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
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
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.