Black Cat Halloween Cake
Learn how to to model adorable black cat cake toppers for this fun and festive Halloween Party Cake!
Ingredients
- This cake is a double barrel 6 inch cake- 4 cake layers. However any size cake will do! (See notes)
- Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream our Classic Vanilla Buttercream is a great choice also. *If not using a crusting buttercream, apply your gum paste pieces as close to the event time as possible so that they do not become too soft.)
- Templates for BOO Letters
- Black Gum Paste/Fondant for cats We used pre-colored black fondant with a little tylose kneaded into it.
- Fondant for BOO letters I kneaded a little tylose powder into it
- Coloring Gel: Americolor Orange Electric Green, Deep Pink, Super Black
- Toothpick/floral wire for anchor both heads and tails
- Piping Gel or your food safe adhesive of choice
- Black Food Coloring Pen for eyes & hat You could also cut out small dots of black fondant with a small round piping tip.
- Piping Tips: We used Wilton 10 12, and 3
Miscellaneous
- Piping bags, turntable, bench scraper, small paint brushes (for applying piping gel.)
Instructions
For the Decorations
- Make the cat toppers at least a 1-2 days in advance since the tails. We like to knead tylose powder into our gum paste so that they will dry more quickly. The "BOO" letters can be made at this time as well.
- It is best to create the body parts separately and allow time to dry before assembling. There is less worry of sagging.
For the Cake
- Once the cake layers have cooled, fill and frost as usual. If making a tall double barrel cake as we did, fill and stack the bottom two 6 inch cake layers. Push in 4 supports (we use bubble tea straws), spaced out, cut to the height of these stacked layers. Place a cake cardboard on top (trimmed down to size), and then stack on the next two filled 6 inch layers, so that you have one tall four layer cake.
- Fill in any gaps between layers, and frost the cake with a thin crumb coat. If needed, you can then chill the cake at this point for 10-15 minutes in the freezer to firm things up. Then, add the next layer of frosting and smooth with a bench scraper (or smooth to your desired amount of smoothness.)
Video
Notes
Double Barrel Cake: This is 4 cake layers with cardboard cake circle halfway up, with dowels beneath for support. We used 4 bubble tea straws cut to the height of the bottom two stacked layers.
With a few adjustments, this cake design can be applied to cakes of all different shapes and sizes.