Kids Birthday Party Car Cake Recipes

LITTLE CAR CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms only of three 8x4-inch loaf pans, or spray bottoms with cooking spray.
• Make cake batter as directed on cake mix box. Divide batter evenly among pans.
• Bake 25 to 32 minutes (28 to 37 minutes for dark or nonstick pans) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Freeze cakes uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting.
• Remove 1/4 cup frosting from each container; set aside. To make purple frosting, stir 8 drops blue food color and 8 drops red food color into 1 container frosting. To make bright green frosting, stir 3 drops green food color and 3 drops yellow food color into other container frosting.
• Place 2 loaves, rounded sides down, on tray. To seal in crumbs, frost one with a thin layer of purple frosting; frost the other with a thin layer of green frosting. Cut remaining loaf crosswise in half; taper the cut edges slightly to form windshields. Place one half on each cake for cab, placing about 3 inches from front edge and with tapered windshield side toward front of car. Frost windows of cabs with a thin layer of reserved vanilla frosting; frost top and edges with a thin layer of colored frosting. Refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting. Frost entire cars with same colors.
• Use licorice to outline windows and make bumpers. Add starlight candies for headlights and taillights; add cookies for wheels and the spares. Place gumdrop on top of 1 car for beacon and add candles for radio antennas. Store loosely covered.

KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY CAR CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Make the cake, using a 23 cm | 9" x 32 cm | 13" rectangular cake tin. Once cool, turn out and use a serrated knife to trim the top.
• For the pastry: Combine the butter, sugar, and water in a saucepan. Warm over a moderate heat until simmering, whisking frequently. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the flour, beating well until smooth and coming away from the sides of the pan. Beat in the egg in two additions until you have a smooth, shiny dough.
• Spoon the pastry into a piping bag fitted with a straight-sided nozzle. Pipe the shape of a racetrack onto a non-stick baking tray. Increase the oven to 220°C (200° fan) | 425F | gas 7.
• Bake the pastry for 20 - 24 minutes until puffed and golden. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
• For the buttercream: Take two tablespoons of the buttercream and add a few drops of pink colouring, beating well. Set aside. Divide the remaining buttercream between three bowls. Colour each respectively with green, blue, and grey colouring. Beat well until uniformly coloured and then spoon the grey buttercream into a piping bag fitted with straight-sided nozzle.
• Cover the sides of the cake with the blue buttercream, spreading it evenly with a spatula. Top the cake with green buttercream, spreading it evenly.
• Thickly pipe the grey buttercream on top of the pastry track. Use a white icing pen to decorate the buttercream with track marks. Sit the pastry on top of the green buttercream. Spoon the pink buttercream to the side of the track in the shape of a mound.
• Decorate the cake with the jelly babies, fruit polos, flags, and jelly cars before serving.