Speed Racer Birthday Cake

by H.J.
(Springfield, KY)

The speed racer car was the first car I had ever tried to make. I used a block or rice krispy treats that I had pressed into a loaf pan, and carved the shape from that.The car was covered with red and white fondant. The tires were black fondant. You can't really see from the picture, but I flopped on the silver paint for the wheels, and ended up just using gray fondant.
I placed the car on a 1/4 sheet cake. The top was covered with red and yellow tiles cut from fondant. The edge was finished with a simple shell border.