Miriam's Kitty Cake

Miriam asked for a kitty cake this year for her birthday. So I decided to try my hand at my first real 3-D cake. I made the body using the top tier pan of a wedding cake. I cut it in half and set the halves together upright on their cut side. I made the base of the head from a small oven safe glass bowl. I then cut the tail, ears, front paws, and muzzle from a 9 inch round cake. I assembled it all with icing and a few toothpicks and cardboard dowels. After freezing the cake overnight, I sculpted the hind legs and face and did a bit of of general sculpting until I had the cat shape I wanted. I rough iced everything. Then, using a #233 tip, I piped "hair" on to the cat in three colors. I made the eyes, nose, and mouth along with the ball of yarn from fondant. I was very happy with the end result as was Miss Miriam. :)