Cat Cake and How to Ship a Cake

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

1. Planning out the structure 0:31
2. The cat structure 3:39
3. The cake board 12:34
4. Making the cat body 16:55
5. Making the frosting 22:22
6. Making the pillow structure 23:01
7. Stacking and carving the cake 25:07
8. Frosting the cake 30:02
9. Carving the cake 31:44
10. Covering the cat in fondant 39:50
11. Adding the toes 44:14
12. Making fur texture 47:03
13. Making the eyes 50:12
14. Sculpting the cat face 56:41
15. Finishing the cat fur 1:00:18
16. Making the cat ears 1:04:24
17. Adding the eyes 1:11:15
18. Adding final details 1:15:47
19. Adding whiskers 1:18:26
20. Covering the pillow in fondant 1:19:41
21. Adding the tail 1:26:59
22. Packing the pillow cake 1:31:48
23. Packing the cat 1:38:45