This horse cake was for a girl named Emily’s 8th birthday. I got the inspiration for this cake from this website. I too received an invitation and thought it was a great idea for a cake.
Here’s how I made it: I started off by making 2 9×13 sheet cakes, one yellow one chocolate. I then leveled them so they were both the same size. I put the cakes together on a covered cake board. I made 2 batches of buttercream icing and made these colors: 1/4 cup dark brown or black, 1/2 cup light blue for sky, 1/2 cup yellow for sky, 1 cup beige for ground, 1/2 cup copper for canyons, 1/4 cup blue for river, 1 cup red for sides, 1/4 cup green for grass, and 1 cup light brown for border.
I frosted the blue part of the sky first, then the yellow. I then frosted the ground on the bottom of the cake. I piped on the river with a #5 tip and smoothed it out. I piped on the canyons with a #12 and smoothed it out a little, still leaving uneven spots to add depth. Then I frosted the sides with the red.
The next thing I did was sponge on a little green food coloring mixed with a few drops of water on the areas where I will pipe the grass. I piped the grass on with a tip#1 (If you have a grass tip it will take less time, but I like the realism of piping each blade of grass individually).
Now for the horse. I made the horse out of Color Flow Icing in Copper and White. Once dry, I used gel coloring and added details. I made the horse without a mane and tail, and once on the cake I piped on some hair and the hooves with a tip #3. You can use whatever colors you have leftover for the birthday message.
The last thing left to do is to pipe on the top and bottom shell border with a tip #16, #18, or #21. I used the Wilton recipes for the buttercream and color flow icings.
Wow! this is amazing! It looks like the horse is getting ready to run out of the cake! So detailed and nicely done. I love the 3D look a lot! great job!(: