How to make a kitten cake
Rosy Cakes owner Jessica Atkins shares an easy way to make a cat or kitten cake with us.
Edibles needed:
- 8" base cake
- White Pettinice
- 20g Black Pettinice
- Soft pink edible dust
- Tylose powder
OPTIONAL
- Dried spaghetti
- Black edible paint
Tools needed:
- Small brushes for dusting
- Sharp blade
- Circle cutter
- Toothpicks
- Rolling pin
- Small brush for water
- Circle plunger set (or similar)
Cover your cake with Pettinice fondant.
Watch how to cover your cake here.
Mix tylose with a small ball of fondant.
Roll it out to 3mm thickness
Cut two triangles.
Carefully insert toothpicks and allow to dry overnight.
It will be really helpful to make all your details overnight to allow them to fully dry.
The bigger and thicker the ears are, the longer they will take to harden up.
If you are making a smaller cake, you can get away with not using Tylose powder. Just be sure to let your pieces dry on a foam surface overnight.
If you have really humid conditions, tylose powder will help.
Making the paws
Roll another ball of fondant and cut in half.
Use your dresden tool to emboss paw details.
Using a little bit of water, stick the paws to the front of the cake.
Create your expression
Have fun creating your expression with basic shapes. Here, we will show you easy way to create curves for eyes and mouth.
Roll out your Black Pettinice.
Cut first circle.
Cut out a smaller inner circle as shown.
Cut in half.
Keep shape from distorting by allowing it to dry a bit on the bench, or put in the freezer to set hard.
Use a little water to stick eyes to the fondant.
This is a really easy way to dress up your iced cake with really cute results. Change the eye shapes for different expressions.
Create a little triangle for the nose.
Use tiny bit of water to stick in place.
Create another ring shape, this time for the mouth.
Cut in half...
...and half again.
Attach each half to side of nose.
Meow! You can stop here, or add some lashes.
For optional lashes, cut a strip of black fondant.
Trim and add along the eye.
Add a little blush with your food safe edible pink dusts along the ears, cheeks and in between the paw details. If you want to add whiskers, a really easy way of doing this is to insert spaghetti strands into your cake, and then colour them with edible black paint.
Jessica a self-taught cake decorator who has two beautiful children who were her initial reason for first trying her hand at cake decorating. It has since become her passion. Jessica has won awards for her cakes, and her work has been published in several magazines. Her favourite thing about cake decorating is the creative outlet and that there are so many elements of cake decorating such as sculpting, hand painting, creating sugar flowers and more. She loves to incorporate textures and colours to achieve unique pieces of art.
You can find Jessica on Facebook and Instagram. 
