A VERY Pink Cowgirl Cake

It was kinda quiet in the bakery last week because I was working solo.  My right hand man was outta the country, so I had my work cut out for me.

Here’s a very pink cowgirl cake for 4-year-old Maddie Claire.  She was getting a pony for her birthday, so her mom requested that I incorporate a horse onto the cake.  The final design for this cake was a combination of several different cowgirl cakes that mom had seen online.

I was happy to be able to put together this unique cake that was just perfect for Miss Maddie Claire.  This cake was made using 4”, 6”, and 8” square tiers.  It’s a combination of chocolate and vanilla cakes filled with buttercream icing. The cake is covered with homemade marshmallow fondant. The horse, belt buckle, and ropes are made with fondant, and the bandana print is piped with royal icing.  The cowboy hat is sculpted from rice cereal treats and covered with a fondant/gum paste mix.

Lindsey

Cake Canvas

 

Q:  What do you get when you cross a cake with an oil painting?

A:  This…

Recently a friend asked me to make a 40th birthday cake for her husband.  He has black Angus cattle, and she asked if I could incorporate them into his cake somehow.  The challenge for me was to design a cake that didn’t look too cute.  I wanted it to be a masculine cake.

Then I had the idea of doing a hand-painted landscape directly on a cake.

I had the Tool Man stop by and take a few pictures of the cows and the barn to be sure I got everything just right.

This was my favorite cow! I think it looks pretty neat.

As a child I took oil painting lessons and enjoyed painting for many years.  However, I probably haven’t painted any pictures in the last 5 years, so it was quite nice to sit down again with a palette and some brushes and let the creative juices flow.

The entire cake was covered with homemade marshmallow fondant, and I painted the scene with icing color thinned with almond extract.  It took about two and a half hours for me to complete the painting.

The cattle cake was made of 4”, 6”, and 8” tiers.  The top two tiers were white cake with buttercream filling, and bottom tier was red velvet with cream cheese filling. This cake served approximately 35.

Lindsey