Recipes & Cooking Desserts & Baking Cakes Race Car Cakes Be the first to rate & review! By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on February 4, 2019 Rate PRINT Share Trending Videos Close this video player Start To Finish Time: 1 hr 30 mins Servings: 12 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 2 8- or 9-inch baked round cake layers (any flavor) 4 cup Creamy White Frosting or canned creamy white frosting Sky blue, leaf green, and golden yellow paste food colorings Assorted candies, such as flat tart licorice candy; fruit-flavor licorice twists; yellow and orange small oval mints; small gumdrops; and/or blue candy-coated fruit-flavor pieces Black shoestring licorice 8 chocolate sandwich cookies with chocolate filling Fruit-flavor ring-shape jelly candies Creamy White Frosting 1 cup shortening 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon almond extract 4 cup powdered sugar 3 tablespoon milk Directions For each car, cut one of the cake layers in half crosswise, making two half-circles. Using about 1/4 cup of the Creamy White Frosting, sandwich the bottoms of the two half-circles together. Place cake cut sides down. Using a serrated knife, cut a small L-shape notch in one end of each cake to make the front windshield and hood of a car. Tint about 1 1/2 cups of the frosting aqua blue (using sky blue and leaf green food colorings). Tint another 1 1/2 cups of the frosting lime green (using leaf green and golden yellow food colorings). Spread each car with a different color of frosting. Use the remaining white frosting to attach flat licorice candy, licorice twists, oval mints, gumdrops, and/or candy-coated pieces for windows, racing stripes, bumpers, headlights, and racing numbers. Insert black licorice pieces for antennas, adding a bit of frosting at each tip. If desired, make a racing track on a large flat serving platter or tray with strips of colored tape. Using large spatulas, carefully transfer race car cakes to platter. Press chocolate sandwich cookies into sides of race cars for wheels; use frosting to attach ring-shape candies for wheel covers. Creamy White Frosting In a large mixing bowl beat shortening, vanilla, and almond extract with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add 2 cups of the powdered sugar, beating well. Add 2 tablespoons of the milk. Gradually beat in remaining powdered sugar. Gradually add milk until frosting reaches a spreading consistency. Makes about 3 cups. Flower Car Cakes: Prepare as directed, except tint frosting pink, purple, green, and/or yellow instead of aqua blue and lime green. Instead of decorating cakes with stripes, use assorted candy-coated fruit-flavor pieces to make flowers on cars. Rate It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 701 Calories 35g Fat 97g Carbs 3g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 12 Calories 701 % Daily Value * Total Fat 35g 45% Saturated Fat 9g 45% Cholesterol 50mg 17% Sodium 331mg 14% Total Carbohydrate 97g 35% Total Sugars 77g Protein 3g 6% Vitamin C 0mg 0% Calcium 48mg 4% Iron 1.1mg 6% Potassium 10mg 0% Fatty acids, total trans 3g Folate, total 29.6mcg Vitamin B-12 0mcg Vitamin B-6 0mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.