I have a customer who wants a herd of horses around the side of her 8" round cake. any ideas? Do I draw them on by hand? cut out of fondant? can you do a buttercream transfer around the side of a round cake? Please Has anyone done this? I need ideas and suggestions! THANKS!
www.bakemeacake.net has some amazing cakes!
If ever I win the lottery, I'd like this herd of horses wedding cake:
(Just because....)
http://www.bakemeacake.net/weddingcake17.html
There are 11 pages of "horses" cakes in the galleries:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=search&type=full&search=horses
Saw at least 2 on the 1st page that could suit your requirements, but my dial-up is soooo slowwww....
HTH
Thanks JanH, but not what she is looking for. I had already looked through the horse pictures and come across anything like what i'm looking for. she wants like a stampede of horses... like this photo.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1137/744069261_b20d4a31ba_o.jpg
does anyone have any ideas how to get this effect?
ib be thinking to paint the fondant as the background, and make gumpaste horses, to then stick on. painting the horses on would scare me too much!
i think you probably could do a buttercream transfer, bu im not sure ho it would look in the end.
xx
How about a edible image?...I would say transfer, but don think you can get the dust effect...who knows...people in here are T.A.L.E.N.T.E.D!!!!
I wish I had an edible image printer... but I don't, and unfortunately the cake is for this weekend! I had thought of making a stencil and airbrushing them on, but I can imagine too many things going wrong!
You see... this cake is for the 13 year old daughter of a former art teacher of mine! Making a cake for her makes me nervous! She has to be impressed! And of course she chooses a design that I haven't attempted before, and on short notice!
I did see a picture on here where they used chocolate horses... like a chocolate transfer. but on the cakes I saw they just used two horses. Maybe making chocolate horses would be easier than cutting out a whole bunch out of fondant. and I have white, brown, and black candy melts... and I'll just lay parchment over a simple pattern. Luckily it's only an 8" round, so I hope it wont take too many horses!
I think in this case I would use the edible images and then layer them on each other to give a demensional look. I would think it would be a pain to cut each one out but if you have patience it could be awesome. I would dust the upper part of the tiers with a sky look then add in the ground with a more natural color. GOOD LUCK
yeah, she wants the cake blue and on the top clouds with the birthday message... so there will be sky. But I don't have edible images.
I have had the local bakery make them for me before but they can be expensive. I am sure if you do some hunting, you can find someone to make them for you.
Yes, you can make choco transfers since you like that method. Pipe them on a 9" cake pan or styro so they have that contour of the cake. Just make lots of them..... Use the ones that are the best and you can remelt the others when you are finished.
I also suggest a frosting sheet pic over the choco.....please do call around to grocer store bakeries and any supply shop you have near you to see if they will print it for you. Usually they cost around $5.00
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