Cool Homemade Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

I made a Lightning McQueen birthday cake for my grandson’s 4th birthday party. For the 1st time I hired a Wilton’s Lightning McQueen cake tin and bought a packet of cake mix. I followed the instructions but suffered to get a bright red and a bright black color with my butter icing. At last I bought white margarine and red and black powder food coloring and that really worked! You just have to be patient; in the beginning the red also looked pink and the black still looked grey, but after a while it turned into a bright red and a bright black – suitable for a Lightning McQueen car.

For the other colors I still used liquid food coloring. At the end I bought a packet of “Cars icing decorations” to put in front of the candles. It looked very nice and my grandson and his friends enjoyed it very much.