My daughter loves horses and ponies and I wanted to make her something different from what I usually make. I got the idea for this Horse Birthday Cake Design from a horse picture I drew on her bedroom wall. Firstly I baked a basic Victoria sponge mix in a baking tray. For this mixture I used 12 ounces of self-raising flour, 2 teaspoons of bi-carb, 6 eggs, 6 ounces of sugar, 12 ounces of butter and 2 tablespoons of milk.
When the cake had cooled iI then cut of the edges of the cake. While waiting for it to cool, I made up the butter icing. I used cocoa powder to make the brown icing and used green food colouring for the green. It is meant to represent grass. I would have used licorice for the horses mane but as my children don’t like it, I used cola straws instead. I used a black icing pen to do a rough outline for the main then cut the cola strips to fit inside the outline. I used black icing pen for the eye and the nostrils.
It was a lot easier than I thought and as I have never done anything like this before, I was really very pleased. It only took about 2-3 hours start to finish.
This is so beautiful! Just the right idea for me. Thank you!
Hi, what size tin was this cake made in? Could you give me the length and width of the cake tin. Also do you have a copy of the horse picture? I’m not a good drawer. Very talented thanks so much