Bake Me a Cat: 50 Purrfect Recipes for Edible Kitty Cakes, Cookies and More!

by Kim-Joy

Feline fans will love this collection of 50 a-miaow-zing cat-themed creations. Bake Me a Cat showcases the cutest bakes you will ever see, all celebrating our favorite pet. With brand new recipes for cakes, cookies, desserts, breads and more, it's the kitchen essential for every kitten-cuddler. Kim-Joy is an expert in creating gorgeous animal-themed bakes, and her adorable feline characters have a purrsonality all of their own. Catering for a range of skills levels, whether you fancy baking Tiger Buns, Meow Bao, Kit-tea Scones or a Happy Purrrrthday Cake, bring joy to your cooking and a smile to every cat-owner's face with Bake Me a Cat!.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Cats, Nonfiction, Cooking, Foodie, Animals

176 pages, Hardcover

Published April 25, 2023

About the author

She was born in Belgium to an English father and Malaysian-Chinese mother and now lives in Leeds with her partner.
Kim-Joy rose to fame having made it to the final of the Great British Bake Off 2018 with her unique, intricate baked creations that captured the hearts of the nation.
Her iced woodland creatures, space turtles and beautifully decorated cakes - along with her calmness and vibrant positivity - put a smile on everyone's face and Kim-Joy has since earned a legion of baking fans around the world.
Having previously worked in mental health, she now devotes her time to creating cakes and treats that bring a little Kim-Joy to as many people as possible.

Reviews

[Amanda Judd · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredibly specific cookbook, perfectly delivers on the concept. Kim-Joy's designs are super cute and her instructions are simple, easy to follow and delicious!

[Polly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pure joy. Just reading it made me smile.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book combines three of my favourite things… baking, cats, and Kim-Joy’s incredible creativity! Come for the cute cover and title, stay for the inventive recipes and gorgeous photography. I’d 100% recommend this for any cat-loving baker (and I’m sure there are a lot of us out there) 😺

Some of my favourite things about this book are the paw-based difficulty ratings for each recipe 🐾 the super-useful substitutions suggested to make recipes gluten free and/or vegan and the wide variety of recipes - covering cakes, biscuits, bread and so much more.

The book has really clear, detailed instructions including step-by-step guides to create the basic components used across a number of recipes. While some of the ideas are quite complex, Kim-Joy explains how you can make any bake purrfect 🐈

Buy a copy for yourself and a copy for your best baking buddy!

Insta: @whatkatbaked 👩🏻‍🍳

[Caroline Berg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful and whimsical bakes, and though I admit I doubt I'll be making many of them, they are absolutely adorable to read through.

[M M · Rating 4 out of 5]

such a cute little recipe book

[Ligaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think Kim-Joy's cookbooks have something else that no other cookbooks that I've read have: a message of positivity. Also, I am biased toward cat-lovers, puns, and cute illustrations. All of that is here. I immediately flagged seven recipes I'd like to try. The Tips that are sprinkled throughout the book are very helpful or whimsical, sometimes both. Nice photography, adorable illustrations, well-edited. I haven't made one thing from this book yet, but soon hope to.

[Carissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute cat-themed recipes. Some easy, some hard but with tips of making it easier. While it does feel initially like a cookbook on how to make edible cat decorations, it actually introduces some new recipes and techniques in a fun way.

[Tiffany T · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tons of cute kitty shaped recipes. I have made kitty face mini pizzas for my children to their delight.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just got this book. Me and my cats love it. It makes you smile when you look through the book. Looking forward trying some of the recipes.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little disappointed.
It’s just other regular recipes with cats added to it.
The illustrations of the cats throughout, earns the book another star.

[Neslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a masterpiece of amazing creative recipes and adorable illustrations! Say yes to the cat-shaped cake 💜

[Cheyenne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable 🥰

[Limeminearia]

Not all that achievable for me but a cute and cozy browse.

[Cat · Rating 4 out of 5]

💖😺😼😽💖

[Rachel Jennetti · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a cat lover and a huge GBBO fan, I think Kim Joy really captured me. Every recipe is so well thought out and innovative. I’ve loved everything I have made so far!

[Marjorie Ingall · Rating 3 out of 5]

SO cute. SO fun to leaf through. But I wasn’t inspired to bake anything from it.

[Mia R Donovan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so pawsome! Every recipe is doable and so pawdorable. I never thought I’d want to eat a marshmallow kitten, but with this book anything is pawsible!

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Kim-Joy cookbooks because the bakes are all so cute. This one is the cutest of them all (so far!). The instructions are clear to flow and there are tips for making many of the recipes in vegan or gluten free versions. Kim-Joy talks you through all the unusual recipes and new techniques and there are encouraging comments throughout in case things go a bit wrong! What I particularly love about this book is each recipe has a paw difficulty rating. Some are very simple (like the biscuits I made in these pictures) and some look super-complicated. I like that I can look through for a quick effective bake, or for a bigger project for a special occasion. If you like cats, cuteness overload and the idea of a baking challenge this is for you.

[Jules · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love when cookbooks have difficulty ratings for each of their recipes (Kim-Joy uses paws instead of stars or whatever) and I'm writing this so I can remember that there is a black cat / orange cookie recipe that even I could probably pull off (I don't bake).