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
This Tow Mater (From the movie Cars) cake was a trial run for my friends son’s birthday in March and is made in a smaller scale than I will make it in March. The body of Tow Mater is made of a sponge cake which I sculptured into the shape based on a picture of … Read more
This McQueen Impersonation Cake is made from a basic yellow pound cake baked in a square pan cut in half and glued together using buttercream and later carved into McQueen. Great tip for carving: make a denser cake and freeze it up before beginning carving, and use a good serrated knife. Coated with basic buttercream. … Read more
I got the idea for this cake from other cakes on this site. My son wanted a Mack Truck cake, but he only likes ice cream cakes so I made a Cars Ice Cream cake. I got ideas for decorating the cake from this website. First, I baked a chocolate cake in a Wilton 12″ … Read more
This was the first time I’d ever tried to do a Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake like this. I actually got the idea from this site. It was pretty easy. I used the Wilton 3D cake pan and of course had to shave it down and make a spoiler with the rest. I used a boxed … Read more
We made this Mater birthday cake for my son’s 2nd birthday and it was our first attempt with rolled fondant. It was well worth the end result and a little bit of trail and error. The cake is a box cake and any icing used is “decorators icing”. We started with a car cake pan … Read more
My son is obsessed with Lightning McQueen and wanted a Lightning McQueen cake for his 4th birthday. I am definitely not an expert cake decorator so I was pretty nervous about attempting this but after looking through all the Lightning cakes on this website, I was determined to at least try it. I used 3 … Read more
A co-worker asked me to make a cake for her 7 year old son because she knew I did a little experimenting with cake decorating. She asked for Lightning McQueen and I was so happy to oblige. I used the Wilton Lightning McQueen pan, which I already had on hand. For the cake on bottom, … Read more
This Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake is the cake I made for my son’s 2nd birthday. I used a 16 in round pan and the Wilton Lightning McQueen pan. The checkered pattern on the sides of the round base are black and white Satin Ice fondant. The road is also fondant. Everything else is colored buttercream … 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