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
The sponge is chiffon cake. I baked the base cake in a lasagna dish and carved the corner. For the race car part, I baked in a pound cake pan and carved into the sports car shape. For the tires, I used black licorice. Filling is apricot layer plus heavy whipping cream (vanilla). For the … Read more
Thanks to Shannon Ls cake for the original inspiration which I copied from Nascar birthday cakes! I loved the idea for green grass and M&M’s around the track. We bought two new CARS to race around the two layer 8″ cake. I used chocolate filled Oreo’s crushed in the blender for the track. For grass … 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
My husband and I are huge NASCAR fans, and since our son was also showing interest in cars, we decided for his first birthday we would do a NASCAR theme. Of course, we had to have kids birthday cakes for each of our favorite drivers: Sterling Marlin #40, and Jamie McMurray #42 (also teammates). I … Read more
This Soap Box Derby Cake is a full sheet cake frosted with buttercream. I used crushed Oreo’s for the road. The stars and the derby cars are made out of fondant. They were made to resemble the 3 types of Soap Box Derby cars.
I made this cake for my son’s 2nd b-day… He absolutely loved it! I first started with just a boxed cake mix. Cooked it and let cooled. Once cooled I flipped it upside down onto a throw away cookie sheet. While it’s cooling I then prepared all the other ingredients. I used whipped Vanilla icing … Read more
My son absolutely loves Demolition Derbies. His uncle races in them so of course this is is the cake he wanted. It is a super easy cake to make especially if you are new to cake making. The other parents at his party thought that I ordered this from the local cake boutique. I loved … Read more
I got the idea for this Race Track Birthday Cake on this website. I baked a 9 X 13 rectangle cake from a box mix and used frosting from the store for decorating. The cars are Hot Wheels. I printed off a big 2 and cut it out for a template. Then I traced that … Read more
I couldn’t figure out what to do for my son’s first birthday. My mom is usually the one to do all the cakes but this time she was traveling. I got inspired by this web site and decided to give it a shot. My son loves cars. The track I did by first baking two … Read more
It was my sweetiepie’s 8th birthday and like all other boys my son is also a “car-crazy” guy!! So I decided to make a Racetrack Birthday Cake Design in shape of figure 8 for his birthday. When the cake was set on the table, one of his friends cried aloud “wow is that the cake … Read more
I made this cake for my sons 7th birthday. He was into Hot wheels at the time and I was really having a hard time deciding what cake to make. So, I made three 9×13 cakes, placed them next to each other on a cake board, and hoped for the best. The Lord blessed my … Read more