Of course, she loved it, so we took several elements from it and created our own cake. The bandana tier went together much easier than I thought. I covered the tier with fondant like I normally would and just left a little excess fondant for the folds. The knot I made separate and just tacked it on to the front. I made the belt buckle out of modeling chocolate and cut the the birthday girls' name using the Cricut. I searched the web over for a how-to on a fondant cowboy hat, but never found a good one. In the end it as pretty easy. I rolled out a gumpaste circle and then just gave it another roll with my rolling pin to "oval" it a little. For the hat, I sorta made a wide taco shaped piece and molded it from there. The rhinestone "hatband" ad the crystal heart were pieces left from past projects. Yes, I have a flotsam bin... don't judge!! ;-)
The horse head is what I really dreaded making. I'm just not someone that can draw a horse, or even horsey features on a horse-shaped cut out. But Chaddy and I did something pretty awesome to get the look on those horses. If you want to find out how, click the link below to finish reading and see the full tutorial!
