My friend Hsing asked me to make a Hello Kitty cake for her friend's daughter's birthday. Since I had made pink strawberry Hello Kitty cupcakes for Hsing's birthday a few months ago, I immediately wanted to make the same pink frosting for this cake! So I decided on a chocolate layer cake with fresh strawberry buttercream.
After the crumb-coating, I piped a basketweave design along the sides, and then piped a decorative rope border around the top.
Then I piped Hello Kitty in white buttercream, with a red bow and nose.
Right before Hsing came to pick up the cake, I realized that I had forgotten to pipe Hello Kitty's whiskers! Oops! I pointed it out to her, and she said she wouldn't have noticed had I not said anything, so hopefully no one else noticed either!
To go along with the Hello Kitty mini cupcakes that I made for Melodie's first birthday party at daycare, I made a two-layer cake in the shape of Hello Kitty's head (thanks to this awesome cake pan!) for a small family gathering at my mom's house. The bottom layer was chocolate cake, the top layer was strawberry cake, and it was filled and frosted with cream cheese frosting.
Unfortunately, the strawberry cake layer turned out very dense and heavy - not what I was going for. I had used Martha Stewart's strawberry cupcake recipe, which turned out great for cupcakes here and here, but I guess it is a battter that is not meant for a whole cake.
In any case, I proceeded to decorate Hello Kitty, until she was completely covered in piped stars.
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