SweetThings: 50th Birthday Party: 1979 Corvette Cake

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

50th Birthday Party: 1979 Corvette Cake

A perfect surprise 50th birthday cake: a black 1979 Corvette L82 chocolate cake. The birthday boy's spouse had been planning this surprise for over 6 months. I guess it would be more of a surprise if it was the real thing!

And here are some photos on how it all began.... Somehow, I had to turn these chocolate cake layers into a sleek corvette.

15 comments:

bridget {bake at 350} said...: Oh, my Dad would LOVE this cake!!! He has a black '74 vette. If only I had your talent!; August 3, 2010 at 8:52 AM
Jenniffer said...: This cake is awesome! I especially love the tire skids on the back of the cake board!; August 3, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Unknown said...: WOW. this is fantastic. I'm so afraid of making a car cake. It looks so complicated.

You did a fantastic job, it looks so real.Really amazing!; August 3, 2010 at 9:26 AM
faithy said...: This is soo cool!!! Your car cake is awesome! I love your photos! You are so good in cake carving..i love those step by step photos and you always make it look so easy! I get the jitters whenever i carve my cake..i think i need more practice..lol!; August 3, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Camilla said...: Ladies, I can assure you that the birthday boy l♥ved his cake! He could not believe his eyes when he saw it! It looks fantastic and it tasted amazing too!
True talent!; August 3, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Paula said...: My brother-in-law has a 70's something gold corvette convertible. He would go nuts for this cake, probably want to leave his wife and marry you! LOL Super job and I love the wheels.; August 3, 2010 at 10:24 AM
Deeva said...: Juanita, Juanita, Juanita, your talent is amazing. Great job on the cake.; August 3, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Stephanie said...: Awesome cake!! Thanks for the photos "in progress" too to show us how! Great job!
Stephanie
http://stephaniesur.wordpress.com/; August 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Anonymous said...: Fab cake, particularly love the tyre tracks!; August 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Petite Foury said...: Excellent job, as usual!; August 3, 2010 at 4:40 PM
Unknown said...: Very nicely done! Thank you for sharing the details.

Kathy Dvorski Cakes
Toronto ON
http://www.kathydvorski.com; August 3, 2010 at 9:30 PM
Sugar Siren said...: yep LOVE the tyre tracks!; August 4, 2010 at 8:23 AM
LaChelle @ SugarDuchess said...: Wow! I'm so amazed by the gorgeous work you do - such attention to detail. I'm so happy I found your blog! :); August 4, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Cake Fiction Pastry Chef - Paula Tosonotti said...: Juanita, Love your idea of putting the tire skid marks on the cake board. Hey, wanna race the yellow Lamborghini parked in my CakeFiction blog!; August 5, 2010 at 11:32 PM
SweetThingsTO said...: Thank you everyone for visiting my blog and your wonderful comments!

bridget - If you teach me how to make your creative and wonderful cookies - I can show you how to carve a cake :-)

faithy - Yes, I've practiced a lot. Have also bake extra cake when I make mistakes too.

Camilla - Thanks for your note and the photo you sent over.

Paula - Your comment and tweet made me laugh!

Paula T - Yes, let's race! Vroom vroom! Love the doors on your cake!; August 6, 2010 at 12:04 AM