Car Cakes Recipes

CAR CAKES

Steps:

• Set up the grill for direct cooking over medium heat and oil the grates.
• Slice the pound cake into 3/4-inch thick slices with a serrated knife.
• Using car-shaped cookie cutters, cut out car shapes from the slices of cake. Brush with butter and place on the grill. Cook until nice grill marks appear, about 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the whipped topping, cream cheese, and coconut extract.
• Frost the car shaped cakes with a small amount of the coconut frosting.
• To decorate the cars: Use ribbon candy as racing stripes, rock candy as windows, and mini chocolate sandwich cookies as wheels.

HOW TO CARVE A CAKE THE EASY WAY

Steps:

• Prepare - Preheat the oven 350°F/ 177°C/ Gas mark. Prepare a 15 x 17 sheet cake pan for baking - grease, and line with parchment paper. If you don't have a sheet pan you can also use 2 x 8-inch square tins.
• Dry ingredients - In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt - set aside.
• Wet ingredients - In the bowl of a stand mixer cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until well combined. Use a spatula and scrape the sides of the bowl when necessary. Next, add the flour and milk mixture in three batches. Then, add the vanilla extract.
• Bake - Pour the batter into the prepared sheet pan or appropriate pans and bake on the middle rack for 50 to 55 minutes or until a skewer inserted inside the cake comes out clean. Pro tip - freeze the cake for an hour or two. It helps to make fewer crumbs when you carve.
• In a large bowl (microwave-safe) combine the chocolate and heavy cream. Heat for a minute or more until all the chocolate is melted and smooth. Add the vanilla extract and combine well. Cover and leave to set in the refrigerator for a few hours overnight.
• Template - Search and print the template of the car you plan to make from google. Print it to the size you want the cake - actual size! Alternatively, you may like to draw the diagram of a fantasy car on paper and use it as a template.Pro tip - for a big cake you may need to scale the print on a few pages.
• Carve - Using your template carve the cake as shown in the video. Cutting cakes, arrange the pieces layer them according to the template. Make sure to pay attention to the hood making sure it matches the design of your car. Round the front of the cake
• Ganache - Once you have carved the shape. Frost the cake with frosting between layers and crumb coat the cake with a thin layer of frosting. Place cake in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Then, add more frosting and frost the truck making sure you have nice square corners. Smooth the cake with a flexible smoother and let chill until the frosting is firm. Pro tip - Don't forget to brush the layers with simple syrup before frosting.
• Fondant - Tint the fondant with the gel food color you want your car. Roll fondant and cover the whole cake. Cut excess fondant from around the cake. I used white fondant and airbrushed it yellow but it's easier to use a pre-colored fondant.Use a cake smoother to smooth and create square corners around the cake. Pro tip - I added the back and side fondant pieces first to create an embossed or bumped look then covered the cake in fondant.
• Use your master template as a guide - cut additional templates to the appropriate size and use them to cut fondant in the color and size of the car. Outline the windows and doors then add the extra fondant cutouts. I used black fondant for the front and back glass, doors, wheels, etc.
• Bumpers - I also added the front and back elements like bumpers and racing stripes. I used silver luster dust for a metallic look
• Headlights - Use black or white fondant and then paint with silver metallic luster dust with alcohol. You can also use colorful candy for
• Wheels - you can use silicone molds for car wheels or make them from scratch as I did in my tutorial for fire truck cake. Today, I used my son's car wheel as a model and created my own silicone mold. Once the mold was ready I filled it with black fondant and added the rest of the details accordingly.
• Extra elements - based on the car you chose you may need to make other elements. For example, race cars such as lightening Mcqueen need strips, logs - Rustezes which are easier to make with edible prints.
• A fondant board - is a great way to add more elements and dimensions to your car. I use the cake board to create a road. For sports cars, you may like to make a racing track on the cake board. Also, you can use cake scraps to create more elements on the cake board such as a slope, or road

OFF-THE-ROAD CAR CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches. Make cake mix as directed on package, using water or milk and eggs. Pour into pans.
• Bake 33 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Cut and remove 3 inches from end of 1 loaf. Position pieces as shown in diagram for desired automobile. Freeze cut pieces uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting if desired.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of the frosting. Tint remaining frosting with food color. Place whole loaf on tray. Frost top with 1/3 cup tinted frosting. Top with cut layer, positioning for desired car. Trim corners for more rounded look if desired. Attach cookies for wheels, using small amount of frosting. Draw outline of windows with sharp knife. Frost windows and hubcaps with reserved white frosting. Frost sides and top of car with remaining tinted frosting, building up around wheels for fenders.
• Outline windows, hood, doors and bumpers with decorating gel. Use licorice beans for grill, door handles and signal lights. Cut gum balls in half; use for headlights and taillights. Make spoke markings on wheel with knife. Press 1 silver nonpareil in center of each wheel. Use silver nonpareils for hood ornament if desired. Silver nonpareils are not edible; remove them before eating cake.