My son requested a Lightning McQueen cake for his birthday. I took ideas from several other cakes on this website and this is the race track cake that I came up with. It was by far my favorite and easiest cake I’ve ever made. And my three year-old son loved it. The grass took the … Read more
I love these NASCAR birthday cakes. For this one, I used a 12×12 inch cake pan. This is chocolate cake with fudge filling. I used whipping cream to cover the cake. I divided the cream and colored it green for the grass, blue for the border and plain for the track lines. I used crushed … Read more
I browsed through many NASCAR birthday cakes and this has been by far my most favorite cake to make. It was a three-tier homemade butter pound cake. I knew when making a tiered cake it had to be something solid that could hold the cake layers and the added icing. I used a 10” round … Read more
My husband is a big Dale Earnhardt fan so I decided to give him a #3 birthday party. This cake is made from a race car cake pan and I ordered the edible decals on line. It makes it easier to look at a race car picture while creating the cake. This was a great … Read more
I was asked to make a 59 pink Cadillac cake for my cousin’s 13th birthday. I was excited about the idea, but hesitant about how I would pull it off, having never made any car cakes before. Making the Pink Cadillac Cake I baked enough cake for 30 people in a half sheet pan. I … Read more
My two year old girl loves cars! She makes crazy faces as she drives her toy cars all over the house. I knew I wanted to make her a car cake for her birthday party, but I also wanted it to be pink. I used the Wilton Cruiser mold to bake my cake and let … Read more
This racetrack cake is one of three cakes I made in the same day for a combined brother and sister birthday party. The cake is triple chocolate, frosted in buttercream frosting and then covered in fondant. I used a 8 inch round cake and a 8 inch square cake to make the number five shape. The cake itself … Read more
My nephew is into racing. When I made this race car birthday cake for his 7th birthday, he was also into the movie Cars. This is the cake I came up with. Cars Race Track Birthday Cake Instructions I baked a 13″ x 9″ cake and cut out the inside of the 7 (v shape). … Read more
As you can see from the photo, this race car track birthday cake with made in celebration of a young man’s 8th birthday and resulted in a huge smile of appreciation. Race Car Track Birthday Cake Instructions I made two layers of cake in two 9by 13 inch pans, one white cake and one chocolate. … Read more
I wanted to make my grandson’s birthday cake this year. He absolutely loves cars, race tracks and mud, so I decided to build a cake around that theme. I baked two cakes. One was in a round 9′ cake pan and the other in a 9×11′ pan. After both were baked and cooled, I cut a … Read more
I was excited when my son turned 8! He was into racing tracks and cars. What a perfect combination for making a cake… a number 8 race track cake. I baked 2 round 20cm cakes, chocolate and caramel mud. I levelled the cakes identically, slicing the tops off. I also cut the ends of each … Read more
For my youngest son’s 4th birthday, we went with a Hot Wheels theme. He LOVES cars, so it was a no brainer. To create this Hot Wheels racetrack birthday cake I made two 11×15 sheet cakes, one in chocolate (Wilton’s chocolate grooms cake) the other white (Wilton’s yellow cake). I made one 6″ round cake … Read more