I baked a Lightning McQueen cake and cupcakes for a 4 year old toddlers birthday party. I made a spongecake which I carved and covered in a red fondant with all the trimmings. I also made cupcakes with the racing number on for each child that came to the party. I did it overnight. I … Read more
I made this Lightening McQueen birthday cake with 3 cakes total. Two regular long cakes for base wrapped in red fondant. The third cake I cut and used for top of car. I always buy my own Wilton Fondant from Michaels and make my own colors. I have the Wilton color box, and it has everything I need! … Read more
For my son’s fourth birthday he wanted a Lighting McQueen cake. After baking a couple Betty Crocker box cake mixes in two 9×11 pans, I allowed them to cool, wrapped them in plastic wrap and put them in the freezer. Once frozen, I was able to cut, stack and carve them into the car shape. … Read more
This Disney Cars birthday cake took me 4 to 5 hours to make, the base consist of two half sheet cakes stacked, then to make the car I baked one 9×13 cut in half and stacked it. Than I carved it out into the shape I wanted. I hand piped the whole base….which takes for … Read more
My hubby and myself made this Lightning McQueen birthday cake at home. We do this a lot now for friends and family. This cake was made from chocolate sponge and covered with homemade sugar paste colored red. Before we started the cake we had pre piped and flooded the run out for the Rust-eze logo on the bonnet of … Read more
Here is a Lightning McQueen cake. What an awesome job my partner made! I was a bit worried about trying to make it for our daughter’s 3rd birthday, and I’m positive I could not have done a better job. All the kids loved it. We used pettinice with a red and black powder dye as … Read more
I made this Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for a friend’s 19th birthday, and she is a huge “Cars” fan, so she specially requested this. First, I made a 9×13 fudge marble swirl cake (with 2 cake mixes) for the base of the cake. Then, I made a red velvet cake in a bread loaf pan … Read more
I made this cars cake for my friends son. The cars are made out of pound cake and fondant. I also used some candies for the decorations. The bottom cake is just a rectangle cake with black and white buttercream piped into a flag design around the sides. I finished it off with a piston … Read more
My son wanted a Lightning McQueen cake for his third birthday. I figured the only way to get the full effect of the car was to carve it. I made three chocolate fudge 9×13 cakes and filled them with hazelnut buttercream, and then froze the cake slightly to make it easier to carve. I cut … Read more
Our son has loved the Cars movie for a long time, and is completely in love with McQueen, Mater, and all of the crew. So the choice for his 3rd birthday was obvious – I knew he’d LOVE a McQueen cake, and he did!! Before I started, I had a look on this website and … Read more
This Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake was a coconut cake that I made in a 12″ round pan. I elevated the cake by putting a cake board underneath it to support the length and gluing 1 inch pieces of craft blocks under the board. I carved the sides shaped the top with a bread knife. I … Read more
I decided that I would start making my child’s birthday cakes and this Lightening McQueen cake was my first attempt at it. I was not sure what to expect but he really liked the movie Cars and I really wanted to make something special for him. I used a Wilton shaped cake pan (the trick … Read more