HELLO KITTY December 6, 2009
This special Hello Kitty cake was made for our little friend Anika’s 5th birthday party on December 6, 2009.
Design She loves Hello Kitty, so it was a no brainer to come up with the theme. The hard part was getting the proportions right. Her head should be twice the size it is. Oh well, you get the idea. Next time I’ll get it right!
Cake The base cake is chocolate black out cake, but the Hello Kitty is made from chocolate pound cake because the pound cake is denser and easier to carve. I used the large 3D teddy bear pan with a little trimming and carving to get more of a cat head profile .
Filling Real strawberry Italian meringue buttercream.
Frosting Vanilla Italian meringue buttercream, tinted pink.
Decoration I used a simple star and round tip to create the texture on Hello Kitty with gumpaste flowers and fondant nose and eyes. The whiskers were made by painting white lolly pop sticks with a black food coloring pen.
Thanks Special thanks to Blake for making the whiskers and to Anika for decorating Hello Kitty with the gumpaste flowers!
