Before making a trip to your bakery to purchase a western themed cake, consider making a cowboy cake of your own. Making your own cowboy cake will compliment your western theme, and give you a sense of pride. Cowboy cakes are simple to create, and the possibilities are endless. Variations of cowboy cakes exist, but the cowboy cake shaped like a boot has become a popular choice due to its simplicity. Make a cowboy cake for a birthday party, a graduation celebration or any special celebration. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Bake a 13 x 9 inch cake. Follow the directions of your favorite cake recipe. Allow the cake to cool completely before you begin to make a cowboy cake.
2. Remove the cake from its pan. Place the cake onto a cake board.
3. Using brown icing in a piping bag, draw an outline of a cowboy boot. You can achieve this best by tracing a picture of a cowboy boot onto parchment paper with icing. Simply place a picture of a cowboy boot under a piece of parchment paper, trace the boot with icing and turn the parchment paper over onto the cake. Gently press down on the parchment paper to leave the outline of the boot on your cake.
4. Cut out the boot outline from the cake with a knife. Throw away the extra cake, or reuse it to embellish your cowboy cake.
5. Cover the cowboy boot cake with brown icing. Completely cover all sides of the cake to ensure that no cake is showing through the icing.
6. Use black licorice to outline the cowboy boot. You can also use the black licorice to create designs and patters on the cowboy cake.
7. Create a star on the cake by using yellow icing in a piping bag. You may also use the yellow icing to write a message on the cake because the yellow stands out better than black does against the brown color of the cowboy boot.
8. Add any additional embellishments to the cake. Candy pieces, sprinkles and fondant creations are items to consider adding to your cowboy cake.
9. Place cowboy figurines on the cake. The cowboy figurines compliment the cake, and truly make a cowboy cake. You can purchase these figurines at a discount store. Make sure you wash the figurines to remove any dirt that may affect the cowboy cake.
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