This Pink Car Cake was made up of three sheet sponge cakes (11″x15″). The sheet cakes were all stacked on top of one another and then the edges trimmed off (and the parts that had risen) to make the cakes completely level. The car seat area was then cut out about two-thirds of the way … Read more
I made this Peugeot Cake for my brother’s 18th birthday. It is an exact replica of his car, a Peugeot 206, and was my first attempt at a cake. Because I was inexperienced in cake making, I only left myself a day in which to do it, and ended up rushing to complete it in … Read more
I made this car birthday cake for my cousin who wants a real beetle. I baked two 9×13 cakes and two 9in rounds. Stacked the 9x13s and cut the rounds in half and put together with icing three pieces cut side down to make the arch of the car. I carved the cake to the … Read more
I made this 1st Birthday Car Cake for my friend Cleo’s kid, Ivan on his first birthday. I used a 10″ round pan and cut both sides, approximately 2″ thick and placed it on top to form the hump. Inside is a choco moist cake. For filling, it’s strawberry preserves and butter frosting. Boiled icing … Read more
This homemade car birthday cake was the first cake I ever made- it was for my son’s first birthday, cars and trucks themed. In researching for this cake, I discovered this site and copied one I found almost exactly. The base was made from two layers of 12” round cake, and the middle layer was … Read more
My daughter and I baked this Chevy Camaro cake. We covered the cake in buttercream icing. Made the Chevy bowtie from fondant, found a picture of a camaro, cut out a pattern then traced it and cut it from fondant. We used Wilton Icing spray in black to give the tires and trim look shiny. … Read more
At two years old my son loved Elmo and Cars, so couldn’t decide between Elmo birthday cakes of Cars birthday cakes. After seeing cake decorating candies that had Elmos face, the thought struck me about putting his face “inside” a car. I used a 9×13 cake and cut it in half, layered it onto of … Read more
This Bumble Bee car cake is a butter cake made for my 1 year old son’s birthday. First attempt, not completely happy with frosting (Vienna creme) but can live with for first attempt. Extra edible bits to the car include: Licorice bumpers front and back, as well as trim, door handles, rear vision mirrors and … Read more
For my son’s first birthday I decided to go with a theme of ‘cars’. I didn’t want to go too ‘theme’ crazy so I decided to stay away from characters etc. and made a Car Birthday Cake Design. I used the Wilton 3D cruiser pan. It took a couple of tries (3) to get the … Read more
This Car Birthday Cake was made with butter cream icing (for the glue) and fondant. It took me about 8 hours to complete this cake including baking. I used an airbrush machine to color the cake and I mixed a tad of black icing gel into white fondant to get the grey/silver for the mag … Read more
My son loved cars right from an early age so for his first birthday I thought I would make him a Beetle’ car birthday cake. (His grandmother had sent him a ‘beetle’ which was his favorite). I made a round sponge cake and cut a bit off each side to make a rectangle. I used … Read more
I found my inspiration for this Transportation Birthday Cake on this website. It was car #16, so thank you for the great idea!! I just added a variety of vehicles because our theme encompassed more than just cars. I used Wilton cookie cutters for the vehicles on the sides of the cake. I added my … Read more