This year we decided to have a 'pony party' for Miss M at a great place just down the road called Mini Mates. It's a miniature pony riding school and they do a great kids party with riding, wheelbarrow and hay races, brushing the horses and feeding them. Awesome. Theme set. Now for the cake. What to do?
Miss M had been to a birthday only a few weeks before and Miss K had an awesome birthday cake with a fabulous rainbow, my little pony's and fairy floss for the fluffy clouds! It clearly made an impression as I was asked to replicate said cake. And here was I dreaming of cowgirl cakes...oh well.
Now I need to do two cakes. One for day care and one for the actual day. So I usually use the day care cake as a dry run and then work up to some sort of cake masterpiece (if only!).
So I involved Miss M (who is very good at mixing food colouring) and set about making every colour of the preservative rainbow...
Scary eh?
I then made a simple square butter cake and thinly iced it, Miss M sprinkled green dessicated coconut for 'grass' (Miss M was very handy with the whisk to make this!). Note that the result of fingers in the icing has already kicked in...
Now onto the rainbow. I pulled out my throwaway icing bags and a fancy schmancy nozzle and boldly squeezed out this rainbow. Lucky four year olds don't care about technique!
Sprinkles make it look more magical don't you think!?
Then to finish, I just whacked on some $2 shop ponies, more icing and sprinkles and wha la!
Magical Rainbow Pony cake :) Note to self: ensure flammable pony hair does not get near candles...
Here's what the bigger cake looked like for her 'real' birthday party...
I added some icing flowers.
Miss M added fingers...
Happy 4th Birthday Mackenzie. I love you baby girl.