This 3D Car cake is a simple eggless Vanilla cake carved into a 3 dimensional car. The cake is then covered with fondant. The details of the car are also made using fondant.
What is special about this cake?
When my little boy, a car fanatic, was turning 4, he asked for a Car cake. He asked and I made it!
This is my first fondant cake. I do not have any fondant decorating tools and had no luck finding the right sized template to design the car. Hence made it out of my own imagination! Starting from the cake board, everything is home made and the cake is 100% edible. I used the Amazon package box (of course, wrapped it in foil) to make the base of the car!
This is the most laborious (with around 12hours, staying up awake whole night) and challenging (sketching the design, cake structure building with measurements & calculations involved) dish I made so far with no decorating tools and templates; just used knife, rolling pin and the humble silicone mat!
Was the Birthday boy impressed?
After spending 7 hours at a stretch working on the fondant and detailing the car, the midnight of his birthday, I was super excited to see his reaction. When the birthday boy woke up and ran down to see the cake, he exclaimed “WOW” and started playing around with it and asked me if he could open the doors of the car (a big ask, I must say, phew!). His exclamation and enthusiasm got happy tears rolling down my cheeks, worth ever second spent.
Though this cake does not have the perfect fondant work, it is so special to me and will remain etched in my memory forever! My boy was so possessive of the cake that he said “ughhh, this is the last piece of my cake and my car is gone!”
What did I use to make the cake?
I prepared this simple Eggless Vanilla Cake. I used Strawberry Jam as glue to do patch work needed while carving the cake. For layering, I used American Buttercream frosting.
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Notes:
- I did not moisten the cake using simple syrup as I wanted the cake to be strong enough to bear the weight of the fondant. The moistness would not have allowed me to carve the cake.
- Preparing this cake with enough tools in hand would make the task a lot easier.
- Prepare well. Start the work ahead. Collect all the tools and templates. Having a template will make it a lot easier. Though I did not have any tools and templates, I baked the cake 2 days ahead. Next day, I carved and layered the cake. The day prior to the birthday, I did the fondant work.
