This is a Bon Voyage Car Cake I made for a friend who was moving to a different country. The cake is a moist chocolate cake baked in a rectangular pan (since I didn’t have a pan shaped like a car). To improvise, I merely sliced off the upper corners to create a silhouette of … Read more
For my sons first birthday party I decided to go with a car, planes and trains theme since he is obsessed with anything that moves! I decided to make a car birthday cake. I made a chocolate cake mix for the bottom and yellow cake mix for the top. I covered the whole cake with … Read more
I started by making a 2 rectangle cakes, one a chocolate sponge and the other a Victoria sponge. For the base of the race car cake I melted 3 bars of dark chocolate in a glass bowl over a saucepan of boiling water. Using an icing knife I spread the melted chocolate over the entire … Read more
My son is a HUGE fan of Hot Wheels. That was the theme he wanted for his party, and he wanted a Hot Wheels racer for his cake. This Hot Wheels Cake was made with the Wilton car pan, and covered and decorated with fondant. The exhausts coming out of the hood were all hand … Read more
The sponge is chiffon cake. I baked the base cake in a lasagna dish and carved the corner. For the race car part, I baked in a pound cake pan and carved into the sports car shape. For the tires, I used black licorice. Filling is apricot layer plus heavy whipping cream (vanilla). For the … Read more
Our Elementary School PTA sponsors a “Cake Walk” as a fundraiser during our school fair. The children have an opportunity to win a cake. This is one of the cakes I made for this years cake walk. It is a race car cake made with a Wilton cake mold and Wilton Icing tubes fitted with … Read more
I am self taught at cake making and over the years have made numerous cakes for family and friends. I was asked by a friend if there was any way I could make a cake like a VW camper van for a friend’s son’s 18th birthday. Not ever having attempted to make a cake in … Read more
This is the second skidoo I have made, different model this time. I started this Arctic Cat Snowmobile cake by making 2 9 x 13 cakes, cut and stacked the pieces to get the basic shape. I froze the cake, then carved away leaving the front wider than the seat area. I covered in butter … Read more
My son likes all forms of large trucks so I thought it would be a good idea to make him an 18 wheeler birthday cake for his birthday. I’m a big fan of Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes and I had to try my hand at this. I did a lot of research online … Read more
I baked this BFG Tire Birthday Cake for my fiance’s oldest son for his 18th birthday. They are both big car guys, and could spend hours (and have) in the tire store. The whole family has the same BF Goodrich tires on their vehicles, so this was an inside family joke. The cake is four … Read more
My son just turned 3 and he told me he wanted a choo-choo train cake but he did not want Thomas. Which was really odd cause he loves Thomas, but that was his stipulations. So this is what turned out. I made one-13×9, one 8×8, and one empty soup can of cake made from one … Read more
I was determined to make a Train Birthday Cake for my son Jackson on his 2nd birthday! I did some research online and came across this website, which is just wonderful! I was able to combine so many different ideas from all the cakes to make one of my own! I used two Pound Cake … Read more