I made this horse riding gear cake for my niece who is going to be 13. She asked if she could have a cake made and this is what she wanted.
Steps for Making this Horse Riding Gear Cake
- I started by baking a 7″ round 3 layer cake and a 2 layer 4.5″ round cake.
- When cold I filled it with jam and buttercream.
- I shaped the smaller cake for the riding hat and then covered it in buttercream and chilled it in the freezer.
- I covered the larger cake in white icing and then made the pattern in the front side of the cake for the shirt and set it aside to harden.
- I covered the smaller cake in black icing I had previously coloured and then I made the indents where the riding hat would have been sewn together and I added a button on the top.
- This was set aside to dry out overnight.
- The next day I rolled out the black icing and cut out the jacket in two halves and attached it to the cake using a little water.
- I folded down the collars and using a modeling tool to press it into the shape of the lapel.
- I then made a white and black button and attached the black one to the jacket and the white one to the shirt.
- I rolled out some white and cut a long white strip and attached it to the top edge of the shirt.
- Using some red icing, I attached a long strip like a tie around the jacket edge.
- I attached the hat on the top of the cake and made the peak of the hat.
- I attached the peak using a little water and then I made a thin strip of black and attached this around the base of the hat to finish the hat off.
- I made the ribbon for the back of the hat.
- I made a red rosette by rolling out a large circle and ruffling it with a cocktail stick until I got the desired effect and then made the tails of the ribbon rosette.
- I rolled out a circle in white and attached it to the center of the rosette and when this was dry I painted 1st on it in edible food colour. This was attached to the cake before it fully dried.
- I rolled out a long strip of red for the whip and made a black handle and black whip and attached them to the cake board.
- Finally I made the numbers 1 and 3, covered them in pink glitter when dry, and attached them to the hat.
- Then I cut out the name DEMI in red icing and I attached it to the top of the shirt.
She loved it!
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