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Rollin’ with my Peeps!~ Carrot Car Cake Topper Tutorial

March 28, 2015 By Melissa D. 28 Comments

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Rollin with my Peeps!! CUTE {free} cake decorating tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

Hi everyone! Today’s cake decorating adventure is a fun one for Easter & springtime themes!

I don’t know how we’ve made it through five Easters of cake tutorials without ever including marshmallow Peeps bunnies! How is that possible? Well, this is the year for our Peeps friends to finally have their moment.  A fabulous carrot car is happening today!

First, we shaped four (22g) rice cereal treats into a carrot shape.  Press the cereal treats tightly together so that the shape will be nice and strong.  I wouldn’t go larger than a 5.5″-6″ length without adding internal support.  Mine was just under 6 inches.

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

Next, I lightly greased the carrot with a little vegetable shortening, and covered with a piece of orange fondant. (The shortening helps the fondant to adhere.)

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online cake tutorials, recipes, videos, and more.

Here, I’m using the handle of a spatula to create two “seats”.  Really, I could have shaped my cereal treat this way before covering with fondant…but I didn’t think of it at the time ;0)

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com While the fondant is still soft, go ahead and add a few ridges and lines with a toothpick or gum paste tool.  Then, allow the fondant covered carrot to set up a bit. Preferably a few hours so that it can firm up a bit before you mount it to the wheels.

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

Peeps!  Here’s our driver.  In his natural fresh-from-the-box state, he’s a bit too tall.

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com …so I shortened him!  Snip, snip just below the shoulders.  I really could have stopped right here, but I got fancy and decided my bunnies would have their heads turned.

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

So….snip snip again, right under the head.  Now I just stuck the head right back onto the shoulders again, just slightly turned. As a side note, don’t do this step if you have brightly colored Peeps.  Their white marshmallowy insides will show! ;0)

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com Aren’t they cute?!  I am a bit obsessed with my creatures having rosy cheeks.  So, these bunnies received the blush treatment with my pink petal dust (dry brush).  I dusted their ears with a little pink too because I couldn’t help myself!

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

When it comes to the carrot car’s wheels, there is more than one way to go about this.  You could simply attach wheels to the sides of the carrot…or you could use a few narrow pieces of cake board or foam core to raise the carrot & then attach wheels… but I went with option 3.

I punched holes through the centers of 4 chocolate cookies, then threaded them together with shortened lollipop sticks. I also cut out 4 fondant daisies just for decoration.

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

Now it’s just a matter of laying the carrot between the wheels.  Once in place, I attached each of the wheels to the carrot with a tiny ball of lightly dampened fondant just for extra support.

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com I gave our carrot a stem by wrapping green fondant around a shortened lollipop stick & pushed it into the back.  I also added a little color to the center of the wheels with yellow fondant accented with yellow sugar pearls.

 

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com As a completely optional step, I added some color variation to the carrot with “paint” of coloring gel mixed with a small amount of vodka.

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com Then, I decided to give our bunnies vanilla buttercream arms ;0)

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com Aren’t they the cutest!!  I decorated my 8″ buttercream-frosted cake with edible Easter grass and candy.  Since they are such a fun focal point, you really don’t need to do much additional decorating!  —

Since the topper does have a little weight to it, I would either add this to your cake close to the time of the event, OR add a drinking straw (cut down to the height of the cake) beneath each wheel.

We hope that you enjoyed our sweet little carrot car tutorial!  I think our Peeps are very happy with their newfound freedom.

 

"Rolling with My Peeps!" Cake topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

Thanks for stopping by today, come back again soon! xo

Rollin' with my PEEPS~ Carrot Car topper tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

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Comments

  1. MsGF March 29, 2015 at 9:01 am

    That is so stinkin cute! Love it!

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  2. Susie M. March 29, 2015 at 10:17 am

    How cute!!

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  3. Mom2three March 29, 2015 at 10:35 am

    So adorable!!

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  4. genaro olivencia March 29, 2015 at 11:12 am

    LOVE IT!!!!!

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  5. Melissa Diamond March 29, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    Thank you!! It was so much fun to make! ;0)

    Reply
  6. Regina Kolaja March 29, 2015 at 11:37 pm

    Too cute, love it!!

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  7. Adah Raffensberger March 30, 2015 at 6:08 am

    That’s soooooo cute! Awesome job!

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  8. JeanF March 30, 2015 at 7:08 am

    Adorable! Can’t wait to make this for my grandkids!

    Reply
  9. Dene Swearingen March 30, 2015 at 8:36 am

    So cute! Makes me want to the scrap the bunny I have already made and start over:)

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  10. Susan P March 30, 2015 at 11:04 am

    So cute! Thanks!

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  11. Debbie-Party Patisserie March 30, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    Melissa, you are so creative and your creations always make me smile! Looks like I’ll be making these guys this week! (can’t help myself) Way too cute! Thanks again for sharing:)

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  12. JUNE March 30, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    Absolutely adorable! Thanks for sharing these tutorials with us.

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  13. Jennifer Daniel March 30, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    This is the cutest Easter cake I have ever seen. I am making it this weekend to share with my family – thank you sooo much for sharing this tutorials!!!! Melissa, You are the best!!!!
    ~Jennifer

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  14. Melissa Diamond March 30, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    Thank you all so much for your comments!! Excited that some of you are planning to make carrot cars of your own! :0) We’ll have to think of something fun for the Peeps to do next year too, this was lots of fun!

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  15. beberly March 30, 2015 at 9:25 pm

    wonderful ideas. thanks for keeping me posted.

    regards,
    beb

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  16. cake it is April 2, 2015 at 10:05 am

    What a great idea! Melissa and Bebe, where do you guys get your inspirations from? I just love this tutorial. I will have to try it. Thank you!

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  17. Elvira Bonilla April 3, 2015 at 8:38 am

    Adorable Melissa

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  18. Bo's April 3, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    This is so adorable! This has to be one of the cutest cake toppers I’ve ever seen – the two bunnies in a car are perfect for Easter.

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  19. Rosemarie Calvacca April 3, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    Love to bake for my family

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  20. Sonia Kochhar September 6, 2015 at 3:14 pm

    Very pretty and explained in a very simple way.

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  21. Brandy March 4, 2016 at 9:38 am

    Hi melissa.. can you give me a suggestion how to box and transport a cake like this? It’ll be for a school cake walk and I’m not sure how to box it. Thanks!!

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  22. Melissa Diamond March 4, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Hi Brandy! Whenever I need to box up a cake with a topper like this, I tape the cake box lid so that it’s opened at an angle & then tape a piece of plastic wrap over the opening. I’m glad that you are making it!! ;0)

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  23. Vonda Hamn March 7, 2017 at 1:00 pm

    I love this thank you I was thinking of something different to make for Easter I think I found it lol :)

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  24. BeBe March 7, 2017 at 2:28 pm

    Hi Vonda, Wonderful!! So happy you are going to make this!!

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    Marvellous cake!!!! I became very happy after taking it, Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.I saw, CakenGifts.in has also such awesome Cakes. Thanks alot!!!!!!!
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  26. Sonia Perez March 27, 2018 at 11:46 pm

    I’m making this cake for Easter, but couldn’t find white Peeps bunnies anywhere. I guess I’ll have to make some – what should I use, gum paste or fondant? Any suggestions on a “pattern” I could use?

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  27. Sonia Perez April 1, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    Made the cake and received tons of compliments. Thank you!!

    Reply
  28. BeBe April 1, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    Hi Sonia, Wonderful!! Your cake looks terrific!! Thanks so much for posting your picture!!

    Reply

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