Tiger Cake for New Year 2022 – 4 recipes and 30 DIY tiger cake designs

New Year's is a joyful, magical, and the most anticipated holiday of the year. Everyone prepares for it with great care: choosing decorations and outfits, buying gifts, planning entertainment, and planning the menu. And what would a holiday be without a sumptuous cake? This dessert is always eagerly awaited by both adults and children. Therefore, its decoration deserves special attention.

According to the Chinese calendar, the symbol of 2022 is the Water Tiger. To appease the new year's lord, I suggest decorating your holiday cake in its style. In this article, I'll share the best Tiger cake recipes, as well as some interesting decorating ideas. Choose your favorite and delight your loved ones with a delicious and beautiful New Year's dessert.

Recipe with step-by-step photos

Tiger-shaped New Year's cake

I present to you a recipe for a luxurious New Year's cake in the shape of a tiger. It's not only incredibly beautiful, but also delicious, fragrant, and tender. To decorate it, you'll need classic buttercream, food coloring, and a pastry bag with various tips. Make this dessert for your holiday table, and your guests will be delighted.

Nutritional value per serving

430 kcal

Proteins: 6 g
Fats: 21 g
Carbohydrates: 54 g

*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients

Total time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Complexity:

It's easy and straightforward to prepare, but it does require some experience. Not everyone can do it right the first time.
Number of servings: 1

Ingredients

Servings

For the cakes:

Egg C1

6 pcs
Powdered sugar

200 G
Wheat flour

160 G
Cocoa butter

80 G

For cream and decoration:

Butter

500 G
Powdered sugar

800 G
Milk

4 tbsp
Vanilla extract

4 drops
Halva

300 G
Nut paste

200 G
Food colorings

to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare the cake layers. Separate the eggs into whites and yolks. Beat the whites with a mixer until fluffy.

Step 2

Without stopping whisking, add powdered sugar to the whites in small portions.

Step 3

While continuing to beat the whites, add 1 yolk at a time.

Step 4

Mix flour with cocoa and pour into the egg mixture.

Step 5

Mix everything thoroughly until smooth.

Step 6

Pour the batter into two pre-prepared pans and bake the biscuits for 30 minutes at 165 degrees.

Step 7

Cool the finished biscuits, and then cut each one into 2 layers.

Step 8

Prepare a classic buttercream. Beat the butter until fluffy and light in color. Gradually add the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract and mix thoroughly until smooth.

Step 9

In a separate bowl, lightly mash the halva with a fork, add the nut paste and ¼ of the butter cream.

Step 10

Mix everything at medium speed with a mixer until smooth.

Step 11

Assembling the cake.

Step 12

Spread each cake layer generously with nut cream.

Step 13

Divide the remaining buttercream into 3 portions: 2-3 tablespoons black, 4-5 tablespoons white, and the remaining portion orange. Top the cake with the orange buttercream and freeze for a few minutes.

Step 14

We take the cake out of the freezer and begin to form the outline of the tiger's face using orange cream.

Step 15

We make the contours clearer.

Step 16

Using a tip with a thin nose, draw the contours.

Step 17

Using black and white creams, we draw all the details: mouth, nose, eyes, spots.

Step 18

We form the tiger's fur from orange and white cream.

Step 19

We work not only on the top, but also on the sides of the cake.

Step 20

Place the finished cake in the refrigerator for several hours.

Step 21

Then we serve it on the festive table.

New Year's tiger cake

This stylish and striking tiger cake will be a wonderful addition to your New Year's table. To make it, you'll need any sponge cake dough, buttercream, food coloring, and a little imagination. The cross-section of the cake is very bright and beautiful. Delight your loved ones with this luxurious holiday dessert.

Ingredients

Sponge cake dough (orange) - 320 g
Sponge cake dough (black) - 320 g
Sponge cake dough (white) - 160 g
Butter cream (orange) - 400 g
Butter cream (black) - 100-150 g
Butter cream (yellow) - 100-150 g
Butter cream (white) - 100-150 g
Marshmallows - 10-12 pcs

Cooking time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Servings: 1 (for a cake made of 2 layers with a diameter of 20-21 cm)

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

We prepare the necessary ingredients.

Step 2

Place the dough in small portions into two molds. The order is: black, orange, black, orange, white, and repeat.

Step 3

Bake the sponge cake layers in an oven preheated to 175 degrees for 35-45 minutes, then let them cool thoroughly.

Step 4

We coat the cake layers with orange cream and assemble the cake.

Step 5

We also carefully cover the surface of the cake with orange butter cream.

Step 6

Using yellow and white cream, draw a stripe across the center of the cake and blend it.

Step 7

From the light stripe to the very bottom of the cake, we draw stripes of black color, imitating the color of a tiger.

Step 8

We make a tail from marshmallows and orange cream.

Step 9

We paint the tail with butter creams.

Step 10

The bright and elegant New Year's tiger cake is ready. It's ready to serve at the holiday table.

Tiger cub for a fondant cake

A festive cake to welcome New Year 2022 can also be decorated with a small tiger cub made of fondant. This figurine is easy to make at home. You'll need fondant, tools for working with it, and food coloring. The little tiger will look adorable on the cake and bring joy to everyone around.

Ingredients

Orange mastic - 160 g
White mastic - 35 g
Black mastic - 15 g
Green mastic - 10 g
Pink mastic - 15 g
Gel food coloring - black
Dry food colorings: yellow, black, white

Cooking time: 35-45 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

We prepare the required amount of mastic.

Step 2

We form a tub from 55 grams of orange mastic, and make the belly white.

Step 3

We mold and attach the back stickies. For each, we use 5 grams of orange and 2 grams of white fondant.

Step 4

Form and secure the front legs. For each, use 7 grams of orange and 3 grams of white fondant.

Step 5

From orange mastic (approximately 4 g) we make a tail and secure it.

Step 6

We work out the details and create the texture of the wool.

Step 7

Take 60 grams of orange fondant and mold the tiger's head. Use 5 grams of white fondant to form the chin and cheeks.

Step 8

We make eyes from small pieces of white, black and green mastic.

Step 9

We shape and secure the eyelids, eyebrows, nose, and then draw the fur and other details.

Step 10

We attach the head to the toluba. Using 4 grams of white fondant, we make ears and secure them.

Step 11

Using food coloring, we draw stripes and add the desired shades to the entire product.

Step 12

The charming tiger cub for the New Year's cake is ready.

30 DIY Tiger Cake Decorating Ideas

A beautiful and delicious cake is one of the main highlights of a New Year's party. That's why I've compiled 30 wonderful ideas for decorating your holiday dessert.

Decorating with butter cream

Classic buttercream holds its shape beautifully and is easily colored with food coloring. It's a simple way to decorate a tiger-shaped cake.

3D

Realistic 3D cakes are a very original and modern solution. To create this decoration, you need to shape the cake, cover it with fondant, carefully work out all the details, and paint it with food coloring.

Striped print

Tiger print always looks stunning. It can be made with fondant, buttercream, or icing.

Contours

Outline designs on a cake look simple yet stylish. You can create this design using icing, chocolate, or cocoa powder using a stencil.

Image on mastic

You can print any tiger design you like on sugar paper and place it on top of the cake. The sides are best decorated with fondant or any stable frosting.

Waffle picture

Those who don't like fondant can decorate the cake with a picture printed on wafer paper. The image may be less vibrant, but it will be of higher quality.

Drawing on cream

Those who are skilled in drawing can use their talent to create a gorgeous cake design with their own hands. To do this, cover the cake with a light ganache or other thick frosting and select food coloring in the desired shades.

Charming figurines

Small figurines are a great decorative element for any cake. You can make a fondant tiger yourself or buy a ready-made one.

Pattern on biscuit

Tiger print also looks great on sponge cake layers, either inside or outside the cake.

Tiger tracks

A New Year's cake can also be decorated with tiger cub paw prints. This decoration can easily be made from fondant.

Applications

Small tiger appliqués will make an elegant decoration for a festive dessert. They can be attached to the side of the cake, and the top can be decorated to your liking.

Cartoon characters

If there will be a lot of children at the holiday party, you can delight them with a bright cake in the shape of a cartoon tiger.

Toppers

When you don't have the time or patience for complex decorations, tiger-shaped toppers come to the rescue. This design will look quite charming.

Recipe - 30 Ideas for Decorating a Tiger Cake with Your Own Hands - Photo 26

Video: Blue Water Tiger Cake (Symbol of 2022)

Want the Water Tiger to bring you good luck in the coming year? Then decorate your holiday cake in honor of this beautiful and powerful symbol. A dessert decorated this way will look stylish, vibrant, and magical. It will add a magical touch to the holiday and lift everyone's spirits.

This video shows the process of decorating a blue water tiger cake. The creator clearly demonstrates every step of creating this festive decoration: from coloring the frosting to the finishing touches. After watching this video, you'll easily create a gorgeous New Year's dessert from any cake.