any decorating ideas besides a cow-shaped cake?

Just typed in "Cow" into the search galleries and came up with some possible ideas

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&&file=displayimage&&pos=918

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=cow&cat=0&pos=176&search=cow

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=cow&cat=0&pos=212&search=cow

I found this, hope it will help

http://www.sweettechnology.com/cakes/cowcake2.htm

I'm still in the early stages but I did a very cute easy cow cake years ago. 9 x 13 iced chocolate for dirt - the top was the "grass" tip in green. I had bought a little "farm" set in the toy dept at Walmart that had a cow, tractor, etc. I place the cow in the green. I made a "plowed field" of brown for tractor placement. I even mixed up blue piping gel for a "pond". It was cute & easy. This might be more masculine than you wanted......

Carol

http://www.pastrywiz.com/cakes/cowcake.htm

i LOVE how this looks

Here's one I did for a cow lover.

OH, NO!!!!
The FLIES...the SHOE PRINT...you are one sick puppy...I LOVE IT!!!

look in my pics, i made a 3d cow cake for my sisters bday - I used the 3d lamb pan ontop of a 12in round it was easy to make and looked nice for the first 3d cake i did - goodluck

You can try using a topper, like a Mary's Moo Moos figurine, on the cake and decorate around it. That way the figurine can be part of the gift too

i went to a wedding a few years ago and they had a cow themed wedding cake that was interesting. It was a basic 3-tier white cake with black spots like a cow all over it. It was very cute.

Here is a really cute cake that would be easy to do. I just love the smile on the cow.

Love the footprint in the cow pie! Though it might be difficult to eat!

These cow cakes are too much! Did anyone eat that cow patty?

omgosh that is so awesome, dianelm! i think i'll try to dos omething like that! thanks for the awesome idea, she'll get a kick out of it!

Dianelm, there are dairy cows behind my house so I can say with some authority, how authentic your cake looks.LOL!!!!

Love the cow patty!

I'm making a wedding cake with cow spots and a Mary's Moos topper on it on October. The flowers will be sunflowers.

Debbie