Nascar Race Car Cake

I was pretty sick when I was told that I needed to make a cake with less than a days notice, for a surprise birthday party. I was ecstatic about the theme of the cake. I have been wanting to make a race car-type cake for quite some time, but never had a reason to; until now.

I set up the fondant and quickly sketched out what I wanted the cake to look like. I was too limited on time to create what I really wanted to, so I had to stick with a traditional-style cake. The flavor of the cake was carrot cake, with butter-cream frosting. I used fondant to make the car and the blacktop.

I made the little Nascar race car out of green fondant, and let it set for a bit before applying the details. I rolled out each 'decal' and cut them with a knife. I also cut out the number 18, with a knife and placed them all on the car. After they had time to set I used a little bit of food coloring to write on the decals and make them look more like adds. I employed my little sister to help me do the base layer of white frosting to the cake. I rolled out some black fondant and cut it to the approximate shape that I desired. After laying the blacktop down on the cake, I mixed the green into the butter-cream frosting and pipped the grass onto the cake. Shortly after that the cake was finished and heading off to surprise an 18 year old female-Nascar fanatic!

 



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