I made this Homemade Horsey Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. I got a couple of different ideas from this site, and others. The body is made from 2 casserole dish cakes on top of each other and then shaved to shape, and the scraps from the shaving made the upper thigh. The neck, head, … Read more
I made this Homemade Horse Birthday Cake Design for a little friend who loves horses! It was my first time trying to make my own fondant and I found out how easy it was to make and work with. I covered the entire top layer with fondant and tried to make it look a little … Read more
My daughter is currently obsessed with the 1953 Doris Day musical “Calamity Jane” (go figure!) and she “really” wanted a pony cake for her third birthday party and it had to be pink of course! I got the basic idea for how to make the cake from other horse cakes on your website but made … Read more
I needed a brown sugar buttercream to match the color of my niece Katie’s favorite plush pony birthday cake, so I went searching on the Internet, and I found a “Pecan Praline Frosting” that was the perfect recipe! I left out the pecans, and this frosting hardens up as it cools, so is easy to … Read more
When I asked my daughter Trista what cake she wanted for her 5th birthday party she replied “I want a horse mummy”. So I used a large rectangle tin to bake my Pink Pony Horse Cake. And then I made a template from inspirations from all the wonderful horse cakes on this very useful site. … Read more
My daughter wanted a horse cake for her 7th birthday. I decided to make an 11×15 “pasture” out of red velvet cake filled with cream cheese frosting. The horse was made with a two layer 9×13 chocolate cake filled with cream cheese frosting, and carved to the shape of a horse’s head. For the horse … Read more
For this Horse Birthday Cake Design I traced a picture of a horse head, baked 2 12x 14 sponge cakes and cut out the shape. I then put some pieces of sponge on the cake to make the raised features of the horses head and covered it in chocolate fondant icing . I used a … Read more
For this cake, I cut a basic arch shape out of a partially frozen sheet cake. I used chocolate frosting for the face and neck. I iced the nose a bit thicker and put a little dent in the frosting for the nostril. After icing the inside of the ear, I mixed the remaining white … Read more
I made this for our sons fourth birthday. He asked for a cowboy birthday. I got my ideas from other horse cakes on this site. I made a two layer chocolate cake and froze it for two days. I then cut it to the shape of the horse’s head (cutting the triangle for the ear … Read more
My husband made this horse cake for me for my 31st birthday. I had just put my horse down and was really sad. We made the cake with a 10X10 and a 10X13 pan and the horse was a cut out and placed on top. The whole bottom cake was frosted with butter cream frosting … Read more
My great-granddaughter is taking riding lessons this winter and requested a Horse Birthday Cake for her birthday. I prepared a large dense cake recipe in two 9×13 pans, one a little thinner than the other. Using ideas from this site, I copied, enlarged and cut the horse head shape out of paper. When the cakes … Read more
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 … Read more