Fresh from the oven in 2010

The Wilks family and neighbors all worked to make this very sweet ride!

Candy Corn Cupcake Car fun facts:

  • Favorite place to ride? Burning Man 2010- 2018
  • Most Famous cupcake driver? Neil Young
  • First TV appearance? The Bachelorette 2015
  • Funniest parade experience? DooDah Parade, Pasadena CA.
  • Farthest traveled? New York Maker Faire!
  • Virtual home? www.richardwilksartist.com

Ingredients:

1 – sweet & creative daughter!

1 – rusted-out scooter, totally rebuilt

2 – 36v, 12Ah lead scooter batteries

1 – 500 watt, 36-volt electric motor

1 – technically savvy friend -“McMaster Conn” (pictured)

1 – hand-bent aluminum tin (18x the size of original)

1 – batting-filled fabric cake top

1 – stretchy vinyl fabric frosting layer

6 – jumbo, vacuum-formed, airbrushed, LED internally lit, candy corns

 All aluminum construction.