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Coolest Fillmore Cake
by Laurie H
(Minneapolis, MN)
Homemade Fillmore Cake
After doing a Lightning McQueen cake for my nephew last year, I decided Fillmore would be the easiest to do this year, since he's basically a block. Over the last year, my nephew's complete adoration of all things Cars hadn't waned even a little bit. One problem - I forgot how many colors of frosting and how much graffiti he had on him!
The Fillmore Cake shape was made by baking one 9x13 cake and cutting it into thirds. I then stacked the smaller rectangles and carved the cake to give it more of a "van" shape, specifically rounding the top edges and cutting in a windshield and hood. The light green frosting is buttercream. The graffiti is royal icing, although I decided to limit myself to seven or eight colors. Otherwise, you could be coloring icing for days.
The eyes are chocolate chips and the wheels are Oreo's with buttercream hubcaps. I jacked up the cake using juice caps wrapped in foil - I'd definitely use a Styrofoam block next time. Fillmore was a little tippy with the arrangement I threw together.
