For my younger daughter’s birthday, I decided to bake and decorate the cake myself. Zuzia loves cats, so the main decoration of the cake was a fondant cat. It turns out that kids not only love to eat fondant decorations, but it’s also a lot of fun to make them.
However, when it comes to baking, I will not pretend that I am a baking specialist. I used recipes from specialized websites, however they are in Polish only.
Wersja polska: Kot z masy cukrowej na tort
Ingredients for fondant decorations
- Grey, pink, white and black fondant. Small amounts of mass are enough for decoration, packaging of 100g is max. The best way for the beginners is to buy ready made fondant.
- Toothpicks
- Knife
- Water
How to make a fondant cat cake topper?
I am just a beginner in fondant decorations, so my work still has some imperfections. Nevertheless, I encourage you to make toppers yourself, because they are not that difficult, and when ready they give a lot of joy 🙂
- Knead the fondant to make it plastics.
- Shape the body into a pear shape and insert a toothpick in the center.
- Make 2 rolls for the front paws, crush them lightly at the ends and fold it to form a paw. Additionally, cut slightly to make the claws visible.
- Make 2 small balls for the hind feet and stick with water pink circles to them to form a cushion shape under the paw.
- Make a large ball for the head.
- Prepare two small gray triangles for the ears and stick even smaller pink triangles to them.
- Make and stick the details of the face: two gray circles on the sides of the mouth with holes, a pink triangle on the nose, pink circle on the tongue.
- Prepare and attach the eyes: two white circles, two smaller black dots and four eyelash rollers
- Place the finished head on the previously prepared body.
- Roll 4 long, white, narrow stamens for the mustache. Leave it to dry and harden. Only when they are stiff make holes in the head and put on the mustache.
- Leave the cat to dry and harden.
Here is a tutorial about similar cats and here is a beautiful cake with a big cat that I was modeling on.
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My cake consists of 3 layers: sponge cake, strawberry cream and strawberry jelly. In my opinion, the jelly is a must-have, because kids love it I used white chocolate ganache to cover the cake. Each recipe I used is available in Polish only.
Fondant cat on the birthday cake
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Nothing gives more satisfaction than doing something yourself. I haven’t even thought about DIY as my hobby, I’ve just done different “projects” when it was needed. Sometimes it’s a disguise for the Masquerade Party in kindergarten. Another time, cutting out the pumpkin and baking the witch’s fingers for Haloween. Or simply organizing holiday souvenirs. Now I decided to share my realizations with you. Let’s go it together!
