Sculpted cat cake with edible cat topper

Cake for a party to celebrate a cat's 20th birthday!

Ron, the cat in question, had lived to a ripe old age and was still going strong, so the owner had decided to throw a party for family and friends to celebrate (any excuse for a barbecue/party is a good one!). Ron is a female cat - her name derives from "ronron", the French word for purring.

No, the cake wasn't made from Whiskas - it was a 10 inch moist coffee and walnut cake (but I did have to double check with the person that ordered it!).

The cat (approx. 7 inches long) is edible apart from its whiskers - she's hand-sculpted from a mixture of rice crispies and marshmallows, covered in sugarpaste and then "painted" with more icing to get the fur and mottled colour effect ("How I made the Rice Crispies Cat" pics here). Pawprints around the middle of cake and board handpainted to match the rather nice ribbon that I eventually found to trim the board and base of cake.

Would have liked to have done the cat in a basket or a cushion/blanket, but after discussion the customer said that the cat didn't do these things so we agreed to have her just snoozing as she was, with a food bowl containing her own little slice of birthday cake!

For a picture of the cat that I was trying to recreate, and step-by-step photos of how I made the Rice Crispies Cat cake topper, see here.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / York (show map)

Taken on: May 28, 2011

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Camera: Canon EOS 450D, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, 41mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 450D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	41mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000
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