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How to Make a Flo Car Cake
Okay, let’s finally talk about the cake. I wanted Neopolitan as the flavor of the cake, so that actually means 3 flavors – vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. To make this cake I made 2 recipes of a the yellow cake baked in a
9 x 13 cake pan. I also baked one recipe of this chocolate butter cake in a 9 x 13 pan as well. Then I also made half a recipe of the chocolate cake and baked it in an
8" square pan. I flavored the buttercream with some pureed strawberries.
Here are some of the progress pictures.
Preparing the cakes
Cutting the 8" cake into two and stacking it on top.
Carving the top
Carving the front, back and sides. Make indents on the hood.
Use a circle cutter to use as a guide for the wheels.
Use a small metal spatula to carve out the wheels.
Crumb coat with buttercream then refrigerate. Add another coat of buttercream, then back to the fridge
Add fondant to accentuate certain parts like the hood and the sides of the cake.
After covering the whole cake with turquoise colored fondant, I refrigerated it to let it harden a bit then I added the details like the eyes and windows. I made the car fins in advance to let it dry. I curved it a bit using that part of the cake as the guide. If I could do it again, I would make the tail part bigger and pointier. I attached it to the cake with some royal icing but it was a very humid day and the royal icing was not hardening enough. I added some turquoise colored fondant as extra support on the inside part of the fins.
Let the fins dry
Attach with royal icing
HOW TO MAKE CAR WHEELS
Looking at Flo's picture she seems to have two full front wheels and half wheels in the back. So I cut out 3 circles from white fondant and cut one in half.
Use the back of the circle cutter to make wheel details
Use a plain tip to make the smaller circle detail
Use a small ball tool to make the indent deeper
Paint the inside with silver dust mixed with lemon extract. Let the wheel dry. Cover with a strip of black fondant on the outside.
I made the wheels the same day because I was not sure what size of wheels to make. BUT it would be so much better if the wheels had time to dry. Once I put them on, they started sagging and Flo looked like she didn't have enough air on her tires.
The half tires in the back, I just pushed them in the cake.
FINISHING THE CAKE BOARD
The cake board's dimensions were 15"x 21", so I made it easy on myself and cut out 3" square in black and white fondant, it would all fit perfectly. I then brushed on some shortening on the board and attached the squares. The cake was already on the board and I just worked around it. Alternatively, the cake board can be done separately and the cake would be transferred on it.
Finishing the cake board
In my haste I forgot to put one tile in the back side of the cake. I thought I checked all sides, I saw it the last minute and by that time I did not care any more. I'm the client and I say it's good to go. Nobody noticed it anyway.
MAKING THE SIGN
I took inspiration from Flo's V8 Cafe sign and made a sign to put on "40 Fab Yrs".
I cut out the number 40, the V part and 2 ovals from gum paste and let it dry.
Make a base with fondant and poke a hole thru it with a lollipop stick. Mark the stick where top of the base ends. Let dry without the stick
Roll a flat piece of fondant, brush with water and cover the lollipop stick, cut off excess.
Roll with a fondant smoother
Cut off excess fondant on where the mark is. Let dry
Use fondant to attach one end of the stick to the dry fondant sign.
Place another piece on top.
Brush some crisco on the numbers and sprinkle with disco dust.
I attached the V and 40 to the oval with royal icing and let it dry. I attached the base to the finished board then I attached the stick to the dried base with royal icing.
Note: This the last thing I did to the cake. After adding the sign, I carefully placed the cake in the fridge to let it continue setting from there.
And so there it is folks, my 40th birthday cake! It was the hit of the party. Even the other group next to us in the restaurant ooohhed and aahhhed when the waiter brought the cake out. I kinda felt bad for the guy in that group who was also celebrating his birthday and he got that one slice of cake with sparklers. I should have shared my cake with him
And here she is cut up.
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