A taste of: Nicaragua

Cat Cakes: Arthur

I just wanted to share a picture of a cake I recently baked. It is of my old coworker's cat, Arthur, which I made for her goodbye party last week.  Arthur the Cake was a banana cake with bits of dark chocolate.  His fur was made from a stiff cream cheese icing.  My coworker was so moved by Arthur the Cake's resemblance to Arthur the Cat that she was unable to bring herself to slicing up and distributing the cake that night.  I did not have a chance to taste the cake myself but later reviews from my coworker and her boyfriend were very positive. Arthur the Cat did not comment. 

In order to make Arthur, I bought a Hello Kitty cake pan from my local Bulk Barn store.  I needed to do some reshaping once the cake had baked and cooled.  I cut away the Hello Kitty bow, restructured the sides of the face, and re-positioned the facial features once I started decorating.

In order to justify my purchase of the pan I am thinking that "Cat Cakes" might  become a regular thing and potentially a new segment on this blog...so, to all my friends and family members who are cat owners...BEWARE!