Cow cake ideas

[Sixty Second Parent]

I am attempting to make a cow themed cake for my daughter's 11th birthday in a couple of weeks - any ideas or links you can share? I am stumped! I don't want to buy a cake pan as I probably wouldn't use it again. P.s. we are not big on coloring, but would use chocolate and vanilla icing.

[Rosemarie Gosselin]

Sorry I had missed your tweet. Ok here's is my suggestion, it's simple and no mold is required!!

Type "cow coloring book " into google and pick something simple. Make it the size you wish to have on the cake and print the picture.
Ice your cake with white buttercream icing .
Put in freezer for about 15-20 minutes.
While cake is in freezer, take a piece of parchment paper and trace the cow picture onto the parchment paper with a lead pencil.
Using a piping bag ( or you can use a ziplock bag and cut a piece of the corner), fill it with a little piping gel and trace your drawing on the parchment paper.
Take your cake out of the freezer and place your parchment paper (gel side towards cake) and pass your finger on the piping gel to transfer the image.
Carefully peel off parchment paper and you have your cow.
Now fill it in with icing using the gel as your guide for your picture . Use chocolate and vanilla icing to make the dark and white spots

[Darla - The Preschool Toolbox]

Do you have a round cake pan?  What if you made a large round cake and 1 cupcake.  Cut the top off of the cupcake and frost chocolate for the cow's nose.  Frost the large round one with vanilla frosting and the cupcake top with chocolate.  Put the cupcake "nose:" at the bottom center of the round cake.  Add spots of chocolate frosting to the round cake for the cow's spots.  I've NEVER tried this, but we made a paper plate craft that was similar and I think it would work great!

Here is a link for another...http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1925085

Good luck!

[Sixty Second Parent]

his is an amazing idea - I love the simplicity - I am so going to try this!

Rosemarie Gosselin said:

Sorry I had missed your tweet. Ok here's is my suggestion, it's simple and no mold is required!!

Type "cow coloring book " into google and pick something simple. Make it the size you wish to have on the cake and print the picture.
Ice your cake with white buttercream icing .
Put in freezer for about 15-20 minutes.
While cake is in freezer, take a piece of parchment paper and trace the cow picture onto the parchment paper with a lead pencil.
Using a piping bag ( or you can use a ziplock bag and cut a piece of the corner), fill it with a little piping gel and trace your drawing on the parchment paper.
Take your cake out of the freezer and place your parchment paper (gel side towards cake) and pass your finger on the piping gel to transfer the image.
Carefully peel off parchment paper and you have your cow.
Now fill it in with icing using the gel as your guide for your picture . Use chocolate and vanilla icing to make the dark and white spots

[Sixty Second Parent]

Thanks Darla - another good idea - you are so clever!

Darla - The Preschool Toolbox said:

Do you have a round cake pan?  What if you made a large round cake and 1 cupcake.  Cut the top off of the cupcake and frost chocolate for the cow's nose.  Frost the large round one with vanilla frosting and the cupcake top with chocolate.  Put the cupcake "nose:" at the bottom center of the round cake.  Add spots of chocolate frosting to the round cake for the cow's spots.  I've NEVER tried this, but we made a paper plate craft that was similar and I think it would work great!

Here is a link for another...http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1925085

Good luck!

[Sixty Second Parent]

Well I did what you said and it was wonderful - thanks so much - everyone was very impressed. Here is a link to the photo http://sixtysecondparent.com/photo/cow-cake?context=user I would like to try to do a blog post on this if you don't mind, because every one wants to know how I did it. Thanks again