My son is obsessed with Lightning McQueen and wanted a Lightning McQueen cake for his 4th birthday. I am definitely not an expert cake decorator so I was pretty nervous about attempting this but after looking through all the Lightning cakes on this website, I was determined to at least try it. I used 3 … Read more
A co-worker asked me to make a cake for her 7 year old son because she knew I did a little experimenting with cake decorating. She asked for Lightning McQueen and I was so happy to oblige. I used the Wilton Lightning McQueen pan, which I already had on hand. For the cake on bottom, … Read more
This Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake is the cake I made for my son’s 2nd birthday. I used a 16 in round pan and the Wilton Lightning McQueen pan. The checkered pattern on the sides of the round base are black and white Satin Ice fondant. The road is also fondant. Everything else is colored buttercream … 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
I made this Cars 2 Cake for my son’s 5th birthday. He is a massive Cars fan and what better than the new Cars 2 movie for his birthday cake? It is a rectangle 12 inch Victoria sponge with raspberry jam + butter cream and covered with white sugarpaste. I placed it on a larger … Read more
My son requested a Lightning McQueen cake for his 4th birthday. My initial thought was to try 3D, but then I decided against it, as I wanted to steer clear of having to use over-coloured fondant, which most kids reject. I cut this Lightning Mcqueen Cake Design to shape after baking in a big rectangular … Read more
My son really wanted a Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for his 5th Birthday. I got thinking for days on how I would make it. I decided that I would bake the cake in two loaf tins, then once they had cooled I cut about 1/4 off one cake, that was going to be stacked on … Read more
It’s red, it’s fast it’s Lightning McQueen! My son like many three year old’s out there is big into cars and anything that has a motor in it so making a cars cake was a no brainer. But we want to do things out of the ordinary, and seeing as the cars cake pan in … Read more
I haven’t been able to do any cakes for months because of health reasons with my husband, so this Disney Cars Tiered Cake was my first endeavor back. We have twins and an additional son with birthdays together and I wanted to get it all done in one cake. I used Rice Krispie treats covered … Read more
This Lighting McQueen cake 3rd birthday cake was time consuming but easy. I used the 3D Car cake from Wilton’s. I used a pound cake mix because it seems firmer and easier to shape. Next, I used yellow, no taste red, and black icing. I used the Tip 16. After baking I cut some off … Read more
My boyfriends boss asked me to make a cake for his son’s 5th birthday. Sam had just seen the Cars movie so of course he wanted a Cars cake. He had a little matchbox type car of the main car (I still haven’t seen the movie so I don’t know the name of it!) which … Read more
I made this for my sons sixth birthday this year. I used an 11×15 pan, froze the cake and cut trimmed and stacked it so that it was 11×6 and 4 inches in height. I covered the cake in homemade marshmallow fondant and added decorations. The wheels are made from rice crispy treats that I … Read more