Birthday Cat (it's a bit late)

A Very Special Cat Cake

My oldest little girl turned TWO last October and her request was a cat cake, when I asked her what colour cat she said 'orange'. I was struggling with a design as I didn't want to make a 3D cake but a trip to Rome with some girl friends provided the answer. We walked past a little shop with bags, books, hats, umbrellas, you name it they had it all with a stylised black cat on them. A few photos later, a bit of enlarging and tweaking and bingo I had my cake pattern.

I decided on a simple buttermilk cake with strawberry icing and then I made marshmallow fondant for the icing. Yes made from scratch, it was messy, very very messy but it did taste nicer than normal sugar paste. I then decorated the board with 2 of everything.

The icing was not as perfect as I would have liked but Eloise was thrilled, she is already planning this year's cake... pink princess cake please!