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Black Cat Cake Recipe

Learn how to make an easy Halloween cat cake using just two cake rounds. A fun Halloween dessert anyone can make!
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Ingredients
  

  • Two 8 inch round cakes (baked and cooled, using your favorite cake mix!)
  • Black icing
  • White icing
  • Orange icing
  • Green icing

Equipment

  • piping bags
  • small star piping tip
  • offset spatula or butter knife

Method
 

  1. Step 1: Bake and Cool Your Cakes
    Start by baking your favorite cake mix in two 8 inch round pans according to the package instructions. Allow the cakes to cool completely before moving on to shaping and decorating.
  2. Step 2: Shape Your Black Cat
    Once cooled, place one cake on a clean, flat surface—this will be the body of the cat. For the second cake, use a sharp knife to cut it into pieces that will become the head, ears, and tail. Please see the photo to see how to cut the cake.
  3. Step 3: Assemble the Cat
    Position the main round cake on your serving platter or cake board to represent the cat’s body. Attach the piece from the second cake on top of the body for the head, and place the triangular pieces on top of the head to form the ears. Arrange the crescent shaped piece on one side of the body to create the tail.
  4. Step 4: Ice Your Cake
    Using an offset spatula, cover the entire cake with black icing. Smooth it out to create a sleek, even surface for your cat.
  5. Step 5: Add Facial Features
    Pipe out two white eyes with green pupils, and use the white icing to add whiskers and a mouth. Use orange icing to create the nose, and for the details of the cat’s ears.
  6. Step 6: Pumpkin Collar
    Use the green frosting to pipe the base of the collar, then use the orange frosting and small star piping tip to create a pumpkin charm for the collar. You’ll do this by piping two small crescents, opposite ways from each other, and one line down the center of the crescents. You can use a bit more green frosting to add a stem to the top of the pumpkin charm.

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