What 9 year old girl wouldn’t love a homemade cake in the shape of a kitty for her birthday? I got this recipe from Recipe Tin Eats their “Best Vanilla Cake” which is based on Japanese methods for cake making. Yes it calls for 4 eggs, but it really was hands down the best cake I have ever made for a birthday party.

Ingredients:

2 cups plain / all purpose flour 

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 

1/4 tsp salt

4 large eggs (50 – 55g / 2 oz each), at room temp

1 1/2 cups caster / superfine sugar

115g / 1/2 cup unsalted butter , cut into 1.5cm / 1/2” cubes (or so)

1 cup milk , full fat (Note 5)

3 tsp vanilla extract 

3 tsp vegetable or canola oil 

Directions:

Please visit Recipe Tin Eats for her fabulous, step by step instructions on how to make this special cake.

Decorations:

After frosting with my a double batch of my Cream Cheese Frosting I went all out and decorated the border with M&Ms and gummy koalas. I then went on to sprinkling orange and yellow sprinkles to simulate fur, using a Toblerone triangle for the nose and gummy strings for whiskers. Play around, have fun, and don’t hesitate in buying that kitty cat cake tin. I’ve used mine for 3 birthdays now, the joy never seems to fade.