INGREDIENTS
2 baked and cooled 8- or 9-inch cakes
Ready-to-spread or homemade chocolate frosting
McCormick® Black Food Color
Assorted decorations for cat's face, such as candy corn for eyes, nose and tongue, and licorice strings for whiskers
DIRECTIONS
1. Mark a circle around one of the cake layers about 1 inch in from cake edge as shown in template. Cut at marking. Remove inner circle and place on large platter. This will be the cat's head.
2. Cut cat tail, ears, and feet from remaining 1-inch outer circle as shown in template and arrange as shown on body of cat.
3. Mix food color into frosting, using about 3 to 4 drops food color for every 1/2 cup frosting.
4. Frost cat head and body. Frost tail, ears and feet and attach to cat head and body with frosting. Use candy to make cat's eyes, nose and tongue.
DOWNLOAD THE CAKE TEMPLATE HERE.
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