This is the first of three horse cakes I made (so far!). My daughter especially liked real looking horses – and we found the “Horse Power” supplies to use for a party at home. I used a large round one layer pan. I took a picture of the horse head from the party supplies, sized … Read more
This horse cake was inspired by other horse cakes on your site. I used the 9×13 rectangle and cut out for neck and ear suggested by Family Fun’s website. The frostings are a cocoa based one for the base from Hershey’s, and a chocolate glaze with coconut for texture in the mane. My daughter wanted … Read more
This Homemade Horse Birthday Cake was made using a Wilton ring insert pan. To use, you place the ring in the pan upside down, pour your batter right in. It doesn’t leak at all. The insert part baked the indentation of the horse onto the cake. I made it a little on the thin layer … Read more
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