Cat cake without fondant and artificial coloring

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This cat cake is a cute eye-catcher and perfect for a kids’ birthday party. You can make it at home without much effort and with ordinary ingredients. It doesn’t need any fondant or artificial coloring. You can find a detailed cat cake recipe with the exact quantities and step-by-step instructions below.

Cat cake recipe

What is the cat cake made of?

My cat cake consists of several thin layers, similar to the raspberry cream cheese cake or the chocolate Spartak cake. The batter is made with yogurt. This makes the cake bases taste heavenly fluffy and soft.

The cat cake is filled with a delicious quark mascarpone cream. It tastes airy, tender and sweet sour.

Cat cake without fondant

Cat cake without fondant and colorants

This cat cake doesn’t need any fondant. I have simply covered it with a quark buttercream. The decoration is made from marzipan raw paste, just like for my marzipan cake, and does not contain any fondant either.

I also made the cat cake without artificial coloring. The marzipan for decorating was colored with raspberry powder and cocoa powder.

This means that this cake with yogurt, quark and no colorants may not be healthy, but it is healthier than similar cat-shaped cakes. It also doesn’t taste too sweet without fondant.

Cake for kids' birthday party

Ideal for kids’ birthday party

The cute cat cake is guaranteed to delight young children in particular. Alongside the turtle cake, the hedgehog cake and the cake “Muraveynik”, it is therefore ideal for a kids’ birthday party.

The zefir lollies and the Russian mushroom cookies will make kids’ eyes light up even more at a party. For the little ones, you can make the healthy kids’ cake.

Animal-shaped cake

This cake is

  • fluffy,
  • soft,
  • tender,
  • creamy,
  • moderately sweet,
  • incredibly tasty,
  • in the shape of a cat’s head,
  • with yogurt cake bases,
  • with quark cream,
  • without fondant,
  • without artificial coloring,
  • easy to make at home,
  • cute eye-catcher,
  • ideal for kids’ birthday party.

Layer cake for kids' party

How to make cat cake: tips and tricks

  • You can adjust the amount of powdered sugar for the filling and the cream for the coating to taste.
  • Use good quality marzipan raw paste with a high almond content.
  • Use pure raspberry powder without additives. I used homemade powder made from freeze-dried raspberries.
  • With this recipe you can not only make a cat, but also other animal figures. With larger ears and a customized eye shape, for example, you can make a rabbit cake.

Have you made the cat cake at home using this recipe? I look forward to your result, your star rating and your comment below on how it turned out and how it tasted.

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Cat cake recipe

Cat cake

This cat cake is a cute eye-catcher and perfect for a kids' birthday party. You can make it at home with the recipe without much effort and with ordinary ingredients. It doesn't need any fondant or artificial coloring.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cooling time 8 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 12

Equipment

  • Ø 18 cm cake ring

Ingredients
  

for the cake bases

  • 180 g natural yogurt
  • 100 g butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 130 g sugar
  • 200 g flour
  • 6 g baking soda
  • 1 pinch of ground vanilla bean
  • 1 pinch of salt

for the filling

  • 450 g quark cold
  • 250 g mascarpone cold
  • 100 g powdered sugar

for the cream topping

  • 200 g quark room warm
  • 200 g butter room warm
  • 100 g powdered sugar
  • some cocoa powder

for decorating

  • marzipan raw paste
  • powdered sugar
  • raspberry powder
  • cocoa powder

Instructions
 

Preparation of the decoration

  • Knead marzipan raw paste with enough powdered sugar until it is no longer too sticky.
  • Knead one part of the marzipan raw paste with a little raspberry powder, one part with a little cocoa powder and leave one part of the marzipan raw paste light.
  • Shape the cat's ears from the light marzipan paste and the raspberry marzipan paste and attach a toothpick to the bottom of each ear.
  • Shape the cat's eyes from the light marzipan paste and the dark cocoa marzipan paste. Use a few drops of water to stick them together.
  • Shape the cat's cheeks from the light marzipan paste and its nose and tongue from the raspberry marzipan paste.
  • Shape the cat's whiskers and eyebrows from the dark cocoa marzipan paste.
  • Spread all the decorations on baking paper and leave to dry overnight.

Preparation of the cake bases

  • Line the baking tray with baking paper.
  • Melt butter and leave to cool to lukewarm or room warm.
  • Beat eggs, sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
  • Add yogurt, vanilla and the melted butter and mix briefly.
  • Mix flour with baking soda, add it to the yogurt mixture and mix briefly but vigorously to form a homogeneous, airy, thick batter.
  • Place the Ø 18 cm cake ring on one half of the baking tray lined with baking paper, pour approx. 3 tbsp of batter into it and spread it evenly into a thin circle. Carefully remove the cake ring, place it on the second half of the baking tray, spread a thin circle of batter in the same way and remove the cake ring again.
  • Bake the two cake bases in a preheated oven at 356 °F (180 °C) for approx. 7 minutes.
  • Bake the remaining cake bases in the same way until the batter is used up and leave to cool. (I ended up with 7 round cake bases).

Preparation of the filling

  • Briefly whip quark, mascarpone and powdered sugar to a firm cream.

Preparation of the cake

  • Spread all but one of the cake layers generously with the cream and stack them on top of each other. Place the last cake layer on top and spread it thinly with the remaining cream.
  • Cover the cake with cling film, place a smooth heavyweight, such as a chopping board, on top of the cake and chill for approx. 8 hours.

Covering the cake with the cream

  • Beat softened butter and powdered sugar for approx. 5 minutes to form a light creamy mixture.
  • Add quark in batches and beat briefly each time to form a homogeneous cream.
  • Pour a small amount of cream into a bowl and mix with a little cocoa powder to make a chocolate cream. Transfer the chocolate cream to a piping bag with a star-shaped nozzle and chill for the time being.
  • Remove the cling film and spread the remaining light cream over the top and sides of the cake several times.
  • Cut off about 1/4 - 1/5 of the cake with a large knife and remove the piece.
  • Place the cake on the cut side, for example using a cake lifter.
  • Now spread the back of the cake with the remaining cream, leaving approx. 1 teaspoon of cream for attaching the decorative elements later.
  • Chill the cake for approx. 30 minutes.
  • Place the "cat ears" on the cake using the toothpicks. Use the cream to stick the cat's "eyes", "cheeks", "nose", "tongue", "whiskers" and "eyebrows" to one side of the cake. Pipe the chocolate cream onto the top of the cat's head.

Notes

  • You can adjust the amount of powdered sugar for the filling and the cream for the coating to taste.
  • Use good quality marzipan raw paste with a high almond content.
  • Use pure raspberry powder without additives. I used homemade powder made from freeze-dried raspberries.
  • With this recipe you can not only make a cat, but also other animal figures. With larger ears and a customized eye shape, for example, you can make a rabbit cake.
  • Take note of the detailed tips and tricks for making the cat cake at the top of the article.

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