I made a large square chocolate butter cake then chopped it up into shapes and put them together with royal icing. I then used almond icing to cover the cake and smoothed it over with sugar water as I went. I painted the cake with red food coloring mixed with sugar syrup. The numbers and … Read more
I used two loaf pans for this cars cake. One was a little smaller than the other. I shaped the cakes and then frosted with buttercream then I used fondant to cover the whole thing. I airbrushed the sides and hand painted the back. The rope is made of fondant.I cut gumdrops for the parking … Read more
This cars birthday cake was for my sons 3rd birthday. He wanted to have a “Cars” theme from the Disney movie. He wanted to have Lightning McQueen and Sally. I used the Lightning McQueen Wilton cake pan and iced it to look like McQueen. Then for Sally, I used the same pan, only I followed … Read more
I made this Lightning Mcqueen cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. I bought some mini cars from the Car movie and added it on my cake. It was a full sheet cake with Lightning Mcqueen car cake on top of it. I had so much fun doing this cake and it was a success birthday … 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 started the Tow Mater birthday cake with a Wilton 3-D Cruiser cake pan and a 4×8 loaf pan. I used a pound cake recipe as the texture makes it easier to cut and trim. I cut the Cruiser cake just behind the front window and attached the loaf cake with a dowel rod from … Read more
This Tow Mater Birthday Cake is a hand sculpted cake (no mold), covered in fondant, hand painted (no airbrush) with gum-paste and hard candy details. This was my first attempt at sculpting a vehicle and was also the most detailed cake I have done as far as the sculpting goes. I did not use any … Read more
I made this homemade Lighting McQueen birthday cake for my son, Brady’s, 2nd birthday. It was real easy to make and only took about an hour to decorate. He loved it!! When we were cutting it he was crying, “No, don’t hurt him!” Too cute!! I took 3 sheet cakes and layered them on top … Read more
This Disney Cars The King Birthday Cake is a cake that I made for my son’s 4th birthday. It is his favorite Disney Car, The King. It’s my second attempt at fondant! Scary but not impossible. It’s also proof that you don’t need any special pans to bake a “Cars” cake! I started by baking … Read more
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
For all those CARS fans out there, here is a Homemade Chick Hicks Cake that made my 4 year old quite happy. I baked two 9 x 13 cake pans and then stacked the cakes and shaved them to shape. I’m still learning about how to ice a cake without the crumbs (next time, I’ll … Read more
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