I was GOING to use Rose’s chocolate fondant recipe, but the birthday girl asked for a brown/tan horse and I thought her fondant would be too dark.  I ended up just using a marshmallow chocolate fondant, and then regular marshmallow fondant for the rest of the cake.  I used goldleaf for the belt.

Hope it tastes good!

Wow, Doux, that’s really impressive!  The eye is amazing! Was she totally thrilled?????

Thanks Anne! She hasn’t seen it yet- her party is tomorrow—but I emailed the picture to her parents and they’re very happy!  Can’t wait to hear how she reacts, lol.

Oh, and the eyeball is a malt ball!

Your cake looks so real I can’t help thinking what the offer was you couldn’t refuse. Doux, it is a fantastic!!

That is beautiful!!

I love her chocolate fondant.. and it tastes good to! I usually mix it with a little regular/white fondant to tone the color down when needed… your cake is amazing!!

Wow! Incredible!

That is very impressive.  How many malt balls did you eat before and after?  So this is a carved cake?  WOW!!!  Where did you ge the gold leaf?  Is that the crinkly paper like stuff or something else?  Oh and is that lettering fondant?

Sarahmdr - 28 October 2011 08:19 PM

That is beautiful!!

I love her chocolate fondant.. and it tastes good to! I usually mix it with a little regular/white fondant to tone the color down when needed… your cake is amazing!!

Thanks Sarah! I didn’t even think of that… argh. I’ll try it on my next go-around.  The chocolate marshmallow fondant recipe I used tasted pretty good, but I added twice the amount of chocolate and it still wasn’t as chocolatey as I would have liked. 

CRenee - 28 October 2011 09:22 PM

That is very impressive.  How many malt balls did you eat before and after?  So this is a carved cake?  WOW!!!  Where did you ge the gold leaf?  Is that the crinkly paper like stuff or something else?  Oh and is that lettering fondant?

LOL I didn’t have ANY suprisingly! I happened to have 3 random malt balls that my husband never ate in my chocolate cooking/decorating stash, so I was too scared to eat one because I wanted to make sure I had backups in case something bad happened. 

It’s a carved 2 layer cake.  I constantly use goldleaf for a cake I sell frequently.  I used leaves, but it only likes to stick to fondant, and I can’t get petals or dust off of it.  I have another stash of powder and gold leaf petals that I bought at Sur la Table when it was on sale.  They even make silver leaf

I’m not sure what lettering fondant is? I just rolled out the extra purple fondant I had for the bow, and made little letters with it.

DouxHouse - 28 October 2011 09:57 PM

Sarahmdr - 28 October 2011 08:19 PM

That is beautiful!!

I love her chocolate fondant.. and it tastes good to! I usually mix it with a little regular/white fondant to tone the color down when needed… your cake is amazing!!

Thanks Sarah! I didn’t even think of that… argh. I’ll try it on my next go-around.  The chocolate marshmallow fondant recipe I used tasted pretty good, but I added twice the amount of chocolate and it still wasn’t as chocolatey as I would have liked. 

 

 

CRenee - 28 October 2011 09:22 PM

That is very impressive.  How many malt balls did you eat before and after?  So this is a carved cake?  WOW!!!  Where did you ge the gold leaf?  Is that the crinkly paper like stuff or something else?  Oh and is that lettering fondant?

LOL I didn’t have ANY suprisingly! I happened to have 3 random malt balls that my husband never ate in my chocolate cooking/decorating stash, so I was too scared to eat one because I wanted to make sure I had backups in case something bad happened. 

It’s a carved 2 layer cake.  I constantly use goldleaf for a cake I sell frequently.  I used leaves, but it only likes to stick to fondant, and I can’t get petals or dust off of it.  I have another stash of powder and gold leaf petals that I bought at Sur la Table when it was on sale.  They even make silver leaf

I’m not sure what lettering fondant is? I just rolled out the extra purple fondant I had for the bow, and made little letters with it.

great thank you.  that is what I meant: the letters are fondant - looks nicer than cutting them out cutters

This cake is AMAZING! I love everything about it!

Amazing work, she will adore that cake! Flour Girl’s comment just about made me snort my drink up my nose though! LOL!

Wow! That is really impressive! The birthday girl will just love it!

I can’t help thinking what the offer was you couldn’t refuse.

HA HA HA HA HA HA!  I though thte same thing!  Also because it looks so real!!!!

That cake looks excellent!