Do you have a horse-lover in the family with a birthday coming up? If so, these adorable horse cakes are great for finding inspiration, as they would make any equestrian happy on their special day.
Not only do these equestrian cakes taste great, but they all look amazing. Each one is as creative as the next, with intricate designs and decorations. They all have an amazing attention to detail, with different unique horse designs.
Chocolate Horse Nuggets With Shavings
The base has a layer of crushed-up graham crackers to resemble shavings, making for a tasty and clever horse cake.
Horse Riding Birthday Cake
This two-tier chocolate horse birthday cake with fondant creates an elegant cowgirl design. The model horse on top makes a fun cake topper that the birthday girl or boy can keep afterward.
Horse Poop Cake
Don’t worry, this cake tastes much better than it looks! The horse poop is actually brownies formed into balls, and the flies are fondant. The chocolate cake is frosted with green buttercream to replicate grass, in addition to a chocolate buttercream filling.
Horse Head & Neck Cake
This elaborate life-like horse head cake design idea is almost too pretty to eat. It is a delicious chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. The horse is masterfully freehand sculpted and carved from fondant.
Horse Stable Cake
YouTuber Little Cherry Cake created this beautifully designed horse stable jam sponge cake. See how to make it here on YouTube.
Maximus from Tangled
This incredible cake beautifully depicts the beloved Tangled Disney horse character Maximus lying down. The elaborate design is sculpted with ganache, buttercream, fondant, modeling chocolate, gum paste, royal icing, and even rice crispy treats.
Dressage Arena
This clever sponge cake is has a jam and cream filling, with brown sugar on top to replicate a dressage arena complete with letters and a gum paste fence. A toy model horse and rider gracefully tops the cake, bringing the entire design together.
Haflinger Cake
This stunning life-like cake beautifully captures a Haflinger horse with incredible attention to detail.
Riding Equipment
Complete with a helmet, hay bale, rider, crop, and horseshoe, this adorable cake is a showstopper. It is a Madeira sponge with white chocolate ganache, raspberry conserves and vanilla cream filling, and paste decorations.
Rosette and Flowers
Classic and elegant, this round cake features a lovely horse surrounded by rosettes and flowers.
Round Horse Head Chocolate Cake
A beautiful and simple chocolate sponge in the shape of a circular horse’s head includes decadent chocolate buttercream frosting and fondant accents. Created by the popular cake artist ‘The Icing Artist,’ see how to make it here on Youtube.
Realistic Horse Head
An elegant realistic-looking white horse head sponge cake made with Super Smooth Sattina Icing and a luxury sugar paste. Created by Cake Craft World, see how to make it here on YouTube.
Horse & Field
Made with a vanilla sponge with buttercream and jam inside, this cake features a cute horse out to pasture. The fence is cleverly built using Kat Kat bars, along with green fondant for grass.
Horse Laying Down
This two-tier horse cake features a charming horse laying in a fondant pasture complete with hay bales, apples, and carrots.
Girl’s Horse Birthday Cake
The classic round cake was made specifically for a little horse-loving girl’s birthday. It features a cute pony sitting down surrounded by delicate flowers.
Pink Pony Cake
Two palomino horses, horseshoes, riding boots, and a helmet sit atop this traditional round horse birthday cake with a pink fondant covering.
Cartoon Horse Cake
This adorable chunky gray pony sits in an upright position, complete with a carrot. This is a vanilla Madeira horse cake with vanilla buttercream.
Horse Show Cake
Not one, but three tiers make up this lovely horse show-themed cake. The first tier features a riding coat and stirrups, the second tier includes a ribbon and helmet and the third tier features a sitting horse atop a purple pasture.
Palomino Pony Cake
A graceful palomino pony built from fondant sits atop a cute round cake made to look like a pasture.