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  • Welcome to How To Cook That I am Ann Reardon

  • 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

  • for the wheels and push the cutter into the cake. Then use a spoon to scoop out the cake

  • that's in the middle there.

  • Next you want to cover the entire cake in frosting. This seals in the moisture of the

  • cake and gives us something for the fondant to stick to. Once it is completely covered

  • place it in the fridge.

  • While it is in the fridge we are going to make our wheels to do that cut oreo sized

  • circles out of some red fondant. Then using a smaller circle indent the centre. Then using

  • a straw cut 6 circles around the centre in the middle section. Then take another straw

  • and flatten it one way and then turn it an flatten it in the opposite way and use that

  • to cut around the edge of the wheel to cut rectangles out of that.

  • Cut out 8 circles of black fondant. Sandwhich 2 oreos together using frosting

  • and then spread a thin layer of frosting around the edges. Add a circle of black fondant to

  • the top and bottom of each stack. Brush a small amount of water, just dampen

  • it, onto the black and add the red circles on top. roll out some black fondant fairly

  • thickly and evenly. To help you do this you can buy rings for your rolling pin or you

  • can use two of something that's the same size like chopsticks like I am using here.

  • Cut it to size using the template and then cut a narrower strip of red fondant that has

  • been fairly thinly rolled and put that up fairly close to the top edge of your wheel.

  • Then use a chopstick to make an indent for the top of the red circle go into. So that

  • when you are rolling it you are not squashing that red disc that you have just made which

  • would make it crack so we are just indenting down using a chopstick or you could use a

  • ruler whatever you've got that is going to make enough space that when you are rolling

  • that red bit can just slot into. Place one of your wheels on top and roll it

  • up. When you get to the end trim off the excess using scissors and push the end neatly into

  • place. Give it a gentle roll to smooth out your wheel and then repeat that of course

  • to give you another 3 wheels.

  • Take you cake out of the fridge and using some quality paper towel gently rub to smooth

  • out any little bumps in the frosting. Take a bit of time here to do this carefully because

  • when you cover the cake in fondant any bumps that you have in your frosting underneath

  • you are going to be able to see . Next thinly roll out some white fondant and

  • place it where the mouth should go, it needs to be bigger than the mouth will actually

  • be. But it needs to be fairly thin so that you

  • don't see the line on the edge of it when you put the other fondant over the top.

  • Rub a little cooking oil onto it and so the mouth template will stick over the top. Add

  • a really thin piece of black across each corner of the mouth just under the template. Next

  • I am placing a toothpick right in the middle so I can use it to find where to cut it later,

  • we will pull it out so it is not in the finished cake so nobody's going to eat a toothpick

  • you don't need to worry about that, it's just to guide us to where..

  • now you don't want it sticking out too much you just want it sticking out just enough

  • so that you can press on your fondant and find it later

  • Now to roll out your red fondant, lightly grease your rolling pin and roll out that

  • fondant. Before I start rolling I put the baking paper over the top of my cake to measure

  • how big my fondant needs to be and how wide it needs to be as well. SO that I know when

  • I get on my baking paper I need to roll it all the way out to that size And I know confidently

  • that will cover the cake. Pick up your fondant I just do that using my forearms and drape

  • it over the car, gently smoothing it into the contours. Tuck it into the wheel holes

  • and use scissors to trim off any excess fondant. When trimming always leave more than you think

  • you need so you can tuck it under neatly. Somehow when you are cutting fondant at the

  • bottom of a cake it always seems to shrink magically once it's cut and it's too short

  • then and you don't want that so cut it longer than you think.

  • Use a ball of red fondant to smooth out over the cake without leaving finger prints on

  • it. This also helps to smooth out any little imperfections or bumps you might of given

  • it while you were putting it on.

  • Now for the mouth, feel for that toothpick and once you have located it take a knife

  • and gently cut across in a smile shape on the front.

  • Gently push the fondant up and down to make the smile shape and remove the baking paper.

  • So you don't need to take any red fondant away we're just going to squash it up and

  • squash it down. The purpose of the baking paper was to keep

  • the teeth really white. Pull out the toothpick and use a knife to cut the smile shape in

  • the teeth.

  • Now at this point it seems to come together fairly quickly because you've already done

  • a lot of these details ahead so Cut the bonnet lines so that you can see where

  • the bonnet goes , stick on your little headlights just using a tiny bit of water to make it

  • stick. Then add you rusteeze symbol to the bonnet.

  • Add on your side windows to both sides of the car. Then place the number 95 on top,

  • find where you want it to go before you add any water to it and then brush a tiny bit

  • of water on the back and stick it into place. Next we need to make the rivets for the front

  • bonnet just cut small circles out of black fondant using a straw and then dust them with

  • silver luster dust. Add your four rivets to the front bonnet. DOn't use too much water

  • when adding your details or the colour of the fondant will run, you just want to make

  • a tiny little bit of water and then put them into place.

  • At the back of the car add a strip of fondant and support it using a ruler propped on something

  • that matches the height that you need. Moisten the back of the car and add your back detail

  • piece into place. Secure in place using spaghetti. Leave them long and sticking out for now we

  • can trim them short later once it has fused into place. The reason we use uncooked spaghetti

  • rather than toothpicks is because they are edible and wont hurt anyones mouth. Make sure

  • when you've put that back of the car on that there is a close join between the back piece

  • and the cake so that you can then you can leave them to fuse together.

  • Use the template to cut out the windscreen and then place it on your cake. Then cut out

  • the red top of windscreen, I did this by hand but I will add a template for that as well.

  • And then place that over the top of the windscreen lining it up up with just above the white

  • so that you can't see the white at the top. Next add your eyes making sure that the white

  • dot is facing the same way on both of them. You can place them in the middle like this

  • or you can put them to one side like on the cars poster. It's up to you.

  • Next we need to make the side lightning flash for our car. So roll out some yellow fondant

  • and use the powdered colour or luster dust again to shade from orange to red. Roll out

  • some black fondant really thinly and place the yellow flash you've just done over the

  • top. Then trim around the edge leaving a black border the whole way around.

  • The reason that we don't make this part ahead is we need it to be still malleable so that

  • we can put it around the shape of our car. Place the thin end of the lightning flash

  • near the base of the front wheel overlapping just a tiny bit and then smooth it towards

  • the back of the car and around that back bit. Trim the start of the lightning flash using

  • scissors and then using your cookie cutter to gently cut around the wheel area. Now you

  • do not want to push too hard because you don't want to cut through the red fondant here,

  • just the lightning flash.

  • Add your numbers to each side of the car, brushing on a tiny bit of water to the back

  • of each letter to make it stick.

  • By now you should be able to trim off the spaghetti and remove your support from the

  • back.

  • Add you wheels, for them to fit you need the hole to be high enough right to the back,

  • if they don't fit just use your finger or the round cutter to push it up a bit higher.

  • Then slot the wheel into place. For the front wheels you can put them in straight

  • or you can put them on an angle just like on the poster.

  • Add the other two wheels and you can cake is completed and ready to party.

  • Thanks for watching and if you make this cake or a different car cake using this tutorial

  • make sure you take a photo head on to the blog and load it up in the comments section

  • there I love to see what you have done. And if you haven't already subscribe .... and

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  • you can put all your requests in the comments below. See you all next week, Bye.

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