Racetrack Cake
"Everyone gets fired up when they see my Racetrack Cake," shares Amber Kimmich from Powhatan, Virginia. "For the track and pit stop area, I use gray icing outlined with yellow frosting gel. Edible green glitter designates the grass areas, and miniature racecars look so cute speeding around the track."
24-30 ServingsPrep: 3 hours Bake: 30 min. + cooling
Ingredients
- 1 package white cake mix (regular size)
- 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
- 10 cups buttercream frosting
- Black, yellow and red food coloring
- Green edible glitter
- 4 miniature cars
- 2 miniature checkered flags
Directions
- Prepare and bake each cake according to package directions, using
- greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes before
- inverting onto wire racks to cool completely.
- Transfer cakes to a covered board and position side-by-side. Frost
- top of cakes with 5-1/3 cups of frosting. Tint 1-1/2 cups frosting
- black. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag;
- fill with black frosting. Outline edge of cake. Using a #17 star
- tip, pipe a checkered pattern on sides of cake with 1 cup white
- frosting and remaining black frosting.
- Tint 2/3 cup frosting gray; create an oval racetrack in middle of
- cake. Tint 3/4 cup frosting yellow; pipe lines around track and
- infield. For grass, sprinkle green glitter on infield.
- Tint 1/2 cup frosting red; pipe lettering on corners of cake.
- Position cars and checkered flags. Yield: 24-30 servings.