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 started this Tow Mater Cake Idea with a chocolate 13 x 9 cake. After it was cooled and chilled I cut in half length wise. On half I cut a little curve off on end for the front of the truck and then iced the top of this piece. The other half I cut … 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
I made this Tow Mater Birthday Cake for a friend’s son’s birthday party. My fiance’ recommended me and I was able to do whatever I wanted as long as it was within their “Cars” (Disney) theme. So this is what I surprised them with. Now they have me do a cake for them every year! … Read more
My son wanted a Tow Mater Birthday Cake so I used this site and took ideas from all of the Mater cakes posted on here to come up with my own. I used two Betty Crocker cake mixes and baked them both in a loaf pan. I trimmed both cakes so that they were level … Read more
My hubby helped on this one. I took the Wiltons really big sheet cake pan and that takes two cake mixes plus another 8″round, baked it and then I cut to the shape I needed it to be for a Cars cake. One half I used for the back and then the other half I … Read more
I made this Mater Birthday Cake for my nephew and he loved it. I make the buttercream frosting and marshmallow fondant from scratch. Mater is driving on a road made with chocolate and vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. The sand next to the road is made from crushed graham crackers and the road is made … Read more
I made Mater and Lightning McQueen for two brothers parties they had together. They really liked them. The Tow Mater Birthday cake was made of pound cake and fondant. I air brushed the colors on. The writing is made of fondant also. I am really pleased with the turn out.
This Tow Mater Cake was my first attempt at a 3D cake, it was for my son’s 4th birthday, and he insisted that he HAD to have a Mater cake. It was also the first time I used ready to roll fondant, as you can tell I had no idea, but thankfully Mater is an … Read more
Every year I do it to myself. I make an awesome cake that goes way beyond anyone’s hopes and dreams and the following year I have to top it. Last year my son wanted a Lightning McQueen cake for his 4th birthday. I used one of his toys as my model and I stayed up … Read more
My son just had his third birthday and is a huge “Cars” fan so I decided to make him a “Mater” cake. I started off with two cake mixes, one in a 9×13″ pan, the other split between a loaf pan and a 9×9″ pan. I froze these so they would be easier to work … Read more
