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Boys love cars, bikes, trucks and all kinds of things that go “vroom”.  A racing track cake is probably one of the easiest cakes to bake and make so you don’t really have any excuse not to make one if that is what your boy wants for his next birthday party.

In most cases a racing track cake is made in the form of the figure eight (8) that is obtained by simply putting two round cakes (preferably baked in a ring pan) side by side to form the 8.

Tip: If you do not have a ring pan, you can also use  normal round cake pans. After the cakes have cooled down completely, use a round cookie cutter or glass to cut out a circle in the center of the cake. Use these cut offs to shape small cars.

Use your favourite cake recipe to bake two  20cm (8 in) cakes in a moderate oven for 35 minutes or cooked when tested. Turn on to a wire rack to cool. Cut a small piece from one end of a cake as shown in diagram to help the two halves fit neatly together to form the figure eight.

Assemble the cake on a prepared board or tray and cover both cakes  with Butter Cream/Icing:

Ingredients:

225g margarine/butter – at room temperature
450g icing sugar, sifted

Method:

Put margarine/butter  in a bowl, beat until softened. Gradually beat in sifted icing sugar. Colour or flavour as required then use to cover the cake.

To decorate the cake you can use a piping bag and star nozzle to pipe borders around the top edges and base of the cakes or use sweets of choice to decorate the cake.

Make a small flag from lightweight cardboard or paper, wrap around a cocktail stick and stand in the cake. Use lollipops to represent stop signs.

Arrange the decorated cars made from the cut off pieces of cake on the cake or use small toy racing cars.

Of course you don’t just have to make the racing track in a figure 8 – By cutting and assembling the pieces of cake you can make a lovely long racing track like the one of this photo:

So enjoy baking the racing car track when you next have to plan your boy’s birthday party.

To host a party for your kids can be a lot of work [...]]]>

Here are a few photos of birthday cakes that I have made for my son when he was a kid… he will be 31 in a few weeks and I realised when I looked at the photos how quickly time goes by.

To host a party for your kids can be a lot of work but to see the wonder on their faces when you bring out the cake and other goodies is worth all the time spend on preparing the food and putting together a theme for the party. The personal joy one experiences cannot be compared to anything else as well. So enjoy organising theme parties for your kids and make memories that will last a life time.

racing track cake for boys

racing track party food

I used a racing track theme for his 3rd birthday party at the day care centre that he attended at that stage. Click on the photos to open in a new window and get some ideas on how to use store bought cookies, sweets and vienna sausages to make racing cars and “spectators”.

Kids Alien Space Ship Birthday Theme Party

On his 6th birtday I tried a space ship theme but the cake eventually turned into an alien monster kind of space ship but the kids were very impressed with it…lol. Store bought wafers and ice cream cones turned into smaller space ships and boudoir finger biscuits became small planes.

Alien Spaceship Cake

alien spaceship party food

Train cake

I tried to make a train cake for his 4th birthday but now that I look at the photo again, it is actually a far cry from a train, still it was a lot of fun to make the cake.

Train cake for a boy

The radio cake for his 8th birthday looked more realistic and suited his passion for certain songs on the radio at that stage.

radio cake for a kid's party

If you have read my post on where to find ideas for theme parties, I hope these few photos will help you realise that it is really not difficult to come up with a kids-theme-party idea.

Remember to have fun planning your kid’s next theme party!