Austin/Morris 1100 Car Cake created to celebrate 65 Years of Welcome Break - Britain’s first motorway service
Artist Michelle Wibowo is taking a slice out of the replica of the Austin Morris 1100 Car made out of chocolate cakes and bright yellow fondant.
This August marks 65 years since Great Britain’s first motorway service area opened its doors, and Welcome Break is celebrating in possibly the most delicious way imaginable - with a car made entirely of chocolate birthday cake covered with bright yellow fondant, detailed with shiny chrome trimming painted using edible food colouring.
Cake design concept for Welcome Break 65th Anniversary Cake based on the Yellow Austin/Morris 1100 a popular car in that era.
This sweet creation is based on the Austin/Morris 1100 - the UK’s best-selling car in 1960 - and measures 2.4 metres long, weighing a hefty 90kg. It even sports the era’s most popular “bronze yellow” paintwork, recreated in icing. It took food artist Michelle Wibowo 150 hours and 50kg of fondant to bring it to life.
A motorway service station visitor is enjoying a slice of birthday cake.
Visitor of the Newport Pagnell service station on the M1 Motorway outside London are posing with the giant car cake creation.
The cake was revealed as part of the 3-day celebration at the Newport Pagnell service station on the M1, located north of London, which in 1960 offered just petrol, toilets, and a café serving fish & chips.
Food artist Michelle Wibowo is applying finishing touches to her creation, a giant birthday cake in the shape of a realistic Austin/Morris 100 yellow car, complete with a bespoke number plate WLM BRK65 to celebrate Welcome Break’s 65th Anniversary.
Today, it’s a 24-hour hub with seven dining brands, 28 fuel pumps, and 52 EV chargers, proof of how much road travel has evolved in 65 years.
The reception of this celebration cake is very welcoming, including a mention by the BBC.
BBC article Sweet Birthday Celebration for M1 Motorway Service Station
