Hello Kitty Face cake

The birthday girl's mummy wanted a buttercream Hello Kitty cake, since most people don't really eat fondant and it would just be peeled off and go to waste. I've done buttercream Hello Kitty cakes before, and of course, they look "fluffy" because of the buttercream star piping compared with the smooth finish of a fondant Hello Kitty.

Hello Kitty Cake

Hello Kitty's face is vanilla butter cake filled with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. The 6" round cake underneath is strawberry cake filled with strawberry Swiss meringue buttercream. 

I didn't have to do any carving for this cake since I have a handy dandy Hello Kitty head pan. The details on Hello Kitty's face and her pink bow were made out of fondant, since it wouldn't look as clean using buttercream alone. The bottom cake tier was accented with fondant stars and daisy flowers.

I tried out a new frosting recipe, one made with sour cream, coffee creamer, icing sugar, shortening and no butter so that it would stay nice and white. I usually use Swiss meringue buttercream for all my cakes, but because of the butter content, it does have a slightly yellow tinge to it. 

The frosting was white alright, but I found the flavour to be different that what I'm normally used to, due to the addition of butter flavouring to make up for the lack of actual butter. The butter flavour may have made the frosting appear to taste to sweet, but actually it is not sweet at all. I already cut the amount of sugar down to half of what was stated in the recipe! Anyway, I don't think I will be using this frosting again. If white frosting is needed, I'll stick with American buttercream. 

Happy 2nd Birthday, Hayley