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Get On The CatBus Cake!

By Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

CATBUS CAKE! Inspired by this awesome one!

My cute new little nephew Tanner turned 1 month old! We Chinese like to celebrate as much as we possibly can so we had a special “Tanner Is 1 Month Old” dinner for him! Menu items included Gai Jow (gin infused super ginger spicey chicken broth soup with fungus), which is meant to strengthen the mom with superpowers, and dyed red egg. Red is a thumbs-up ho-ho-lucky colour for Chinese folks. And for dessert… CATBUS CAKE! My sis Leanne is pretty much Totoro-crazy so it just seemed right to make her new little baby a Catbus cake.

To really Asian-it-up, I made it using a matcha green tea cake, vanilla creamcheese frosting and anko red bean filling! I am REALLY into this combo lately, as you can see!

I love my nephews and niece! They make me so happy.

Love, Auntie Lyndsay a.k.a Auntie Coco Cake

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  1. cArLa

    June 21, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    awesome cake! your nephew is so lucky!!! that combo does sound delish.

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  2. lyndsay

    June 21, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    thanks so much carla!! :)

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  3. lili est folle

    June 21, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    seriously, you’re awesome!! I’m a big fan of totoro and I would die to have this cake!! a-ma-zing

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  4. Britt

    June 22, 2010 at 4:51 am

    Unbelieavable Coco! I have no idea what a Catbus is but this cake is so cute!

    Britt

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  5. lyndsay

    June 22, 2010 at 5:19 am

    merci beaucoup lili!!

    thanks, britt! :)

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  6. Leanne

    June 22, 2010 at 5:48 am

    Adorable! My son loves the CatBus. <3 Totoro

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  7. faithy, the baker

    June 22, 2010 at 7:03 am

    lovely catbus!! so adorable!! yes..and we Chinese likes all the red eggs on birthdays too! lol!

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  8. gyoza*girl

    June 22, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    NEKOBASU (CATBUS) cake is the BEST CAKE EVER!! well, BB’s 1st bday Totoro cake was pretty close too. lucky lucky Tanner to get such an awesome yummy kawaii surprise for turning one-month-old!!! thanks auntie lynds!! xoxox i love totoro and nekobasu!!!

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  9. The Absence of Alternatives

    June 23, 2010 at 6:55 pm

    I love all of your creations, but this one takes the cake! (he he, pardon the pun plz). LOVE Totoro. And I never ever imagined a cake could be made a la the cat bus. Brilliant! I may have to travel to VBC just to visit your store. Amazing!

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  10. lyndsay

    June 23, 2010 at 8:53 pm

    aww thank you leanne! :)

    thanks faithy!! haha, red eggs… ! ;)

    NEKOBASU!! yay baby tanner!

    thanks so much, absence of alternatives! :)

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  11. Al in Vancouver

    June 24, 2010 at 5:13 am

    Candidate for most awesome yet!

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  12. v

    June 24, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    ohhhh so amazing! i love totoro and this catbus is too cute! :)

    out of curiousity, do you cover your own cakeboards? what do you use? i love that they are always so colorful – i can never find any fun/playful cakeboards, only the gold and silver ones at the cake supply place. would love to know where you get yours.

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  13. lyndsay

    June 25, 2010 at 3:10 am

    thanks al!!

    thanks v!

    you betcha i cover my own cakeboards. i use wrapping paper or craft paper — thick and durable. just trace the cake board with a pencil, cut out, adhere with a thin layer of gluestick, trim if need be! :)

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  14. jojoebi

    July 14, 2010 at 3:42 am

    wow this is amazing!

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  15. Kelly

    July 23, 2010 at 3:43 am

    are you on deviantart? (if this is you, my bad but I doubt it cause its the only cake posted)

    Rally the troops, you got a thief on your hands.

    http://blackluv4death.deviantart.com/art/Cat-Bus-Totoro-Cake-172268744

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  16. Kelly

    July 23, 2010 at 3:43 am

    are you on deviantart? (if this is you, my bad but I doubt it cause its the only cake posted)

    Rally the troops, you got a thief on your hands.

    http://blackluv4death.deviantart.com/art/Cat-Bus-Totoro-Cake-172268744

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  17. lyndsay

    July 23, 2010 at 5:27 am

    WOH! kelly, thanks for letting me know… so strange that this person would let people assume they made it. SO WEIRD!!!

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  18. Art Decade

    August 2, 2010 at 4:51 am

    I was just coming to warn you about the same thing on deviantART!

    But anyways…

    Beautiful work! It looks so tasty. I would kill to have a Miyazaki cake half as awesome :)

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  19. Erika

    August 19, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    Beautiful, wonderful Catbus cake!! Well done, it’s awesome, and I love the idea of the party you had, and food giving the mum superpowers ^^

    Thought you might like to know (if you didn’t post it) that your cake made it onto Epicute.com ! Sharing the awesomeness >.<

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  20. sohdalex

    August 19, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    wow, that cake looks awesome! The inside is an even better surprise…looks scrumptious ;)

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  21. lyndsay

    August 30, 2010 at 5:23 am

    thanks art decade!

    thanks erika!! :)

    thanks sohdalex! :)

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  22. MLE Strange

    March 15, 2011 at 4:29 am

    I love your other Totoro Cakes but my daughter thinks the catbus is freaking awesome. How did you make it furry? Your nephew is cute too.

    Reply
  23. daisy boyd

    November 17, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    where is the green tea cake recipe from?
    i love the cat bus and hope to make this soon

    Reply

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