Sports Car Cake

Lucas turned 2 a few weeks ago.  When asked what kind of cake he wanted, he said, "Car!"   His favorite color is yellow. 

 

I decided to look up ideas on the internet and found a great post on how to make a Lightning McQueen Cake.  I took the principles and scaled it down to spending less than an hour carving and decorating the cake:-)  I also used the recipes (chocolate birthday cake and butter cake) found there and found the cakes were great to carve.  They were very dense, but still moist.  We learned that small pieces go a long way.  It was a very heavy cake, but had a good flavor.    

Here is the cake cut for serving.  I would highly recommend anyone giving this a try for your own racer’s birthday or special event!