I got asked to make Lightning McQueen from the Disney Cars series for a birthday. This was my first ever 3D cake in which carving was involved. I was a little nervous, yet incredibly excited.
I started off which two 10x13 sheet of vanilla cake. Blew up a picture of Lightning McQueen to use as a reference and traced a curvy car body shape onto a piece of cardboard to use as a template.
Sadly I didn't take any pictures of the assembly but here is one once everything was carved and iced.
Not very pretty but it keeps the fondant stuck to the cake.
Next was the cover the whole cake in red fondant - that red fondant really didn't want to roll out. As soon as I can afford one I'm going to buy a fondant sheeter like the Cake Boss has.
Next was adding all the details. I started with the eyes, headlights and McQueen's mouth.
Next was the racing strips, his number 95 as well as some windows on the sides. ( can see them a bit here )
Then the wheels when on, my original plan was to wrap black fondant around an Oreo cookie to give the wheels width, the the fondant and Oreos didn't get along and so the wheels were placed on the sides.
( this cake was done at night and at this point my camera started giving me attitude )
Last but not least was Lightning McQueen's sponsor Rusteez Bumper Ointment to finish off the whole car.
And that's it, the birthday boy loved it and the cake tasted great ( which is always important ) can't wait to try another 3D cake.
If you have any questions or suggestions for next time, please leave me a comment below.
