I don't have the cars lightening mcqueen cake pan nor do i wish to buy another. I do however have the race car cake pan. Can i use this to make the mcqueen 3-d cake. i need it for the 24th of february or is there another way. If anyone has any ideas i could really use the boost.
this is the first cake in almost a year that i will be making and i'm really having a time getting my mind working. i didn't make any last year cause my mom was sick with cancer and i was busy taking care of her.
If anyone has instructions or ideas they could share i would greatly appreciate it. Here's hoping i get off to a good start.
Thanks for any help i may get.
Rhonda
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sure you can!! I think I saw a pic the other day with the racecar pan done up like Lightning McQueen.

Yes! I think there are even some in the galleries done this way...if you search for "Cars" or "McQueen" several different versions will come up. If it doesn't HAVE to be a shaped cake, try a buttercream transfer...I did one of of Lightening McQueen on a 9" round and it turned out great!

Or you could try a 3d car cake
(tutorial):

http://members.optusnet.com.au/boonenati/title.html

HTH

That's exactly what I did for an order this summer. I didn't think that the Lightning pan would get much use once the movie had run its course, so I opted to buy the Nascar pan and just decorated it to look like Lightning. I didn't even have to do the complicated Rust-eze logo because of the angle of the hood. Check it out in my photos to see how easy it is. Also cheated and made a Cozy Cone motel cake instead of the Sally car the mom wanted to order. I convinced her I had a much better idea!

I had the same problem when it was my son's birthday but it was because the cars pan was sold out everywhere. I used the race car pan and I think I like the look of it better anyway. There is a picture of it in my photos. You can PM me if you need more instructions.

http://cakecentral.com/cake-photo-71339.html

Which car cake pan do you have? Is it the NASCAR shaped pan or the Wilton 3D car pan (to me it looks like a VW Beatle)? I believe either could be used. If I were using the 3D pan I would modify by cutting the top part of the cake to make it slope down from front to back. To me that would give it more of a race car/McQueen appearance. I am thinking of doing this for my son's birthday next month. Good luck to you!

I have the 3-d nascar pan.
do you think this will work?

Sure, it'll work just fine.

I have the Wilton 3D cruiser pan and did 2 different McQueen cakes. The only addition I made was to add a gumpaste spoiler on the back.

I'm sure the Nascar pan is probably even a better shape than the Curiser pan, so you should have no problem decorating it like Lightning McQueen.

Good luck! Post a pic when you're done.

i just did this one for my son's birthday, its not a 3d car or anything but its still in the Cars theme...

He is only having a small party so i thought this would be a better idea...

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=sweet_as_tisse&cat=0&pos=0

kylie

Hello everyone. IMy son is about to turn 5 on the 13 of March. I have 2 days to find a good detailed decription of how to make a 3d lighting mcQueen and a fairly large one....to feed about 15-25 people and only today to figure out what I need for the recipe. I am unfamiliar with fondant, never used it, and could use a less sweet recipe for buttercream icing as that is what I plan to use since I've no idea how to make or use fondant . PLEASE, anyone with ANY ideas, contact me! [email protected] am desperate! Also I do not have a 3d pan of any kind so I basically have to cut the cake to shape. Can any1 tell me how to do it.