You can check out this video on how to use a multi-opening tip to see it being done. Using the brown and white frosting bag, begin piping the fur onto the top of the cake by holding your pastry bag at a 90° angle to the cake and piping straight up. When the cake is done chilling, apply a small amount of frosting to the top to attach the ears on opposite sides of the cake, but facing the same direction.ħ. That will mean your brown and white shag frosting is ready to go.Ħ. Pipe some of the frosting back into the bowl until the stripes start to appear in the frosting. Fill the bag with as much buttercream as you can handle. Using your paint brush and the brown food coloring, paint 6-8 stripes from the tip to the edge of the bag on the inside. Attach your #234 large multi-opening tip to a decorating bag. Smooth with a flat butter knife or spatula and return to fridge. Draw triangles in the center with the pink frosting, then fill in. Remove your krispy treats from the refrigerator. Mix well to combine and transfer to a decorating bag with the Size 5 Round Decorating Tip attached.Ĥ. Take about ½ cup of the buttercream, place it in a separate bowl, and add pink food coloring. Then pop them in the fridge for a minute.ģ. Smooth them out with your straight spatula. Start by frosting the krispy treats with plain white frosting. While you're waiting for your cake to chill, we'll prep the frosting and the Rice Krispies. When you're done crumb coating your cake, pop it back in the refrigerator to chill again for about an hour.Ģ.
If you want to see it being done, you can check out this video. I just use a straight spatula like this one to make it smooth, and I made it just a little thicker than normal for this cake. Start by dirty icing or crumb coating your cake, which is basically just adding a thin layer of frosting over the cake to fill in any cracks, gaps, or holes and to keep any cake crumbs from making their way into your final, smooth design. Rice Krispies Treats, cut into trianglesġ.Large Multi-Opening Icing Tip (I used Wilton #234).Or any color candy melt of your choosing.) Layer cake, baked, filled, and well chilled.Supplies to Make Your Own Kitty Cat Birthday Cake
I had the idea to use a "grass"cake decorating tip to make the fur look kind of real, and just make a simple, classic cat face. So I wanted to design a kitty cat birthday cake that looked really amazing, but would suit my rather amateur cake decorating skills. In any case, it was pretty clear to me what kind of birthday she needed this year. "Cat" may have been her first word, come to think of it. She started talking shortly after her first birthday, and let it be known right away that she loved cats. It was our baby Princess' 2nd birthday this past Fall.
Perfect for the kitty cat lover in your life. An amazing but simple Kitty Cat Birthday Cake tutorial that looks seriously impressive, but is really easy to make.