Cars Inspired Cake and Cookies

Disney Car themed parties are always a request from my young cousins.  Here is one with a mash up of Mater Tow and Lightening McQueen. 

And Cookies too...

For the cookies, I made some cutters using my trusty 3D printer.  I love my printer.  If you want to read more about 3D printers and how you can make your own cookie and fondant cutters, click HERE.

Below are the line drawings that I used to make the cutters: face, lightning bolt, and Route 66 sign.  I used the "face" cutter for both the cookie dough and the fondant cutouts on the cake.

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The cake is made with an 8" bottom tier and a 5" top tier.  They are both frosted in American Buttercream with fondant accents.  For the top I used Wilton's No-Taste Red food gel, and for the bottom I used Wilton Chocolate Brown food gel.  For the fondant I used Wilton's Red, White, Blue, and Chocolate.   I was amazed at how closely the Wilton Chocolate food gel and fondant matched in color.  When I put the brown fondant on the brown buttercream, I could hardy tell where one stopped and the other started.  

For Mater Tow's mouth I just picked an image of a mouth I found on google and sized it to match the cake.  I used the paper templet to cut out the fondant pieces.  For the teeth, I mixed Gum Tex/Tylose Powder with the fondant so the teeth would harden and protrude from the mouth.  The tow hook is made from Silver Shimmer fondant, and the lettering is made using FMM Tappits Funky Alphabet Cutter upper case.  

For the stars I just used a star cutter, attached them to thin 1/16" acrylic rods, and wrote the words using an edible marker. 

All-in-all an easy cake to make.

Happy Decorating,

Carol