"Cars" Cake

Base of your "Cars" cake

• Bake a basic yoghurt cake.
• Bake a basic chocolate cake.
• Divide the two cakes into pieces.
• Arrange the pieces to form the structure of the car.
• When you are happy with the car shape, stick the pieces together with strawberry jam.

Decorate your "Cars" cake

• Add the food coloring to the sugar paste to get the color you want.

• Roll out the sugar paste and cover the car with it.

Accesories for your "Cars" cake 

• Melt the chocolate in a saucepan in a bain-marie (or just using a saucepan of boiling water).
  • The chocolate will serve as glue.
  • The bain-marie (or water bath) helps to keep it at the right temperature to use when needed.
• Make a winch from the Mikados, and weld together with the chocolate.
• Create a cable from the candy cola laces.
• Bend the Carambar into a hook shape and tie onto the cable.
• Make the chocolate wheels:
  • Fill the small round molds with chocolate.
  • Allow to cool thoroughly before removing from the molds.
• Assemble the winch, cable, hook and wheels onto the truck as shown.
• Stick the yellow candy on top of the cake for the flashing light.
• Add sugar paste hubcaps.

• Roll out the green and white marzipan and cut door, window and mirror shapes as shown in the pictures. 

• Fashion teeth, eyes and left headlamp from the white marzipan. 

• Make the grille for the rear of the truck from the green marzipan.
• Using the melted chocolate, pipe a design onto the grille.
• Also pipe a number onto the door and pupils for the eyes.
• Press the M&Ms into the sugar paste above the grille for tail lights.
• Your car cake is now ready - enjoy!