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
My two sons are big fans of Cars, the movie, especially Sally and Lightning Mcqueen. So, I made this cake. Lightning McQueen and Sally are made of cake. I carved the cake and finished off the cars cake decorations with whip cream.
This is Lightening McQueen in Radiator Springs! I made him for my friends one-year-old Logen. I had never made Car birthday cakes before so this was quite a challenge! The base cake is made of two 9 x 13″ sheet cakes placed side-by-side. I wanted a longer (wider) narrower base cake to accommodate Lightening McQueen … Read more
Using a large pan shaped like a stock car I bake two boxes of store cake. I did carve the cake to make it look more like a Lighting McQueen cake. I used a buttercream base coat layer. I then made my own marshmallow fondant coloring it as I made it. I covered the cake … Read more
I made this Homemade Dinoco Lightning Cake for my son’s 5th birthday party, he is a huge Cars fan and I wanted to make something exceptional for him. I made it using a Madeira recipe. I made 1x rectangle, 1x square and 4x cupcakes. It was assembled then carved into the correct shape using the … Read more
This Lightning McQueen Cake was for my son’s 7th birthday party. I used a 1/2 sheet cake pan for this, then outlined the character on the top. It was filled with with tip #3 and #16 for the body. I followed the color from a picture, and the result was a huge hit! For the … Read more
This Cars Birthday Cake was an easy cake to make. I started by making a sheet cake for the bottom. The car is made out of pound cake, which is good to use. It carves easier and does not crumble like a box cake. I shaped the car from the pound cake. I then rolled … Read more
My son loves the movie Cars. My husband wanted to make him a Lightening McQueen cake, but wanted to something more then the normal cake pan. He baked two 13 X 9 sheet cakes and one 8 1/2 x 4 1/2. He stacked the 2 large cakes and carved them into the shape of the … Read more