Easy Puppy Cake- Blog Tutorial
Today we made the cutest EASY Puppy Cake tutorial for you! This is such a sweet cake idea for children's birthday parties, or dog lovers of any age, and perfect for decorators of all skill levels!
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How to Make a Cute and Easy Puppy Cake
First, I frosted a 6", two layer cake with vanilla buttercream. (We used our Classic Vanilla Buttercream recipe.)
Next, I tinted some of my fondant with ivory coloring, rolled it out on a lightly greased countertop, and cut out a 3 ½ inch circle.
While my fondant was still soft, I used a toothpick to draw my puppy's mouth. You could also just pipe it on or use an edible marker. I also used the sharp point of the toothpick to give him "freckles".
I added small little black fondant eyes and a nose. You can improvise with buttercream, candy pieces, etc. if you'd rather not use fondant. I brushed the nose with a little stroke of light corn syrup for shine.
Next, puppy ears! I kneaded a little tylose into some chocolate fondant so that they would dry more quickly.
I rolled out the fondant, cut out 2 ½ inch circles and slightly elongated them. You could leave them floppy--or you could pipe chocolate candy melts/candy coating ear shapes onto parchment paper and chill until set. Our little guy is starting to come together!
I used the edge of my cutter to snip away and slightly narrow the tops of the ears. (Optional)
After the ears had dried enough to hold their shape, I placed them on.
I gave him a little puppy hairdo with tiny little pieces of fondant. Piped buttercream would be sweet too!
Next, a little pink fondant tongue (teardrop shaped)--
Almost done! I made a red fondant collar/bottom border & made a little yellow doggie tag. (I embossed with a little plastic "stone stamp" with the #2...sweet for a 2 year old!) -- This is a totally optional step as you can easily use a food writer or piped number for your fondant tag...but in case you're curious I used this Stone Stamp Set (aff.).
Around this time, I started wondering if Puppy should have a brown patch of fur around his eye...hmmmmm.....so this is what that would look like....
But in the end, I stuck to the original design :0) ...and we're DONE!! Woo hoo!!
Another Sweet Puppy Cake!
*You may also like our cute Fluffy Puppy Cake tutorial which is in the Member Section of our site. This cake design is surprisingly simple and so much fun to make .
I Love it..
Last week I made this cake for my daughter's third birthday! Thanks for the tutorial--it turned out GREAT. Super adorable. Since it is a small cake and we had lots of people coming I supplemented with cupcakes with paw prints on them. :)
Tara, I'm so glad!! Love that you supplemented with paw print cupcakes too! ;0)
Very sweet puppy
l soo much love ur tutorials. they are simple and easy to follow even for a novice. l look forward to a day wen I can decorate as beautiful as u do...sighs!
Thank you so much!
Lovely
Hi there, This is so sweet - I'm planning to make it for my sons 1st birthday. Would it work just as well if I switched the white base frosting for white fondant icing rolled out?
Also what cake did you bake for the inside and what size tin?
Thanks
Liz
Also - how do you get your buttercream frosting so smooth and what recipe do you use to keep it so white? Thanks!
Hi Liz, Yes, it will be fine to use fondant to cover the cake. We used the White Almond Sour Cream cake, a doctored cake mix recipe. Here is a link, https://www.mycakeschool.com/recipes-tutorials/white-almond-sour-cream-cake/. However, you could use any of your favorite recipes for this cake. We baked the layers in two 6 x 2 inch cake pans. We used the Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream (in the recipe section) to frost the cake. It is a crusting buttercream. Then we smooth the buttercream using the Viva Paper Method for smoothing. If you are a member of the site, Melissa has a video on this. If not, you can google Viva Paper Towel Method and find information. So happy you are making the cake for your son.
Thank you so much for your advice. I'm so excited to make it. I'm just ordering all of my kit. The only other question I have is it best to ice it on a cake board that sits flush with the cake and then transfer the finished cake to a stand? Also do you recommend any particular palette knife for applying the frosting?
Thank you again
Liz
Hi again,
thanks so much for your reply. Can I also just check if you iced the cake on a cake board or lazy susan and then how you transferred it to the cake stand for display?
Thank you
Liz