For my youngest grandson’s third birthday, at his request, we made Lightening McQueen for his Cars themed party. It was definitely a family affair with artistic contributions from his grandpa, as master scuplter, his uncle, as master decorator and me, grandma, as master baker and icer. We used two 9 x13″ cakes for the base: … Read more
I made a 12in Cars birthday cake for my nephew! He turned 4 and I wanted to make it something he would love! I iced the cake completely red, and made a race track on top in the shape of a number 4. I drew the track out and filled in with icing then used … Read more
My eldest son loves Lightning McQueen, so for his third birthday, I was up for the challenge! It was my first fondant cake, and hopefully not my last. The cake is chocolate (a dense chocolate that is easy to shape). I made a few pans so that I had ample cake to work with. I … Read more
For his 6th birthday, my son requested a Cars 2 cake. We decided to go with the scene where Lightning and Mater are hooked together and flying over London and Mater has a bomb under his hood. Meanwhile, Holly and Finn are escaping from Big Bentley. The base was just a simple half-sheet yellow cake … Read more
My son wanted Lightning McQueen on his birthday cake this year. And of course I can’t say no. I first found this Wilton’s Cars’ pan to use, but with the size of family we have, I knew I’d need more cake. So I thought I could put Lightning McQueen on top of a sheet cake. … Read more
Ok, so this is my first ever attempt at working with fondant. Not only did I decide to work with fondant, but I decided to make homemade marshmallow fondant on top of that! I was very nervous to say the least and prepared this Disney Cars cake two days before my son’s birthday party to give … Read more
Every little boy LOVES Lightning McQueen right? Right. I have 3 boys. I know. Anyway. My son turned three and wanted a cars cake. I had made him an Elmo cake when he was 2. It scared him and he wouldn’t get near it. I was determined to redeem myself and this cake did it! … Read more
This Pixar Cars birthday cake is awesome. My client text me a picture of this cake and I just modified it a little bit. So, this is a 1/2 sheet marble cake with vanilla butter cream and fresh strawberries. I found the cars and the cars ‘audience’ from a cake supply store. No fondant here. Everything is just butter … Read more
I baked a Lightning McQueen cake and cupcakes for a 4 year old toddlers birthday party. I made a spongecake which I carved and covered in a red fondant with all the trimmings. I also made cupcakes with the racing number on for each child that came to the party. I did it overnight. I … Read more
This Cars cake was made for my 2 year old so which I did from home. The hardest part not so much the piping but it was the time consuming of cutting out each of the black squares by hand using a knife and sugar sheets. My son and his friends absolutely loved the cake. All they … Read more
I baked a Lightning McQueen cake and cupcakes for a 3 year old toddler’s birthday party. I made a spongecake which I carved and covered in a red fondant with all the trimmings. I also made cupcakes with the racing number on for each child that came to the party. I did it overnight. I … Read more
I made this Lightening McQueen birthday cake with 3 cakes total. Two regular long cakes for base wrapped in red fondant. The third cake I cut and used for top of car. I always buy my own Wilton Fondant from Michaels and make my own colors. I have the Wilton color box, and it has everything I need! … Read more