Lightning McQueen

For Rob's birthday this year I decided to look online and see if I could find a pretty easy way to make a Lightning McQueen cake. I found one that look not too bad and decided to give it a try. This was my first time making any sort of cake like this and my first time using fondant. It was pretty easy to do and I think it took me about 4 hours over the span of 2 days to make. First I made the cake, cooled it, then froze it overnight. The next day, I cut and shaped it to look like the car. Then I covered it with frosting. Then I mixed food coloring paste into the fondant to make the red color. I rolled that out, covered the cake, and cut off the excess. I colored more fondant to make the tires, numbers, and lightning bolts. The windows, teeth, and anything else that is white is just plain fondant. I painted on the eyes and piped on the writing and outline in black. Rob LOVED it and his reaction made it all worth it. The website/blog I got it from is www.kitchenscrapebook.com She has made a lot of other cakes and her directions were GREAT! I think I will use her website/blog to make future cakes.