Ever since I saw a lime green Lamborghini, it’s been on my mind.  So when I was brainstorming ideas for my birthday cake it was a no brainer, a Lamborghini car cake.  Sculpted cakes are a lot of fun for me. There’s a level of difficulty that it comes with them that I simply cannot resist. The harder the task, the better it is for me. So, of course, I was looking forward to making this 3D sculpted Lamborghini car cake. Even though I haven’t carved a cake in a while, it felt really good making this cake and I was totally in my happy place.

How the Lamborghini Car Cake was Chosen

I couldn’t think of a better cake to celebrate a milestone, my 40th birthday. Since we are sheltering in place we cannot celebrate birthdays as we used to (sad face). I wanted something classic and special. The Lamborghini cake did that for me. Of course, I would prefer to have the real thing.  However, since I cannot afford one I will settle for the cake. My plan was to add a young lady (me) sitting next to the car (quarantined) with her shopping bags.  If it was a different time I would have used my son’s design of a three-tiered cake. His design was super duper cute; but there was no way I would make that much cake, eh hem who is going to eat all that cake?

I was able to decorate the cake in one day and for once in my cake decorating life, I went to bed on time.  But, I couldn’t sleep, because I was up trying to figure out what I was missing.  I have a bad habit of getting lost in the details, so, I had to force myself to step away because not everything was necessary. It was my birthday cake after all and as I tell my son, done doesn’t always have to be perfect. In the end, I ended up removing the old windshield and the change the windows.

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The Making of the Cake

To be successful at making any sculpted cake you need a blueprint, I talk about that here with VW Beetle, Vintage red truck and six tips for working with sculpted cakes.  Then, created the raised board from the template/blueprint.  I doubled my chocolate cake recipe and baked it in an 11×18 cake pan, with a batch and a half of dark chocolate ganache.  The 11×18 cake was too much cake, but you can create this cake using a 9×13 cake.

Carving the Cake

After carving the cake I added the ganache and because the cake was so cold the ganache adhered right away (a bit too quick for my liking).  I used a small cutter to cut out the wheel well.  I spent a lot of time shaping the cake and reapplying the ganache. Don’t miss this step, it is very important because the next step it adding fondant.  It is better to shape the areas such as the front, back and under the windows so you are not overworking the fondant.

Adding the Fondant and the Wheels

When I was sort of happy, I added the fondant on top and did more shaping. Remove the fondant from the wheel well and mark all the right areas for doors, top, and windows.  I opted to paint the windows because it seemed like the smart thing to do instead of cutting out another area and I was right.  If I messed up, I can easily remove it and start over again. 

This time around, I made the wheels out of fondant, however, I usually make it using modeling chocolate.  Before adding the wheels, I placed the cake on the final board.  Having a raised board makes it easier to move the cake around.  If I was delivering this cake I would use candy melt to secure the board, but that wasn’t necessary here.  I would also use some black candy melt for the wheels (also not necessary if the car is not being moved (for additional tips on how to prepare cakes for delivery see my post here).

Finally, after adding the wheels and with no time to model a young lady sitting next to the car, I decided to just add the two handbags because I like shopping and since I can’t do that now, I will add it to my cake (thank you).

Final Cake

After reshaping the windshield and the windows I was happy with the cake.  I used some edible shellac (I used confectioners edible glaze) to shine up the car.  But, you can use corn syrup for this.  Finally, I added the saying 40 is the new 20 and I was finished with the cake.

When it was time to cut the cake and I didn’t want to cut it. But, it was my birthday and it wouldn’t be complete without a bite of chocolate cake. 

That’s it for now. Be safe and happy caking.  Don’t forget to share the love, pin for later.