I was looking through the events galleries when I came across this horse cake..

How in the heck did they do this!?! Any ideas? I'm sure there has to be some sort of internal cake board structure, but I cant imagine what it is!!

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-photos_display_112_-31936.html

Thanks!

From what I can tell of the little picture on the side showing how the cake was made, it looks like the legs were made of something other than cake and that would give it the support.

That was my first thought--but there are other pictures that make it look like none of the legs are actually touching the ground!

The bottom part of the horse is not cake...It's probably styrofoam or something. The cake was probably stacked on top. The head was probably done the same way.

Oh, I didn't even notice the picture...That's exactly how they did it. Our local cake club did a life-size horse for a cake show and that's how they did it.

Ohh yeah, now I see that picture on the side...that explains it a little better!

But still--is it suspended in air? How did they get the styrafoam to stick so high on the pole?

When I looked a little closer at the making picture it appears to be like a steel pole that is probably bolted to the platform with the horse legs appearing to be suspended in mid air. Then there is another pole where the head should be and that would hold the cake together to create the head.

It is stunning!!

Based on the picture - the legs aren't cake and are "mounted" onto the pole. It doesn't show the head in the pic but it's probably not cake either.

Deb

Oh great...so now I have to become a metal worker and wood sculpter too!!

And I thought buttercream roses were tough!!

Yeah, I see what you mean.

I was at the event and saw the actual cake. The bottom half of the body was styrofoan, I guess glued to the pole. Then cake on top of that, and then the head was styrofoam as well. It was a FANTASTIC cake! It was made by a Master Decorator. She did 1 or 2 other cakes and some gumpaste flowers, and since she was the only person entered in the Master's category, she won 1st place for everything! Plus, Best in that division. Overall, she won 6 medals! Her name is Janette Pfertner (sp?) and she is a super-nice lady!

Marilyn

i believe there would have to be a sturdy board attached to the pole because styro glued to a pole would not support the weight of the cake. the pole is probably attached to the base board, then attached to the bottom of a wooden board, then another pole attached on the top. you can then glue the styro to the bottom of this board for the legs and you have a nice secure place to build the cake. looks like a fun one to try!
-kim

I've never even been to a cake show, much less entered n one - so forgive my ignorance. but... with so much of a cake like this that isn't really cake, how does that work?

I mean, I would have thought that for a cake competition, it would have to be almost ALL cake/edible. Are there standard regulations for what percentage of an entry has to be edible?

I went to the Austin Cake show and it said that the head was made from marshmallow treats. I thought the legs were made from fondant?

That headline is so funny mikaza, you made me laugh outloud! it sounds like something you would read in the enquirer.

That cake was definitely incredible. I didn't stick around to watch the awards. I didn't realize the same person created the carousel horse and the yellow one with all the lace points next to it, as well as the gumpaste spray. Wow!

I looked really carefully at the picture of the base (portion of the body and the legs) and it didn't look like styrofoam to me. I was wondering what it was myself.

Did people choose their own categories? My daughter is entering next year (teen) and I'm wondering what catergory I would enter in.