How to Make Tires for Car Cakes
In this post I’ll show you how to make tires for car cakes using easy techniques.
Creating realistic-looking tires for car cakes is a fun and essential part of designing any car-themed cake. Whether you’re making a race car or a classic car, tires add a great finishing touch. In this post, I’ll show you how to make tires and rims for car cakes using modeling chocolate or fondant, plus a few tools and techniques that will ensure your tire designs look professional and detailed.
These tires are perfect for my Red Race Car Cake, but you can scale down the technique depending on the size of your cake. I’ll walk you through step-by-step instructions on how to create realistic-looking tires with a focus on easy, accessible techniques, as well as tips for creating fancier rims with a soccer ball silicone mold.
Read MoreStrawberry Jelly / Jello
Ingredients: 750 g strawberries 125 g sugar 21 g gelatin Directions: Puree the strawberries until smooth. Add the sugar and place in a saucepan over low-medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat. Soften the gelatin in a few tablespoons of … Read More
Chocolate Cake – Happy Birthday Dada!
Just wanted to wish our lovely Dada a very happy birthday! You are an amazing person and we love you so so so much! His Birthday Cake was similar to our New Year’s Eve one- a walnut cake filled with a delicious chocolate walnut cream. The only difference is that I added a touch of elegance with … Read More
Valentine’s Day Cake Pops
Cake pops are fun to make and they are (too) easy to eat... so easy that I can never stop at one. Every time we have cakes, other types of desserts and cake pops, of course the cake pops are the first to go! I made regular round cake pops and a few heart-shaped ones and in my opinion these are the … Read More
Mashed Potato Swirls with Parmesan
I love these mashed potato swirls! They are easy and fast to make and you only need five ingredients. They look great on any appetizer platter for your small gathering, birthday party or why not, the upcoming Super Bowl party. For more five-ingredient recipes check out my 5licious … Read More
Chicken Sour Soup
I don’t know where you live but around here we’ve had a very wintery winter, it’s probably the coldest one since I moved to Canada about 8 years ago; so maternity leave (and not having to go out every day) could not have come at a better time. At -25°C the only thing I need is a warm soup so today I … Read More
Chocolate Cake with Walnuts – New Year’s Eve 2014
Just three words for this Chocolate Cake with Walnuts– QUICK, EASY, DELICIOUS! This is the cake I made for our New Year’s Eve party and trust me on this, everyone at our party just loved it. This cake is a must for any chocolate lover! The walnut cake was light and moist and the filling very rich … Read More
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Filling with Walnuts
Ingredients for a two-layer 9 inches cake : 500 ml whipping cream 300 g semi-sweet chocolate chips or grated chocolate 14 g gelatin 2 Tbsp rum extract 200 g ground walnuts Directions: Soften the gelatin in a few tablespoons of warm water and then dissolve over hot water (I placed the … Read More
Santa Down the Chimney Cake
Santa Down the Chimney Cake – my last Christmas cake this season! It’s not only a funny cake that I’m sure your kids would enjoy but it’s also super super delicious – walnut cake with white chocolate and walnuts filling and orange filling. This is probably one of my favourite cakes so far! As … Read More
Orange Filling
Ingredients: 500 ml whipping cream, at room temperature 4 egg yolks Zest from 1 orange 8 Tbsp (1/2 cup) sugar 1 cup orange juice + 8 Tbsp (~ 250ml / the juice from 3 oranges) 4 Tbsp (3/4 cup) powder sugar, if you’re using unsweetened whipping cream 25 g unflavoured gelatin … Read More
