I got the idea for this Cat in the Hate cake from this website! The main difference is that I did my cake using the star tip of my decorating kit! It took about an hour and a half to do all the stars.
This cake is actually made of 6 layers instead of the 5 that are visible! I made 2 yellow,2 chocolate, and 2 strawberry (this looked very nice inside!), and alternated red and white icing inside. After I had placed the 4th cake, I put three wooden dowels inside and topped it with a round piece of cardboard to hold up the cake (I didn’t want it to collapse due to all that weight!).
Before starting the stars, I did the outline of each layer and the wrinkles of the hat in black, then added the red and white stars.
For the brim, I cut a piece of cardboard that was a few inches wider than the cake, and I iced it with white icing. Underneath the brim is an even bigger piece of cardboard that I covered in wrapping paper and glued to the brim with a glue gun. I found some Dr. Seuss clip art online and printed them on cardstock and cut them out, then attached toothpicks to the back. These were placed in the cake after I delivered it!
The cake was for my niece and I had to drive two hours away to get it there, so in order to prevent the cake from toppling over on the drive, I froze it the night before. It was still frozen when they cut it but tasted great cold! It was overall a huge hit and was not difficult to make!
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My sons birthday is coming up and if you were nearby I’d pay you top $$ to make me one of these!
that is one cool cat in the hat cake
Well where do you live??!! J/K! I mostly just do cakes for family and friends and give them as the gift!
I am trying to make the same cake you made and I was wondering what size cake pan did you use. Was it an 8in or 10in???
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
did you use a 6″ pan or 8″? also, how did you safely deliver it already assembled?
Where did you get the cake top decorations for this cake?
What size cake pans did you use, and where did you find the clip art? I’ve been looking and can’t find those pics.
thanks
Just Google cat in hat clipart. It will come right up. I found the exact photos in 2 seconds.
I made this cake for my son’s 4th birthday and it was a HUGE hit! Thanks for the great idea!
that cake is amazing! wow
How did you deliver it? In a box?
in a box? with some rocks? tee-hee!
no kidding, it;s awesome.
the cake looks great !!!
Daniele,
I was wondering what type of frosting that you used? All the red I’ve ever used taste bitter!!!
Wilton’s actually sells a taste-free red coloring. Used it for a lightening McQueen cake, and all you could taste was the buttercream.
I have a Dr. Seuss party coming uo on March 1st and I really want to bring something in so I saw this picture and now I RELY want 2 do it:) It looks AMAZING!!!!!! And it sounds DELICIOUS!!!!!!:) Thanks 4 the great idea!!!!:)
This is awesome cake and perfect for the party. Could you please tell me which flavor icing you used?
Hi Where do you actually find the characters on top of the cake? I am making a Dr Seuss cake for my 1yr old Grandson.. would love to know….
Thank you
What a great cake!! Thanks for posting! My son’s first birthday will be Dr. Seuss and this is just perfect!!!!