Race Track Cake

Here's a really fun take on race car cakes!  David, a friend of my family, was throwing a party for a friend who had a Christmas-time birthday, and even as an adult had never really had a birthday party all to himself.  (Something all of us with December birthdays can relate to on some level!) We came up with this unique design using his age as the racetrack:

The top and sides of the cake were iced and then covered with fondant, cut in the shape of the track and checker-flag tiles.  A yellow border was piped on.  We added Matchbox cars to give it an extra nostalgic feel.

To keep the track continuous, I carved out ramps for the road to follow between the 2 and 4.  This cake was pretty large and very challenging but I just LOVE the way it turned out!