![]() ![]() Ring pops (Spike's Favorite Snacks) were another easy addition to the spread of treats, and were another inexpensive dollar store find. What an easy, fun addition to our little farmyard display, and the kids loved having popcorn as a snack option. I found these little chick paper treat buckets on clearance after Easter, and filled them with popcorn. Rice Krispie Treats are my baking nemesis, however. I knew from the instant I imagined using the barn as a prop that I wanted Rice Krispie Treat bales of hay, including one being hoisted by a pony in the hay loft. The barn has all sorts of charming and authentic details, including trap doors into the hay loft, and a beam for lifting up the bales of hay. Not only was it the perfect prop for our version of Sweet Apple Acres, but it has special family significance. He spent many hours playing with the toy set when he was a kid, then it was passed on to me, and now my daughters got to enjoy it. They were built by my grandfather for my father when he was a very small boy. The toy barn and silo are actually family heirlooms. Rainbow Dash can totally handle the job on her own, though. I only had time to sculpt one of the ponies, and did a quick gumpaste wrap around the other two supports. Plus, Rainbow Dash is Niamh's favorite pony. Rainbow Dash, as a pegasus, was the logical choice to hold up our cake tier of clouds and rainbows. ![]() And I got to work making a gumpaste Rainbow Dash. "It's your duty."ĭuty calls, I guess! I had to try, so I borrowed the cake support system that my grandmother, a professional cake decorator, had her brother-in-law custom design for her (it's the best cake riser system ever invented!). But she had a different vision, and she proceeded to describe an elaborate cake that included ponies holding up the top tier of cake, caryatid style. So I sketched up a cool new pony-riffic design, and showed it to Niamh. I wanted something different for Niamh, though, not just a copy of something I'd created for her sister. I'd made a rainbow unicorn cake I really loved for my older daughter's 5th birthday a few years ago, and it was kind of hard to come up with a fresh take on the theme. Let's start with the centerpiece of any birthday celebration: the cake! More My Little Pony Fun for today's blog post! This time it's about the sweet stuff-the dessert table.
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