Simple Homemade Speed Racer Cake

My son was watching the movie every day at the time of his fifth birthday so I decided to make the Speed Racer Cake. I also make the emblem on a sugar cookie. I took cupcakes in the shape of circles and diamonds and positioned them so that when the icing was added you could visualize the car.

For the hump where the steering would be, I cut a cupcake in half and laid it on its side to provide height. Oreos were used for the wheels, but everything else was cake and icing. The icing was made using buttercream icing. For the middle – gray icing – I used chocolate icing and added some black coloring.

The red icing is difficult to make, so the red was the only icing purchased (personally, I think some of the pre-mixed icing doesn’t taste very good; however, it is hard to get a good red color in home made icing).


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