This western cowboy cake was made for my grandson for his second birthday. He lives on a mini farm and loves all of the farm animals as well as horses. He loves to dress like a cowboy and wear his western boots and cowboy hat, so this just seemed like the best cake to make for him.
Steps for Making This Cowboy Cake
- I started out with the bottom layer which was a yellow cake with peppermint buttercream icing.
- I covered this layer with a red bandanna made from fondant.
- The second tier was double layered with chocolate and yellow cake and made to represent cow skin since his daddy is in the rodeo.
- This tier was covered in white fondant with black fondant spots.
- My favorite layer was the blue jean layer. It had the same cake layers and was covered in blue fondant with belt loops.
- It was then accented with a fondant belt and monogrammed buckle.
- The hat was a little tricky for me, so I used a miniature hat as the form and covered it in brown fondant until it hardened.
- I made lasso cupcakes to surround the cake and as you can see, the cake was enjoyed by all!
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