This is Christopher's CARS cake. His mom told me he liked cars and red.
In my quest to use as little fondant as possible (it tastes disgusting), buttercream turned out to be quite the challenge. Fondant looks so clean, and buttercream is so sticky!
Actually, it was the cake structure that was the real challenge. Without the frosting on it, it looked horrific. I just kept chopping up cake bits and sticking them to the sides with frosting to create the road. What a mess. Luckily, frosting covers up the structural nightmare underneath.
I do like how Lightening McQueen turned out. Fondant characters are too cute.
The top of the cake, looking down.
And my favorite part is there at the bottom - Tow Mater.
Isn't he cute? I almost wanted to keep him. But I figured taking something from a 4 year old is bad form.
The blue and yellow cars are toy cars. The old school kind where you pull them back and then the zoom forward.
Tow mater!! I think I just love the buck teeth.
Happy Birthday Christopher!
