Baking a 'novelty' cake, using a Disney's Cars cake tin...a couple of questions if you don't mind

Question

1. Have you made a Disney's Cars birthday cake?
2. Can you give me a yummy recipe that works well with novelty cake tins - I only asume that it'll have to be pretty heavy cake - though I could be wrong (please no packet cakes as I'm in France and will probably not have access to it)
3 Can I make it the day before? And if so, whats the best way to store it overnight.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated

Many thanks in advance
Happy holidays!!

Answer 1

I just made one for my son's 4th birthday, but I did use a store-bought mix ather than a homemade recipe. Try a white sheet cake recipe- that should work. You can totally make it the day before. Follow the instructions for unmolding it and put it on the platter you're going to use. Cover it up with saran wrap and it will be fine for then next day. If you're going to frost it the day before you should refrigerate it, and if you used an overly sticky frosting you might want to strategically place some toothpicks in there to keep the plastic wrap from sticking to it. Good luck!

Answer 2

Here is a recipe that you could try.

Busy-Day Cake

1/3 cup shortening
1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Place shortening in mixing bowl. Sift in dry ingredients. Add egg and half the milk, mix till flour is moistened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed on electric mixer. Add remaining milk and vanilla, beat 2 minutes longer. Bake in greased and lightly floured baking pan at 375 for about 25 minutes or till done.

Answer 3

No, it doesn't have to be a heavy cake. You can use the boxed cake mixes and they work great, although, I'm not sure if that's what you mean by "packet cakes". Otherwise, just use any cake recipe you have or find on the Internet that suits your taste.