cakes on wheels

i love making cakes with a lot of tiny details.  i imagine that the person that is receiving this cake (usually as a gift from who ordered it)  will get real close to it and see if there are any things that might have been missed.  generally, i try to get the main things first, like door placement and windows, and then add the fun things like lights and rear view mirrors.

the best part of making a vehicle cake is that it usually requires no support, so i just put the cake on the board and start frosting.  the worst part of a vehicle cake is getting the proportions right.  i've made some that started out big and ended up smaller because of proportion.  but even with smaller cakes, there's still plenty of cake to go around. 

if you are wanting to try making a sculpted cake, i'd recommend a car cake.  they don't require much cake and you could stack two 9x13 cakes on top of each other and start carving.  then frost.  then cover with fondant, (i make my own but i highly recc Duff's fondant available at michaels.  it is very easy to work with.  i use his when i need black) and then get to the fun details!  Try it!!

my first cake i ever made was for my long time pal McKenna  that was turning 16.  she was getting a car called "the thing".  it's a rad convertible old car.  the cake was very fun to make, but getting familiar with the fondant was not easy.  before this, my main experience with cake was cupcakes.  it turned out alright for my first go at it, and i would have never imagined how very many cakes i would get to create from that day on.

my first!