with 2 cake mixes) for the base of the cake. Then, I made a red velvet cake in a bread loaf pan … Read more
I made this cars cake for my friends son. The cars are made out of pound cake and fondant. I also used some candies for the decorations. The bottom cake is just a rectangle cake with black and white buttercream piped into a flag design around the sides. I finished it off with a piston … Read more
My son wanted a Lightning McQueen cake for his third birthday. I figured the only way to get the full effect of the car was to carve it. I made three chocolate fudge 9×13 cakes and filled them with hazelnut buttercream, and then froze the cake slightly to make it easier to carve. I cut … Read more
Our son has loved the Cars movie for a long time, and is completely in love with McQueen, Mater, and all of the crew. So the choice for his 3rd birthday was obvious – I knew he’d LOVE a McQueen cake, and he did!! Before I started, I had a look on this website and … Read more
This Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake was a coconut cake that I made in a 12″ round pan. I elevated the cake by putting a cake board underneath it to support the length and gluing 1 inch pieces of craft blocks under the board. I carved the sides shaped the top with a bread knife. I … Read more
I decided that I would start making my child’s birthday cakes and this Lightening McQueen cake was my first attempt at it. I was not sure what to expect but he really liked the movie Cars and I really wanted to make something special for him. I used a Wilton shaped cake pan (the trick … Read more
My two sons are big fans of Cars, the movie, especially Sally and Lightning Mcqueen. So, I made this cake. Lightning McQueen and Sally are made of cake. I carved the cake and finished off the cars cake decorations with whip cream.
This is Lightening McQueen in Radiator Springs! I made him for my friends one-year-old Logen. I had never made Car birthday cakes before so this was quite a challenge! The base cake is made of two 9 x 13″ sheet cakes placed side-by-side. I wanted a longer (wider) narrower base cake to accommodate Lightening McQueen … Read more
Using a large pan shaped like a stock car I bake two boxes of store cake. I did carve the cake to make it look more like a Lighting McQueen cake. I used a buttercream base coat layer. I then made my own marshmallow fondant coloring it as I made it. I covered the cake … Read more