Coolest Lightning McQueen Cake 86

by Ann
(Indianapolis, IN)

Homemade Lightning McQueen Cake

I also used the Wilton cake pan. This Lightning McQueen Cake was my first character cake and it took a lot of steps, but it was a lot of fun, too. The key to getting nice star shapes is to make sure your icing is slightly chilled. If it starts looking runny, pop it in the freezer for a couple minutes. I found that the easiest to get the icing smooth in areas was to use my finger.

When I made the numbers and lightning bolt I did the lightning first in yellow and then added red to the same bag and mushed a little so the orange for the numbers have a cool color effect and are not SOLID orange. And make sure you grease and flour the pan very well, as per directions.