How to Make Car Shaped Cakes
If you want to make a cake your child will love, consider making a car-shaped cake. Take pride in making your own cake, and impress your guests with a multi-dimensional car cake. Car-shaped cakes are great for birthdays and celebrations. You can personalize the car cake with your child's favorite colors and designs. Use a picture of a car to help you model and shape your cake. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Package pound cake mix
- 8 1/2-by-4-inc cake loaf pan (2)
- Toothpick
- Wire rack
- Cake board
- Knife
- 1 can white frosting
- Food coloring (your choice)
- 1 can black decorating icing
- 4 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 2 red gum balls
- 2 white gum balls
Instructions
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Make and bake the cake according to the cake box recipe. Pour the cake batter into two 8 1/2-by-4 inch cake loaf pans. Bake the cake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
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Allow the cake to cool completely. This will take about an hour. Place the cake on a wire rack to allow it to cool faster.
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Add food coloring to the white icing. Reserve a small amount of the white icing to outline the car. This will be the base frosting for the car. Cover both pieces of the car in frosting.
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Place one loaf cake on a cake board. Remove 3 inches from this loaf. Discard this piece of cake, or save it for a dessert later. Center the second loaf cake on top of the first cake. This will be the top of your car. Trim the corners of the car to give it a more rounded appearance.
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Attach the four cookies on each corner of the bottom cake. These will be the wheels for the car.
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Outline the windows and hubcaps with the reserved white icing.
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Use the black icing to add more embellishments to the car cake. Outline the hood, doors and bumpers.
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Cut the gumballs in half. Use these gumballs for the headlights and taillights. Use a knife to add any additional details such as spokes on the wheels.
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Store the cake in the refrigerator to prevent the icing from running.
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