My best friend’s son wanted a Cars themed party for his second birthday. I volunteered to make a 3D Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for the party. I baked 2 sheet cakes and a smaller piece in a loaf pan. After they cooled, I froze the pieces to make them easier to carve. I layered the … Read more
This Cars Mad Hatter Cake was the most interesting cake to make! For my son’s second birthday I decided I wanted to try my hand at one of the mad hatter cakes. It was easier than I thought it would be for those who don’t have a lot of cake experience. What I did was … 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 daughter is in love with Cars, the movie, and all its characters. I wanted a Cars birthday cake for her, without having to make a car. So, I decided on a race track in the shape of the number 4, since she was turning 4 years old. I covered a cake tray with a … Read more
This is a picture of my son’s Lightning McQueen birthday cake for his 4th birthday. I always browse this site for ideas before making my cakes, so I thought I should post my own. I used the Lightning McQueen cake pan from Wilton’s, as well as their Lightning McQueen frosting coloring set. My son wanted … Read more
My son was turning 4 and I was adamant to make him a great birthday cake. For his previous birthdays I was very ambitious but never managed to get it right. The icing was always my biggest challenge and would make the cake look less than perfect in my eyes. My friend who bakes a … Read more
This Lightning McQueen Cake was a vanilla cake. On 9 x 13 cake, and one 6in. square cake. I attached the small one on top with buttercream, trimmed the sides of the larger one, used some of the trimmings to build up the fenders and then covered the entire cake. Once I trimmed to desired … 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
This cake we made for our son’s 4th birthday, it took longer to make than how long it lasted. We started off with 3 layers of homemade sponge cake then I was left in charge of cutting out the shape etc., we used a wafer for the back spoiler, licorice straps for the tyres, Oreo … Read more
My son is addicted to Hot Wheels, and Matchbox cars and the Disney Movie Cars. I’ve always loved making cakes and birthday are no exceptions. After finding the Lighting McQueen cake pan at my local arts and craft store, all I needed was cake mix, frosting, icing tips and tubes of icing. I hate fondant, … Read more
My nephew liked Veggie Tales and Cars so I decided to make a special cake for him. First time I made a cake from scratch. Used the internet for instructional videos and the recipes for the white cake, chocolate cake and Marshmallow Fondant. The Veggie Tales and the bleachers were partially Styrofoam and then covered … Read more
My son has been asking for a Lightning cake for months, so when his birthday started getting closer, I began looking online for some ideas. My first decision was to do the simple round cake and just put his little Lightning and Mater dinky cars on top. But I was feeling extra ambitious and decided … Read more