My son loved this Herbie the love bug cake for his fifth birthday! Boxed cake mix, white store-bought frosting and two-9″ round cake pans. After cakes had cooled overnight in fridge I cut each round in half. Glued three halves together with icing to form Herbies body then cut the remaining half into wedges to … Read more

I baked three layers of dense cake in a 9×12 pan layered as a normal cake and free-carved the shape of Herbie the love bug. After that I added a crumb layer of buttercream, let it set and covered with rolled fondant. After carving I carefully moved the cake onto a cardboard cake board and … Read more

I started with a double stacked 10 layer cake. Then I used the Wiltons sports ball pan and baked half of the ball. I cut one side of the half ball flat and used this for the base of the car body. I then used the piece I cut off for the base of the … Read more

My three year old son absolutely loves Herbie the love bug – new and old. So I thought the ideal cake for his birthday party would be a Herbie car. I decided to make my own even though I have never done anything like this before. I took a look at this site first though … Read more

My grandson loves “Herbie” so for his 4th Birthday I made him a Herbie the love bug cake. I used a spring form pan. After leveling it I cut it in half and put the half circles together with frosting. Cutting a little out of the front to create a hood and windshield I covered … Read more

For the Herbie the love bug cake I used a 9″ round pan and cut it in half. I then iced the two halves and stood them up on their flat sides. I cut out the hood and then iced the rest of the car. I used a toothpick to trace out the designs on … Read more

I made this Herbie the love bug cake for my daughters 6th birthday last year. I loved the Herbie the love bug movies growing up and the new movie had just come out. I used the 3d car pan on a sheet cake and decorated as best I could. I’m learning as I go; I … Read more