I would love to try to do a 3-D Lightning McQueen cake and of course saw so many terrific looking ones done by all of the talented folks here on CC. Some of the ones done were noted as being done with the NASCAR pan and I was wondering if that particular pan is a "3-D" or a "stand-up" pan? Any help would be sooo appreciated.
Thx.
I made a 3D one (in my pics). I used the regular 3D car pan of Wilton's. I molded the spoiler in the back with icing and the leftover "hump" I cut off the cake.
I used the 3D Car pan - not the Nascar pan....my car wasn't the best but it turned out okay...anyway for the spoiler I just cut a little card board out and covered it w/ fondant and then stuck 3 toothpicks inside the bottom edge and stuck it down in the cake....that was the only thing that wasn't edible. Next LM cake will be done a lot better though.LOL
(I will cut a hole the size of the tires to set the tires in instead on them being outside the car - hubby said that looks weird w/then being out like that- and I will make the lightening on the side better.LOL The Lightening was one of the last things I added and I was sooo tired it was like 5 am and I had been up all night because I got started on the cake really late...long story so i'll save you time by not going into the details.LOL)
I used the NASCAR pan for the LM that I made (sorry, haven't downloaded the picture yet) and it turned out pretty good. I trimmed off some of the nose of the car because Lightning isn't that long in the front. Anyway, the kids were extremely happy with it and the key is that they knew right off who it was so all the work that went into it was totally worth it.
Anyway, the pan is just a pan. Not to be dense or anything but it really was just a pan. I balled up a piece of tin foil to prop up the hood end of the pan so that it sat even in my oven and I put a flower nail in the roof part so that it would cook evenly and be done without making the thinner hood side charcoal.
Does any of that even make sense?
I used the wilton car pan as well....made the spoiler with melted choc. it is far...far...from being anywhere near some of the other 3d cars I have seen on here, but as a new to decorating person it was an easy cake to do. Just give yourself plenty of time, I did this on the day of my grandsons bd. the fondant was too pink, tried to paint it more red, just looked messy, but given proper time this would be something easy to do. Best of luck to you.
I used the piece of cake I levelled off when it came out of the oven. Then, just kind of pieced it together.
I had read on here to use a package of koolaid, which I did. It made a wonderful red color very easily, but it tasted terrible. Too tart for my tastes. I am making it again for my son's 5th birthday. I'll probably just use red coloring. I got some great shades of red mixing No taste red and Christmas red when I made all our Christmas cookies.
I've done 2 3D Lightning McQueen cakes - both using the Wilton 3D cruiser pan. I covered mine in fondant and made a spolier out of gumpaste. I think the Wilton pans are on sale this week at Michael's for $7 too - so it'd be easy to pick up the car pan for a good price. If you can get a hold of Americolor Super Red gel color - you'll get a fantastic red icing for the car.
Another good tip - you can go to the Disney/Cars website and print out different views of Lightning McQueen. I actually used the print-outs for my detail templates. The have a 360 degree view option where you can rotate the car aound. Here's the site...
http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/cars/main.html
Good luck!
I have made two LM cakes in the NASCAR pan. It's just a regular pan, but designed so once it's full of cake batter, it will sit level in the oven just fine! It's a good idea to place an upside flower nail in the center of the hood part as the pan is much deeper there and it will bake uneven if you don't. You can take a look in my photos.
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