This racetrack cake is one of three cakes I made in the same day for a combined brother and sister birthday party. The cake is triple chocolate, frosted in buttercream frosting and then covered in fondant. I used a 8 inch round cake and a 8 inch square cake to make the number five shape. The cake itself … Read more
My nephew is into racing. When I made this race car birthday cake for his 7th birthday, he was also into the movie Cars. This is the cake I came up with. Cars Race Track Birthday Cake Instructions I baked a 13″ x 9″ cake and cut out the inside of the 7 (v shape). … Read more
As you can see from the photo, this race car track birthday cake with made in celebration of a young man’s 8th birthday and resulted in a huge smile of appreciation. Race Car Track Birthday Cake Instructions I made two layers of cake in two 9by 13 inch pans, one white cake and one chocolate. … Read more
I wanted to make my grandson’s birthday cake this year. He absolutely loves cars, race tracks and mud, so I decided to build a cake around that theme. I baked two cakes. One was in a round 9′ cake pan and the other in a 9×11′ pan. After both were baked and cooled, I cut a … Read more
I was excited when my son turned 8! He was into racing tracks and cars. What a perfect combination for making a cake… a number 8 race track cake. I baked 2 round 20cm cakes, chocolate and caramel mud. I levelled the cakes identically, slicing the tops off. I also cut the ends of each … Read more
For my youngest son’s 4th birthday, we went with a Hot Wheels theme. He LOVES cars, so it was a no brainer. To create this Hot Wheels racetrack birthday cake I made two 11×15 sheet cakes, one in chocolate (Wilton’s chocolate grooms cake) the other white (Wilton’s yellow cake). I made one 6″ round cake … Read more
This race car birthday cake is a 12″ round white cake with homemade buttercream frosting. I made the race car out of gum paste and it was actually easier to make than I thought it would be. If you want to make one, all I did was Google how to make a race car out … Read more
My toddler J wanted a racetrack cake for his 3rd birthday. I was a bit worried because I thought it was going to be hard to find the necessary supplies to make it. As a mother of five with a vegan diet it can sometimes be difficult to embark upon a cake creating journey. My … Read more
My partner decided he wanted a Bathurst 500 cake for his birthday, he didn’t really expect to see one though. After Googling for some time I found NO Bathurst 500 cakes so it was up to me to be creative. At the beginning of the week I made some gumpaste signs that indicated different corners … Read more
This 3rd birthday Racetrack cake was actually very simple to make – I used two round cake pans with two store bought cake mixes (vanilla). I cut the edges so they would fit nicely and placed the cakes together on the board. Then I used butter cream icing all over the top and sides – … Read more
When I asked Bryce what kind of cake he wanted me to make for his 3rd birthday he said he wanted one with a road on it. As I browsed through pictures on the internet, he watched over my shoulder, indignant if I stopped on one that did not have a road. “I need a … Read more
My son has asked me to make his birthday cake this year. “What do you have in mind?” I ask, thinking he’s probably going to ask me to make him a Titanic cake like he did last year. I shudder at the thought. “I want a Shelby Mustang!” he replies eagerly. Ummm…ooookay. My mind begins … Read more
I had decided to plan my son’s party and make his 2nd birthday cake all based on the Disney Cars movie, because of his love of playing with cars, hot wheels, and anything that generally rolls. We have also watched the movie a couple of times and he seemed to really enjoy it. After looking … Read more
This Disney Cars birthday cake is the birthday cake I made back in Feb. for my son’s 3rd birthday. He loves all the Disney Cars movies and I wanted to make him something really special. He had become a big brother in November, so I wanted to go the extra mile for his birthday! The cake … Read more
My son wanted a Disney Cars themed cake for his 3rd birthday so I created this Disney Cars Race Track Birthday Cake using bits and pieces of ideas from several photos I had seen online. I wanted it to look cool but it still had to be do-able within my realm of limited cake decorating … Read more
This Homemade Racing Car Track Birthday Cake is my first attempt to make a cake with fondant – I had so much fun! This cake was inspired by one I saw on Flickr – my son looked at all of the sites with me and helped to choose the design (he didn’t see the final … Read more
After checking out different Race Track Birthday Cakes on-line we decided the easiest way to get an oval shape was to use a large aluminum roasting pan. Although this requires a lot more cake batter, we used two batches, about 6 cups of flour.
Alexander turned 4 years old, he loves cars. Definitely a car theme. How about Speed Racer’s theme? I made a race car track birthday cake out of two 9″ square pans, and two 9″ circle pans, cut in halves for each side of the car track. I made two tiers. End result an oval shaped … Read more
My son was very into Cars the movie around his 3rd birthday so I ran with that theme and created this Homemade Race Car Track Cake. I started off with 2 different boxes of cake mix. I made one rectangular sheet cake with one box and 2- 9″ round cake from the other box, but … Read more
I prepared this kids birthday cake using a car shape pan. I then decorated it using a photo of Mark Martins car to get the design right. I always let my kids choose the theme of their cake. This is the first kids birthday cake I have done using a shaped pan.s car to get … Read more
The emblem on this cake will need at least 48 hours to dry and harden so plan accordingly and make the emblem plenty of time in advance. You can use my race car picture or a race car picture from the internet to help you while you do this. I used regular boxed cake mixes … Read more
I made a basic 12×18 cake cut in half. Each half was cut into two layers (to make a four layer cake when stacked). The cake was iced between each layer. I used grass tip to create “grassy” areas, chocolate sprinkles to create the “track”. Finally I used a fine tip to outline letters of … Read more
I prepared this kids birthday cake using a car shape pan. I then decorated it using a photo of Mark Martins car to get the design right. I always let my kids choose the theme of their cake. This is the first kids birthday cake I have done using a shaped pan.s car to get … Read more
The emblem on this cake will need at least 48 hours to dry and harden so plan accordingly and make the emblem plenty of time in advance. You can use my race car picture or a race car picture from the internet to help you while you do this. I used regular boxed cake mixes … Read more