Every year I do some type of cow cake for a co-workers daughter. On Friday she goes in for heart surgery. Her birthday is 12/10 and I want to do something special.

Here's the hard part. It has to be cow related (her favorite animal) but it can't look like a cow or be white with black spots (she won't cut or eat it then).

In my photos I have the other cow cakes I have done for her, and now I need some ideas.

Please help,
Nikki

Hmmm thats a toughy since I dont know much about the special recipient.

Depending on how old she will be you can do a cake with flowers on it with a cow figure that has some angel wings and a halo with the saying "Holy Cow look who's turning (age)...

Only thing I could come up with this early in the morning.

HTH

Thanks G-Cakes for the idea.

She's going to be 11. They're hoping for the heart procedure to be done with a catheter but if her veins are too small she will have open heart. She's full of life and just wants to be active again. She's a brave little girl and has been trying hard to get bigger so she could have the surgery.

More idea's are welcome.

thanks again
nikki

What about a barn? I saw some adorable cow figures in your pictures - they could be outside the barn so she would still cut the cake. Good luck with this special cake!

Great idea, Still!

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=search&type=full&search=barn&album=-&search_user=

I love this cake... I don't think it's in our galleries. I saw it once while perusing the internet. No black and white spots here!

edited to add: hit the submit button before I typed you could put your barn on top of the cake vs. the actual cow.

Another idea is to make the cake into a "cowgirl" themed cake. Hat, boots, pink bandana...

Thanks for the wonderful ideas. They all sound great.

The cow figures I did in the past, she still has (well all but one that the dog got to). The rest are named and in her room.

keep the ideas coming these are great!

In Calgary, Alberta they paint cows that I think get auctioned off as a charity fundraiser. Some of them are really fun, you could do a cow and then paint it up, not like a cow. Maybe shoe would cut that.

http://www.viewcalgary.com/downtown/vUdderlyArt2.html
http://www.viewcalgary.com/downtown/vUdderlyArt1.html

Thanks Win, I love that idea. The family always has Movie night with colored popcorn (I gave them some baggies with food coloring so they could try it out). The cows could be her and her 2 brothers. I love this site.

Thanks for the help. I knew you all would come through!

Wow this is why I love CC, such great ideas and a wealth of untapped talent all willing to help out!

I love that she is keeping the figures that you made in the past.

Maybe with this cake you can make more to add to her collection and she can start a little moo-seum in her room LOL

was also thinking since she is having heart surgery (hope all goes well) that you could incorporate a heart in there somehow.

Maybe a heart shaped cake with a lil cow figure on it.

I have decided to go with the movie idea and the cow figures will be her and her brothers. One will be in a hockey jersey, one in camo, and then with hers I think I'll have it holding a heart (thanks G_Cakes for the heart idea). There will be popcorn, soda and of course the big screen, the cake will be the pasture and around the sides maybe a fence and flowers. The screen will have either something from "Barnyard" or "Joe Dirt" movies (hers and her brothers favorite movies).

Thanks again for the help and ideas. I may be posting with questions. This site is so helpful.

Nikki