So, in order to save the reputation of grand sports cakes, ... A car-sized cake shaped like Jeff Gordon's car was made for especially for the 2002 Du Pont Day.

What exactly does it take to make a life-size car cake? Some 200, 50-pound bags of cake mix, 1,200 dozen eggs, 56 people, 3,600 man-hours, and an undisclosed amount of fondant and buttercreme ...

What's car cake? It's cake you eat in the car: What I'm referring to specifically are the cake bars from Heather Wong's Flouring L.A. bake shop in Chinatown.