I kept a clean piece of paper towel nearby to wipe of the brush when working on the blending the white patches with the black. I used a clean small round paint brush (for acrylic paints)to 'brush' the frosting, after applying it, to give it the look of cat hair.
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The rest of the white, I added after the black frosting was put on, as it needed to be blended with the black (white in ears, on cheek/neck, tail, front foot, and small patch on back foot). I started with the white, and did the white belly, back leg, and foot, and white nose. Take the cake out of the freezer, and start frosting it. You can put these white patches where ever you like. Once you have everything the way you like it, put it back in the freezer again! This will give you time to color your butter cream frosting black, but be sure to have some white set aside for the white patches. Once this is done, you can take the ears and tail out of the freezer and frost them. Now it is ready to put on the first layer of butter cream. Once you take the cake back out (leave ears and tail in freezer), scan it again for any carving touch ups it might need.
Maybe a little trim on the tail or a reposition of the feet etc. Then you can see if something needs to be fixed. This gives it time to firm up again, but it will also give you a chance to look at it with 'new eyes' when you take it out. Once you have all this together, put it back into the freezer.
However, it should look like the cat's head is resting on its paws. If the front feet are not enough to support the cat's head, then put a small piece of cake underneath it. But just remember to remove small pieces at a time. Again, it is a little hard to picture the cat's face, specially as the ears are not attached yet. The corners tend to be a bit firmer to work There are lots of corners to use, as there are two layers. This will help with the proportions and position of the cat.įor the head I used a corner again with the actual corner being the nose for the cat. Remember to keep a close eye on your photo or model. You can 'glue' small pieces together with frosting if you need too. Do not actually attach the ears yet.įor the feet/legs, I used odd and ends of what I had cut from the cake when making the body. I used a toothpick in each one to help support them, and to get them to stand up on the cake. So bring them out, and return back to the freezer in between stages. You definitely need to use the freezing method on them. They are VERY delicate when you start working on them. Do not actually attach the tail yet.įor the ears, I used two corners that I had cut off.
But before doing this, put it back in the freezer to firm up again. It also has to be carved to look like a tail. This would be one layer of the back right corner and sides of the cake. It's hard to see the cat in its finished form, when you just have a bunch of pieces, but if you stick it out, it will eventually come together.įor the tail I used the part I had cut of when rounding the back. You do need to have some artistic flare for this part. I kept all the pieces I cut off, as they are to be used for the head, ears, tail, and legs/feet. I started with rounding off the back first. It's easier to take off pieces of cake, then to add more (although it can be done :) I made sure not to take off too much at a time. this was made easier because the cakes were frozen. I started with putting the cakes in the freezer, once frozen, I took them out covered the top of the white one, and put on a layer of butter cream frosting and then topped it with the chocolate cake. I did look for pictures of cats lying down on the internet and also used a picture of my sister's cat as my main resource. I didn't have a picture of the actual cat, but a verbal description of his coloring and patches to aid me. My main goal with this cake was to make it as most life like as possible.
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