A Cake of Firsts

With each cake I finish, I wind up with a new request.  After my kid's party, my niece asked if I would make her a horse cake for her 7th birthday.  Hers was the first of many things for me.  First tiered cake, first cake fully covered in fondant, first attempt with gum paste and first figure on a cake.


We used the same flavors as with Gracie and Brian's cakes and home made marshmallow fondant to cover the cake.  Even as a newbie I can see plenty of errors in Anabel's horse cake, but I had a lot of fun making it and learned quite a bit.  I now understand why many people who use fondant have some sort of decoration on it as well - to hide imperfections!

I love the little horse on this cake, I found a video on Youtube with step by step instructions on how to make him.  Much better than the first one I made, LOL!