My partner decided he wanted a Bathurst 500 cake for his birthday, he didn’t really expect to see one though. After Googling for some time I found NO Bathurst 500 cakes so it was up to me to be creative. At the beginning of the week I made some gumpaste signs that indicated different corners … Read more
This 3rd birthday Racetrack cake was actually very simple to make – I used two round cake pans with two store bought cake mixes (vanilla). I cut the edges so they would fit nicely and placed the cakes together on the board. Then I used butter cream icing all over the top and sides – … Read more
When I asked Bryce what kind of cake he wanted me to make for his 3rd birthday he said he wanted one with a road on it. As I browsed through pictures on the internet, he watched over my shoulder, indignant if I stopped on one that did not have a road. “I need a … Read more
My son has asked me to make his birthday cake this year. “What do you have in mind?” I ask, thinking he’s probably going to ask me to make him a Titanic cake like he did last year. I shudder at the thought. “I want a Shelby Mustang!” he replies eagerly. Ummm…ooookay. My mind begins … Read more
I had decided to plan my son’s party and make his 2nd birthday cake all based on the Disney Cars movie, because of his love of playing with cars, hot wheels, and anything that generally rolls. We have also watched the movie a couple of times and he seemed to really enjoy it. After looking … Read more
This Disney Cars birthday cake is the birthday cake I made back in Feb. for my son’s 3rd birthday. He loves all the Disney Cars movies and I wanted to make him something really special. He had become a big brother in November, so I wanted to go the extra mile for his birthday! The cake … Read more
This Cars Racetrack Birthday Cake is really a simple cake to make, approx. 1 hour decorating time. I used two 10″ round pans, cut one side of each cake so it could meet up flat against each other. Then used 2 cans of icing all over. Edged the track with black licorices, made the inside … Read more
I started out this Cars Racetrack Birthday Cake by baking two 9×13 cakes and trimming them to fit together to make an 8 by 24. Then I inserted four straws that had been cut the width of the cake in the middle and placed three stacked 6 in. round cakes. The whole thing was crumb … Read more
I made this race track cake for my boys’ 2nd and 3rd birthday. They are both July babies and each car’s number was for the day in July they were born. I used three sheet cakes and lined them up. I iced them then laid fondant over the icing.Fondant is easier to use, three pieces … Read more
My grandson wanted a race-track cake so my neighbor, Sharyn and I came up with this design. I cooked the cakes on Friday (20 x 25cm diameter cakes) and put them in the freezer for a little while on Saturday morning so our icing would’nt get cake crumbs coming through. Then we set to and … Read more
To celebrate my son’s 2nd birthday I made my first ever fancy cake: a race track cake. It’s a chocolate sheet cake recipe copied from the back of Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa box frosted with 7-minute white frosting which I colored green. For the race track I outlined number ‘2’ and flooded it with chocolate fudge … Read more
I was surfing the web trying to look for ideas for my sons’ birthday cakes. My youngest son’s birthday was coming up and I wanted to try making his cake for his 7th birthday party. I saw all these different ideas for materials for the track, grass, “race” motifs, and even spectators! I decided to … Read more