Saturday, March 27, 2010

How to Create a Race Track Mountain Cake

I made a cake several weeks ago for a cousins adorable 2 year old, who is VERY into cars. I'd seen some race track cakes, but most of them were carved. Meaning, they stacked cakes, then carved away a portion of them and frosted over that. I wanted to avoid the carving, because 1. I hate to throw cake away, and 2. it can be difficult and messy. Plus, it's hard to frost over carved cake, as there are a lot more crumbs.Instead of carving, I opted to use rice krispy treat to sculpt the track. You can see how it was done in the photos below.

Once the basic structure is complete, you can finish decorating with buttercream frosting and fondant accents. Here, the only fondant decorations are the little race cars.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow this is so smart! thanks for the information!

Anonymous said...

Did you make your own treats or did you use the premade sheets?

Unknown said...

Enfin quelqu'un qui ne fait pas payer pour expliquer comment faire ce gâteau ! Merci beaucoup pour l'astuce et meilleures salutations l. Corinne