Skill level: Intermediate
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create this charming cat cake sitting on a pillow I made for a lovely client that lived out of state. Shipping cakes is one of those things you always hear cake decorators talk about but no one ever really breaks down step-by-step how you would ship a cake, from the beginning of the design process, all the way through to taping up the box, so I thought I would show my process. It might sound daunting, but I promise, it's a breeze!
Learn how to create a realistic cat cake complete with shiny isomalt eyes, fur texture, whiskers and a pretty kitty tail. This cake is sitting on a sculpted pillow cake that I break down how to create as well. There's a lot to cover in this tutorial, so let's get our tools together and let's get started.
1:43:07 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- How to create a realistic sculpted cat sitting on a pillow from cake and rice cereal treats
- Learn how to plan out and construct a project that can be shipped in boxes and survive the journey
- How to create realistic cat ears, eyes, tail and whiskers
- Learn how to ship a cake through the postal system and have it arrive safely
Tutorial Chapters
- Planning out the structure
- The cat structure
- The cake board
- Making the cat body
- Making the frosting
- Making the pillow structure
- Stacking and carving the cake
- Frosting the cake
- Carving the cake
- Covering the cat in fondant
- Adding the toes
- Making fur texture
- Making the eyes
- Sculpting the cat face
- Finishing the cat fur
- Making the cat ears
- Adding the eyes
- Adding final details
- Adding whiskers
- Covering the pillow in fondant
- Adding the tail
- Packing the pillow cake
- Packing the cat
