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 … Read more
I got the idea originally for this Cars birthday cake from Raleys but we couldn’t afford to buy one so I made one and just bought the topper. It took me almost 4 hours to do it all. I used a 15in square cake pan and made 2 layers of the cake then covered the … Read more
For this cake we used 2 – 9×13 cakes (1 chocolate, 1 white – both Wilton recipes) to make the truck and trailer. We cut them in half lengthwise and stacked three for the trailer. We then cut the remaining half in half; we left one half and cut the other half in half again; … Read more
This Lightening McQueen Birthday Cake was done for a friend’s son for his first birthday. His room is decorated in Disney Cars, so that’s what his mother requested. The bottom tier is a 14 inch round, white cake, and the top tier is a 10 inch round, chocolate cake. I used homemade buttercream icing for … Read more
This Tow Mater Cake was my first attempt at a 3D cake, it was for my son’s 4th birthday, and he insisted that he HAD to have a Mater cake. It was also the first time I used ready to roll fondant, as you can tell I had no idea, but thankfully Mater is an … Read more
Well the request from my son this year was a homemade ‘Mack the Truck birthday cake – please Mummy!’ We baked 2 large chocolate cakes using a lined roasting pan as the tin. Once cooled we cut the cake in half length ways then spread a bit of fruit jam to help the stacks stick. … Read more
My son, Krige, wanted a Cars cake for his 5th birthday. He is a perfectionist and I knew that he wouldn’t be satisfied with a “look-a-like” Lightning McQueen “want to be cake” – it had to be perfect. The only way was to get the shape right, therefore I hired a Lightning McQueen shaped pan … Read more
I made this Homemade Lightning McQueen Cake for my son’s third birthday. I baked two chocolate pound cakes (9 x 13, and 9 x 9) and had left over, so made cupcakes (for the wheels). I cut the cake free-hand in order to shape the car (using a number of cars from my son’s collection … Read more
For this coolest Disney CARS birthday cake I used an 11 x 15 sheet pan. This cake was for my 2 year old and 4 year old boys birthday party (their birthday’s are May 3rd and May 4th). The boys LOVED the cake and I had several parents ask me where I had purchased the … Read more
I made this Homemade Lightning Mcqueen Cake Design for my son’s 3rd Birthday. He is Cars mad. I had never made or decorated a cake before, so wasn’t hoping for much! I used one of his Cars toys to copy, bought some coloured icing, and here is the result. Needless to say he was over … Read more
I made this Lightning McQueen cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. I used the Wilton 3D car cake tin. I sliced the roof on an angle and used the cutoff for the spoiler. I decorated using royal icing. Started making the accessories (tires, lightning bolts, eye, etc). Then rolled out a rectangular piece of red … Read more
I started this Tow Mater Cake Idea with a chocolate 13 x 9 cake. After it was cooled and chilled I cut in half length wise. On half I cut a little curve off on end for the front of the truck and then iced the top of this piece. The other half I cut … Read more