Today we are making a 3D lightning mcqueen cars cake. You can use this method that I

am going to show you to make any car cake that you like but today I am going to show

you how to decorate it up as lightning mcqueen because that is the one that has been requested

the most.

To make it easier for you to follow what I am doing I have drawn up a cutting template.

You will need to cut out the template and cut the cake board and some of the fondant

templates, just follow the instructions on each piece and if they are two large to fit

on the page then they have a joining line to guide you where to join them together.

That's available on the website howtocookthat.net as well as all of the ingredients for the

recipes that I am using all of that is on the website and I'll put a link in the description

below this video.

Lets start with the number 95 place some non-stick baking paper over you 95 and cut around the

coloured part of the numbers ignoring the white outline you want to cut close to the

colour.

Then roll out some white fondant If your fondant is sticky you may need to gently rub some

oil on the rolling pin when you roll it out just to stop the fondant from just gluing

to it. Place your non-stick baking paper with the 95 cut out onto your fondant. Then using

a dry paintbrush with either some edible yellow powdered colour or luster dust just dust that

over the top half of your numbers. Then use the red on the bottom half and blend it in

the middle by gently smudging the red into the yellow. If you've got orange then use

orange in the middle if not just blend them together. Use a tissue to remove any excess

colour so that it doesn't spill onto the numbers when we're peeling it off. Then gently lift

off the paper. Using a knife cut around the numbers leaving a white border around them

so that it looks just like it did in the picture. When you are making a 3D cake like this it

helps to make a lot of the details ahead of time. So that you're not trying to get it

all done the night before the party. Use a straw to cut out the centre of the number

9, that will be too tricky to do with a knife. You need to make three of these number 95's

one for each side of your car and one for the top. Once they are made don't move them

off your baking paper because if you do try and move them while they are still wet like

this they're going to move out of shape, instead cut around the baking paper and move to a

tray so that you can leave them to dry.

Next for the rusteze symbol that's on the front bonnet take a sheet of non-stick baking

paper and carefully cut out the word rusteze and the curved lines around the top and the

bottom. Don't worry about the tiny writing on the logo we are just going to do the big

word. Make sure you keep the centers those tiny little bits of the letter e if you lose

it just cut another little one because you are going to need those.

Roll out some brown fondant and place the baking paper over the top. And then carefully

place those little pieces of the e in the right spot. And then using a dry paintbrush

again brush on some yellow and then some orange and then right on the very corners just a

small tinge of your red colour you don't want too much of that because it doesn't contrast

enough with the browns you wont be able to read it if you do too much red. Remove the

centre of the e and cut around the logo. Then next we want to make the outline for the logo,

to do that roll a long skinny snake of black fondant. This needs to be even the snake otherwise

the outline will be uneven, if you don't get it right first time just roll it back up into

a ball and try it again it can take some practice to get a long even snake. If you can't roll

snakes and you've tried and you just can't get it then you can try cutting a thin shaving

using a pizza cutter. Brush a little water around the edge of the

logo and then pick a starting point and wrap the outline around using the end of your paint

brush to push it into the small corners. Once you've done that with the rusteze symbol

you also need to outline your number 95. You need more of that black so again either roll

it our or use the pizza cutter. And same thing moisten it with a paintbrush Starting at one

end using wrap it around using the end of a paintbrush or knife to get it into all of

the corners Then place some extra black outline and place it on the bottom sides of the numbers

to make it look thicker like a shadow.

To make your eyes cut out circles in the size shown on the template. I used a piping tip

for this, you only need two eyes but I like to make extra so that I can choose the two

that look the best together and look the most natural. Using a straw cut a circle of black

fondant out and place that onto the eye. If you put a tiny dab of water onto the white

it will help it stick, if you use too much you'll have a puddle of black around the pupil

so you want to make it just damp rather than wet.

Using some blue colouring paint around the edge of the eye and then on the white fondant,

making sure you leave one quarter of the eye a bit lighter than the rest of it. You can

make these fondant details that we are doing ahead up to a month before and just leave

them to dry out in the open air at room temperature and then once they are dry you can put them

in an airtight container but make sure you've go non-stick paper between them. Add the tiniest

little dot, a tiny ball of white fondant just to the edge of the pupil there just to bring

the eye to life.

Now to make the head lights and brake lights, to do that place your templates onto the fondant

and cut around them with a knife. Paint them with black food colour around the edges and

on the top to match the pictures that you've got. Paint in the yellow and red and then

add the black details on the top of the brake light. So this is just like painting a picture

or just like colouring in really. You've got the shape cut out and you just need to copy

what is in front of you to colour it in. I am using gel colors for this, you can get

those from cake decorating stores.

To make the very back of the car cut around the template in red fondant twice, trim the

second one shorter than the first and add to the base, using some water to glue them

together. Again just making them damp not wet. Then carefully

put your brake lights into position . Then roll out another snake of black and this

time cut it into equal lengths,

Brush those with your silver luster dust. If you can't get hold of luster dust then

you could just use grey fondant for these rods instead or silver.

Using a tiny bit of water place one in the centre, one on either side and then one half

way in between each of those. I'm using then end of a piping tip or you can use something

small and round push down like the tip of a pen with the ink taken out of it on the

end of each one so that it looks like it is bolted into place.

I am always on the look out for other sweet channels on youtube and if you are having

a cars party then you might want to check out mycupcakeaddictions tutorial she is putting

up a mater cupcake this week I'll put a link to her channel in the description below this

video for you.

Now for your windows, roll out some dark grey fondant and cut around the template to make

the shape of the back and the side windows. Set those aside on a tray to dry with all

your other details.

Now all of that can be done ahead, weeks before the party so that then when you come to doing

the actual cake the day before the party it is not a stress.

You guys keep asking how long does it take to make these cakes, well to do all of those

details and some of them I made more than one of so that I could choose the best of

that took 6 hours so set aside plenty of time. Now a couple of days before I want you to

make the cakes and the frosting. I am using my favourite chocolate cake recipe which is

moist and delicious and all of those recipe details are on the website howtocookthat.net

along with all the details about the fondant and frosting quantities that you'll need for

this. I am tripling the cake recipe which will give

me 6 trays of cake, of which you only need 5 for this cake. So you'll end up with one

spare tray cake which you can use just to eat.

For the frosting I am making my chocolate buttercream and some ganache and I've left

the ganache overnight to firm up. Then I'm just beating those together so it give a rich

chocolatey frosting but it's not quite as expensive as if you just used ganache using

the buttercream makes it a little more affordable.

Cut out your cake board template out of thick cardboard. And it will also need to be waterproofed

so it doesn't just absorb the moisture and the oil from the cake and then it is going

to be too soft. So you can either do that using foil or tape. and completely cover it

so it is waterproofed. Bend your base up to match the profile of the base of the side

of the car. If you want a simpler option you can skip doing the cake board all together.

THat's fine you just make the base of your cake sit flat on the serving platter and for

that option you will need that 6th layer of cake so don't eat it then. And there obviously

then wont be a gap under your car. If you want your car off the platter then you need

to support it up, I am using 1 cm maths counting blocks, if you are using a wooden cake board

you can drill support rods in and trim them to the right size like we did on the minion

cake. But today I am using a tile so I am not going to attempt to drill through it without

cracking it so I am going to hot glue gun them into place instead. Once your finished

your cake board should look like this with the cardboard sitting off the tray and it

is not completely flat it is going a bit up at the back and a bit up at the front.

Once all of your tray cakes are completely cool I want you to spray them with some simple

syrup to ensure that the cake is extra moist. When you're making 3D cakes the cake is expose

to the air for quite a while while you put it together and carve it so it can dry out,

so to help counteract we use simple syrup which suprisingly does not make the cake soggy

just makes the cake moist.

Put your car template onto one of the tray cakes and cut around it using a serrated knife.

Place a small amount of frosting onto the cake board to hold the cake in place.

Then here is my trick to get it to the cake board without it breaking. Slide it onto something

flat and strong I am using a chopping board. Bring it to one end and then fold the baking

paper under the edge . Then place the start of the cake in the correct position and pull

back the baking paper under the board back towards the the opposite edge. As you do that

the cake slides off into place. Smother that in a thin layer of yummy frosting.

Then add you next layer using the same method. If it is not quite in the right spot straighten

it up as you go.

You need to repeat that until you have 4 layers of cake piled up. Then cut your 5th layer

into two pieces and add it to the middle section because that's where we need more height .

Now take you side template and use that as a guide carve over the top of your cake. Cutting

over the bonnet up over the top and down the other side.

Next take the large roof template and line up the front of the windscreen which you can

see where that is from where you cut with your side template. Cut around this template

going straight down to the level of the front bonnet and no further. Then remove the excess

cake. Then add the smaller roof template this time

that up with the top of the windscreen not the front of the windscreen . Trim down on

an angle to join up with the base of the previous cut that you've just done using the bigger

template.

Next we want to slightly trim down the front bonnet just like it looks on the car in the

same width as the top of the roof. and you want to do the same thing again at the back

of the car do the same at the back of the car so it goes down slightly in the middle.

using your knife then slightly round off the corners at the top and base of the cake.

Take a round cookie cutter in a similar size to the wheels if it is slightly smaller that's

ok you can do more than one cut and using your template to find the correct location