Baby it's cold outside. Time to throw another cat on the bed.

Baby it's cold outside. Time to throw another cat on the bed. We have the purrfect pair of kitties for you. 

If you have ever wanted Big, snuggly kitties, these are the pair for you! They are so affectionate and will keep you warm. 

Triton and Mindy on Instagram

Have you always wanted a purebred pet? Adopting a sweet, young, retired breeding cat is a more affordable way. As kittens, these two would have been listed at at least a thousand dollars more. They are the highest quality animals who have always been pampered.

Bestie brother and sister, retired TICA Registered King Triton and Queen Mindy, available to go to a loving home as pets. Both are SNOWS - Seal Ticked Silver, Lynx Point Tabbies, with Ice Blue Eyes, Curled Ears, Short Tails and Polydactyl Feet.  They have always lived as pets first, breeding animals second. They have always lived indoors and been spoiled. They are neutered/spayed, up to date on vaccinations and are microchipped. They will snuggle and love chin scritches and being petted. They love the Cat Wheel. (Here's a link for the One Fast Cat Exercise Wheel on sale this weekend https://onefastcat.com/products/cat-wheel) 

They both have good appetites, like being petted and held. They will sleep next to you, so cozy. They love string type toys, twist ties, zip ties, anything twig like. They like video games and watching nature. They are sweet cats. Triton is a big babydoll. His fur is the softest! He will reach up his front paws to be picked up and carried around and be held like a toddler. He is the sweetest little boy. You will want to pet him nonstop and he won't mind. Mindy is more of an, "I will come lay down beside you and steal your spot when you get up kitty-girl." Then, she will look at you with her big, innocent, baby-blue eyes, "Like you are not even going to ask me to move are you" look. But she loves to be brushed and get chin skritches. She purrs like a racecar when being brushed and petted. They both like minnows, Churu and Greenies. 

They are $250.00 each. Use this coupon code LETITSNOW for a $100.00 discount on the adoption cost of the pair when you submit your adoption this weekend and it is approved, even with a later actual adoption date. We can do a Sunday pick up for out of towners or a Saturday, Sunday or maybe other weekday delivery in Virginia Beach or Norfolk VA. 

Feel free to contact us at https://vabeachcats.wordpress.com/contact/ for more information. 

Thank you. 

 

"Dear Arlo," Conversations with my brofur by future King Neptune - 05.21.2018

May 21, 2018

Dear Arlo,

Hope you had a nice weekend. I had a relaxing furrst weekend in my new home.

Sorry I'm slow on writing to you. I forgot my pawsword. Mom says I can use her laptop while she's at work as long as I don't look at pics of nakey girl cats on it.  Idk if she has Pawrental Controls on it. But I won't do that. I'm engaged to be engaged. Still haven't met her. We talk though, through the wall. She has a really soft purr. How's your love life bro?

Friday night I went to a box pawty with some jet setters, it's a thing. When Meowmy got home from work, we stayed up all night to wait for the #Royal Wedding. If you see on IG that I had too much catnip and passed out early, don't believe it. I think our account was hacked. (Don't click this link Brofur!) We played toys and had treats. I have a psychedelic fidget spinner. I am a fidgety, fluff ball of energy. We took turns watching the Wedding with Mommy. She kept falling asleep and whoever was watching with her, had to wake her up and say, "Mom, you are missing this!" 

Did you watch it? I can't wait to get married. I can't wait to ride around the Palace in a horse drawn carriage. That was so cool! I don't have a military uniform to wear. I haven't been in the Service yet. I'm not sure if I will go in the ARMY like Mommy's Daddy, or the NAVY like Mommy Amy's Step Dad or the Marines like her brother, RIP. Mom says I can wear a tuxedo maybe. We're not sure if Lucy will wear a gown. Of course she can wear white. Neither of us have been married before. But Mom says Lucy does not like to wear clothes, shhhhhush... She likes to go nakey. 

I hadn't figured out how I was going to pay for her ring yet, since I don't have a job. But last night Mom and me went down to the Beach and I've got an idea I'll tell ya about when I show you some pictures in a minute. Bcuz we were up all night and into the morning we slept til noon Saturday. Mommy made me and her omelets. She had a cheese omelet on toasted buns, and I had a Fancy Feast Kitten Turkey omelet, no toast. It was yummy in my tummy. 

It rained, and rained, and rained. We listened to an interesting detective story by John Sanford, Field of Prey, it's in his Prey series. We played a lot. We missed the horse race, because we were having so much fun with made up games and toys. I have this round thind, with a scratchy scratchy thing in the middle and a jingle bell ball goes around in a track around the scratchy scratchy thing. Mom put a golf ball in there too as a greater challenge. I got the golf ball out with my dexterous paws. They're lightweight, hollow golf balls for kids, kinda like ping pong balls. The noise of them rolling across the floors is like music to a kitten's ears. I can chase them by sound. I am also learning how to play Pong with them. Do you know how to play that, with the big red cup? 

Even though she usually hates rainy days, Mom said she was happy it was raining so much, because she could stay in and just snuggle and play with her new little boy. She's the best Mommy. I was running around the house. I am learning the layout. I wanted to run up and look out the window. There are some plant pots on the floor below a stool. I hopped up on one pot and when I tried to climb up on another jade ceramic one on stacked on top of it, it kinda fell down and across the floor. It didn't break, but the top layer of pot is covered in pea gravel and a gazillion little rocks, big rocks and sea shells from both pots went flying across the floor. The noise scared the willies out of me! I ran to the other side of the room. When I saw Mommy coming after me, I ran and hid. I was so scared she was going to be mad and spank my bottom or send me away. But no, she scooped me up and held me close, and with concern asked if I was okay. I looked at her surprised. "I'm not in trouble?" No, sweetie, you will never be in trouble. All I want is for you to be well and safe, and never get hurt. She told me she loved me and gave me a kiss. I hugged her and snuggled back up to her and gave her a purr. Then she cleaned everything up, and told me it was her fault she shouldn't have stacked the pots up like that. She said she had to put pea gravel in the top of the plant pots to keep Lucy from digging in them. She likes to dig to Singapurr to see her furriends. And kitties can get all sorts of cooties from the plant dirt and plant water and get a tummy ache. I have decided the rocks and sea shells are pretty and I like to lay on them, under the palm trees and pretend I'm in the wild, stalking my toys. It's a lot of fun Arlo. 

Since we would be pawtying and playing some more on Saturday night, I took a catnap and let the women do the laundry and iron the clothes. I helped Mom cook later. I'm pretty good in the kitchen, Chef Neptune! On Saturday nights off, we have meowgaritas. Me-Yow! 

Sunday it rained again. Where am I, back in Washington State?! We saw some of Meowmy's friends and neighbors, and they said I was the most handsome boy floof ever! We talked to some of her peeps on the phone and her second Mommy is out of the hospital and is receiving very good care with my new cousins Charly, Coco and Topaz and their hoomans BG2 & her handsome hubby. 

       

Sunday night Mommy took me for a car ride down to the BW (Boardwalk) and Atlantic Avenue. She has a car seat in the front seat so we kitties can sit in it and look out of the window at all the action. We passed the Police, Fire and Rescue Stations - it's great they are all so close to us in case we have an emergency. We stopped at the Library for a sec. We saw hotels, and the Pier, and shops and restaurants. We saw hoomans on bikes and walking and riding on the Trolley Bus. I did not see any hoomans with their big dogs. I would have to protect Mommy again. She said we were going last night because it is the last weekend before Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer. She said she will have to check the law. She may not be able to take me back down to the BW again until after Labor Day, something about pets. What the what?! We were going to go see Mommy's friend Vicky, but she was off work last night and not down there. She loves kitties too!

Mom wants to take me down to see the humongous sculpture of King Neptune. How about that?! I am in the right town. They already have a giant sculpture of me. They pay homage to King Neptune here. Never heard of King Arlo - dude. 

While we were walking on the Boardwalk, we could hear some live music playing a few blocks away. But we walked toward the Inlet and just listened to the peaceful lull of the ocean instead. It was very peaceful. There were lights bouncing on the water and Mommy said it was hoomans out in small boats fishing. Catching fish, yum! We walked along the sea wall by the inlet and lots of hoomans were fishing with poles dangled over the rail. A big boy asked Mommy if I wanted a fish to take home. He was still flopping around, in his fins and body, not in a can. Mommy said no, thank you, another time maybe. We are out for a walk and don't have anywhere to put it right now. But that was nice. 

We continued walking on the little path along the water. Mommy says she loves to walk down here at night, ride her bike during the day, and watch the sunsets color the water on the inlet at sunset. Anytime is beautiful, and it is wonderful to be sharing it with me tonight. 
















We sat on this nice little bench. 

    

We walked under the big Rudee Inlet Bridge over to the Virginia Beach Fishing Center, where Mommy used to work. She used to walk under that bridge when she was a little girl when she came to visit her Grandmother who lived a block or so away. We looked at water shimmering in reflected lights.

Someone painted a scene of King Neptune under the Bridge.

Told ya!

They love me here!

We went over and looked at a giant fish. I think the it is biggest one caught by a boat going out of this marina. Check me out Arlo! 

When we were leaving the Marina and headed back to the car, I saw this and got a great idea! I'm going to try to get a job here cleaning fish, How dirty can they be? They live in water after all. I can just put a little bubble bath on them and scrub them up. And maybe I can take the ones that are too small for the Fisherpeople home to cook for dinner. Lucy will like that. AND - this is how I can make the money to buy her a beautiful engagement ring, and take care of her when we get married and have children. A man needs a plan. How about that bro?

Oh, 2 days has passed and I’ve just been too busy Living the Life to write much. Text me sometime. I did get in a tiny bit of trouble. Mom says she will only use her stern voice when she needs to tell us something for our own good, for safety sake. When we were driving back home from the Beach, all of about 4 minutes, I kept getting out of my car seat. Hey, I wanted to drive. I’m a big boy now. Mom said I can’t drive yet. It was kinda hard to try to get over to her seat with my racing harness holding me in the cat car seat, but I was trying. She said Young man, don’t make me pull over. I guess I made her pull over and she put me in the carrier in the back seat. Dang it! Stewart Little gets to drive. Barbie gets to drive. Those guys on Toy Story get to drive, but not me!

Another indignation I have had to suffer is Mommy must love Christmas all year long. She puts a jingle bell collar on me when I am out of my room so she can find me. What is she blind? And sometimes I need to hide under the chair in the hall outside of the room where Lucy is sequestered when I’m out of my room. I need to talk to her in private! Geesh. Fortunately, very fortunately, she loves the sound of bells. She doesn’t know I am being lo-jacked. Big Sisfur is always watching. But I am going to be Pawsitive about this. JB told Mommy that she put bells on her shoes to catch the attention of her future husband Hugh. It worked. They got married and lived happily-ever-after.

Since I can’t see Lucy for so long, I have been asking Mommy about her, what do they do each day when they are together. (Monday) She said when she gets up in the morning, she heats up her coffee and prepares Lucy’s breakfast while Lucy nibbles sweet oat grass to start. Then Mommy hand feeds her. Today she sat at the dining room table with her coffee and Lucy sat in the front window beside it. They could both enjoy Mommy’s beautiful landscaping and watch a Mommy and Daddy cardinal eating at the birdfeeder. The window was open, allowing fresh springtime air to waft in. They enjoyed the roses climbing the trellis by the window. It was a beautiful day full of love and joy. It will only be better when we can all sit together as a family.  

                       And she does Meowga on Mondays. She's so purrty. 

                                Write when you can. Love N2 (trouble)   

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"Dear Arlo," Conversations with my brofur by future King Neptune - 05.17.2018

05.17.2018

Dear Arlo, 

I'm glad you enjoyed my last letter. No, I don't know if I will write children's books, because everything in my life isn't G rated. Some stuff I write is okay for kits. And when Lucy and I have kits, we can tell them some bedtime stories, stories about the fun things you and I used to do back in the day. But I have decided to post my letters on Mommy's Blog The Lucy Chronicals. As I said yesterday, Lucy is very well read, and she is interested in everything about cats, and then some. 







Well, brofur, I finally got home after 1 am East Coast Time, so 10 pm your time. It was a very long day. Ugh. I saw a pic of me Mommy took last night and I look tired. I had a few naps between getting off the plane and getting home. I was rested up a bit, but still feeling the jet lag. Now I know what they are always talking about. I had some food before we got home, and more at home. Hey, my new Mom is a great cook. Mommy Amy must have shared her recipes, because Mom's food tastes exactly the same. Isn't that great?

She showed me my new apartment. And we unpacked my bag and put my things away. She showed me some of my toys. I explored and climbed my ramps like a good boy, but I was pretty tired. I sharpened my nails on my very own scratching post. While Mom was taking care of things, I hung out with some of my roommates. Here's a pic of me, Garfield just told a hilarious story. 

I let Mom give me a bubble bath, fluff me dry in some huge, soft towels. Then she gave me a bedtime snack, and tucked me into a fluffy bed, giving me chin rubs and tummy rubs and told me how much she loves me. How could she love me and she just met me? She's a pretty nice Mommy, so I will love her too. 

This morning I showed her how much I love her by letting her ride me around on her shoulders in the house and yard. She said we were going to go see Dr. Libby the Veterinarian, because she likes to see all the handsome new kitties. We went on a car trip. I was not happy about being in a carrier again so soon. I was very feisty and tore my water bowl off the inside of the carrier. She's too smart and did not have any water in there while she was driving. While we were waiting to see the Vet, we waited in the pleasantly landscaped parking area. I had to snuggle up to Mommy and protect her when some hoomans were going in and out of the Vet Hospital with very big dogs. Mom is scared of big dogs. So I had fluff up my ruff and get big. I stood on the car so I was up higher than them. Grrrrrr.... 

Well we went in to a nice room, just the two of us and some girl vet techs came in and asked Mommy a bunch of questions about me. Mom took my new harness off and they weighed me. I weighed 3.2 lbs. I must have lost a little flying yesterday. I hear that happens to astronauts too. Then one girl held me still, and Arlo - don't tell anybody - the other one put a thermometer in my butt! OMG! The indigence of it all! I was so embarrassed. At least I didn't poop on it. Speaking of poop - hoomans are cra cra. The vet tech asked Mom to bring some of my poop in sometime. She said that I had a perfect tootsie roll poop over night. She had gift wrapped it in a purple leopard print gift bag and gave it to the nice lady at the front desk. See, they're crazy - don't eat tootsie rolls, and be careful if someone gives you a gift bag. 

So then Dr. Libby comes in. She is so nice. She said I was the most handsome boy cat she had ever seen. She petted me like a woman who loves cats. Then she touched my privates. She and Mommy were whispering, but I could hear her with my super sonic cat hearing. Mom asked if she was checking my pom poms. Dr. Libby said, she wouldn't call them pom poms. They are in the right place, but they're still small, or should she say under developed, but I guess that isn't better. "Hello Doctor! Your tech just put a foreign object in me! My boys just jumped back up inside my body, give them time to come out. I'll show you who's a little man." "Arlo, don't let them take your temperature." 

She also said my tummy sounded a little gassy. Mommy said she thought I had farted. I know you are laughing your big head off. Seriously?! Have you ladies never flown? I flew all the way across the US! The change in air pressure is gonna do that to you. C'mon! Besides, I'm a boy, it's what we do. 

Well my bro, it's only day 2 of 21 that I have to be in quarantine away from my girl Lucy. It's also day 2 of rain. Hope we don't have 19 more days of rain. I will be needing an ark. I think I will write Lucy some love notes and slide them under the door to her. You know she's an older woman. I'm gonna catch up in size to her quickly though. But she might be able to unlatch my door. What do you think? 

I love Lucy 

Have a good night. Paws up! 

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"Dear Arlo," Conversations with my brofur by future King Neptune 05.18.2018

05.18.2018

Dear Arlo, 

Well brofur, it's another rainy day in paradise. So I decided to take a few minutes to write to you again. And after I finish this, I'm gonna use this computer to shop online at Home Depot. I think I need to look at ark building supplies. Mommy said she bought all the materials to build our apartments, or indoor catio, at Home Depot. They love cool cats there. 

So late morning Mommy came in to wake me up. We sleep late, which is good since I'm still on Pacific Coast time. Mom says they are night owls, but I thought she was a hooman. Maybe she's a Shapeshifter? Anyhoo Mom woke me up and wiped my paws and said my behind was clean. Of course! I'm not a baby. She snuggled me and checked to see how much I ate before giving me brekkie. She cleaned my potty. She said I was a good boy. She said Mommy Amy said I didn't always cover my poop back at her house. Hmmm, I didn't know she knew that. I was leaving my poop out so that e'rybody else would stay outa my box, and besides, who would know whose poop that was. Right? Here I have my own box, so if I don't cover it, e'rybody will know I was the slob. I can't have that. I hear Lucy digs a hole all the way to Singapurr to bury her poop. She's a very dainty lady and doesn't want anyone to know she poops. You better grow up Arlo and cover your poop up. Mommy Amy knows. 

Good Morning Meowmy! 

After a delicious breakfast, Mommy snuggled me up like a burrito. Hmmm... I did not like that. I wanted to play, and I was a wiggle worm for her. She gave me a manipedi. She said she was not into scarification tattoos. Sorry... Then she cleaned my ears. Good grief! She was talking to Aunt Patti on the phone. She was very sad that a cat she bred, Charlie, had passed away suddenly and unnecessarily. I'm glad our Mommies take us to the doctor when we are well, so that the doctor knows what we are supposed to be like, so when they take us to the doctor when we are sick, they have a benchmark to measure our health against, so they can help make us well again. Pawrents should always take their sick kitties to the doctor. 

Anyway, Mommy was distracted by talking to Aunt Patti and I tried to make a break for it. She's a fast Mommy and caught me. She got off the phone, and then came the worst treatment today. She put some scratchy stick in my mouth. She said she was taking my DNA. My DNA? WTH?! Arlo, what did we do at my bachelor pawty Tuesday night? I still don't know if this test was for the Meowy Pawvitch Show or for the Pawlice. I didn't do it! If it's a familial match, I'm gonna blame it on Mayhem. Or you. I'll say it was you, and you got a hair cut. Yeah, that's it. 

Lucy praying, God Bless Texas

Here's a pic of Lucy praying and very heart broken this morning over the school shooting in Santa Fe Texas. Meowmy's lil bro Don lives in Alvin right by there. Our thoughts and prayers are with everypawdy down there today. 

So what else? Oh, I'm not sure about this romance thing. My heart feels heavy. The air is warm and balmy, intoxicatingly scented with honeysuckle and wisteria as only the South can be. Rain and my heart pitter patter simultaneously. But there are all these boy cats who come sit outside the cat room windows at night, and say, "Luceeeeeey, where are you.....?" Except I am in my room and I can't get to the window yet and say, "Get the freak outa here! I'm here. I will kick your butt! You better go! She's my girl." Mom says not to worry. Lucy doesn't go out with any of them. Mommy says she's gonna catch them and have somepawdy take them to live at somepawdy else's neighborhood. She says she doesn't want any pissing contests around the house. Hmmmm Pretty yucky way to fight if you ask me. So I'm working out, and eating good in case I have to defend my honor. Wish you were here to have my back. 

Here's a lil video of me trying out a new toy Mom got me. It is in the bottom of a tower she built, which is as high as the Empire State Building. I'd send you a pic of me at the top, but I think that is too much for your young soul bro, since you haven't let home and seen the big world yet. 

Talk soon. Have a great weekend. 

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"Dear Arlo," Conversations with my brofur by future King Neptune - The furrst letter 05.16.2018

05.16.2018

Dear Arlo, 

My plane trip across the US was amazing. You must try it sometime. I flew in furrst class. The flight attendants all thought I was so handsome and asked me out on dates. I said, "No thank you. I am engaged. And I'm gonna be married soon." They asked if I was Prince Hairy. I told them no, that I get that a lot, since I am a handsome Ginger White boy. I am Prince Neptune, soon to be 
King Neptune of Virginia Beach of @VABeachCats. They toasted me and my betrothed Lucy with Tunatinis. I had a fake ID, don't tell Mom. Anyway I told the flight attendants I have a brofur who is a short haired nice looking guy, not as cute as me, but he has a great purrsonality, and they said they would like to meet you. 

I haven't gotten to the actual Beach yet, maybe this weekend. My new Mom's furriend Linda picked me up at the airport and drove me in her limo to meet my new Mom. My new Mommy is so purrty. She has a short pony tail like a NST. She gave me hugs and kissed my tummy. She says she has loved me since the first time she saw me when I was just a teeny baby. I was born handsome. 

I haven't met my fiancee Lucy yet. Mommy says that Mommy Amy said I have to wait 21 days in quarantine, bcuz we have to make sure no one has any cooties. But we can talk to each other through the walls. I guess I'll just have to play with myself for awhile. hmmmm Hey, I figured how to break out of our nursery, so I am going to figure out how to sneak out of my room and sneak some early smooches with her. Mom says I have my very own room, with my very own food dispenser and water cooler, beds - plural, toys, toys, toys, my own potty and air cleaner, but we all share the shower and tub, please clean up your own hair - what?! She says downloaded my game, but GooglePlay wouldn't take her money and let me play it, but we have other new games. We will listen to audio books a lot. Lucy is very well read, so I don't want to look like a dolt around her. I have a house with lots of windows to sit in. I need to guard Mommy's strawberries from Mr. Squirrel, and protect my territory from all of the neighborhood boy cats swishing their tails at Lucy. Go away punk. I'll make your day! 

Well bro, I'll be sending you some new pics soon of me in my new bachelor pad. Miss you bro. Thanks for that Pawsome Bachelor Pawty yesterday. Tell Mama (Miracle) and Daddy (Finn) and Mommy Amy I got here just fine. Give them a hug and a kiss for me, and go smack Mayhem and start some trouble. Love your brofur - N2 (trouble - heh heh)   

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Cat Hacks - Tunnel of Tuna Cake, an Homage to Tunnel of Fudge Cake, created by Ella Rita Helfrich, and my lifelong friend JB, who always brought Tunnel of Fudge Cake and lots of love and smiles.

If you have never had the real Tunnel of Fudge Cake, sorry, you never will. One of the key ingredients is simply no longer made. If you have never heard of the Tunnel of Fudge Cake, I can't believe it. What are they teaching in school these days?! A friend of mine just asked me what it was. Tunnel of Fudge Cake was a rich, moist chocolate Bundt cake, and running in a circle through the middle was a secret Tunnel of Fudge, baked into the cake, not piped in afterward. 

The following information is from the obituary of the creator of the Tunnel of Fudge Cake, Ella Rita Helfrich. She came in second in the 1966 Pilsbury Bake Off for the recipe she created for the Tunnel of Fudge Cake using the new Nordic Ware Bundt pans. After the contest, Pilsbury was flooded with more than 200,000 requests for her recipe. The first place winner was forgotten. 

(From Wikipedia) The epic desire for the new Bundt pans to bake the exciting new Tunnel of Fudge cake boosted the sales of Nordic Ware's Bundt Pan. To date more than 60 million Bundt pans have been sold by Nordic Ware across North America. 

One woman's creativity took America by storm. She won money at the Pilsbury Bake Off, which may have been her goal to help her family. And she was able to implement her intellect and creativity. Unintentionally she became as iconic of the Sixties as the Space Program. Her ingenuity influenced purchasing, manufacturing and an American Life-Style Choice. So you, you creative individuals, you can do it. You've heard "fake it til you make it"? How about Bake it til You Make it?! You can do it. 

So, I was a kid in those exciting years of Space Travel, Viet Nam, Protests, Cultural Changes and yet our Moms and their friends were cooking three meals a day and putting dessert on the table nightly and at special events. My Mom might have made the Tunnel of Fudge Cake, she had a Bundt Pan. But I especially remember her bff, JB, bringing Tunnel of Fudge Cake to some occasions. I don't know what was the occasion, except the TOFC was present and accounted for. Hmmm actually, I guess my Mom did make TOFC. I can remember nibbling at it, never getting enough. Maybe it was JB's specialty, my Mom had so many great dishes and desserts, talking about them is like listing how many ways you can make Bubba Gump Shrimp. I go down memory lane with my taste buds. My Mom had me cooking, before I could read. I was at the kitchen counter, peeling and chopping, and stirring on the stove at 3. I still love to cook. I still like to joke with JB and her daughters, the BG's about TOFC. 

For this blog I asked JB why was it she liked to make the Tunnel of Fudge Cake so much. She answered, "The Tunnel of Fudge Cake lead straight to my heart, made with lots of love. I hope that your Tunnel of Tuna Cake will lead straight to Lucy's heart also." Awwwww... 

Mention of Tunnel of Fudge Cake also made an appearance on a Will and Grace episode. 

Since I have no one at home to cook for, I like to be creative for my kitten. It's her First Birthday. I would have a Kitten Party, but most of my cat friends' cats don't get out much. 

So, in honor of the Tunnel of Fudge Cake, I made her the Tunnel of Tuna Birthday Cake. How awesome is that! Here is the recipe, pics and instructions. As I say in most of my recipes, you can use any brand or style of food that you prefer for your cat's health. When it comes to the rare birthday cake that my kitten is getting, it may not be fancy raw food, but it's probably a lot better for her than when I have high fat, sugary frosting on my own birthday cakes. She will get a little bit of cake for several days, not enough to ruin her kidneys or morals for life. Just a little something special to celebrate my sweet, lil girl's First Birthday. She'd probably rather hunt down a bug or a mouse. But this is fun for both of us. 

Happy Birthday Lucy! Thank you to all of you for joining in online. 

How I made Lucy's Tunnel of Tuna Birthday Bundt Cake

Ingredients:

• 4 Tablespoons or 2 Ounces – Rachel Ray Nutrish Tuna Purrfection

• 4 Tablespoons or 2 Ounces – Rachel Ray Nutrish Paw Lickin’ Chicken & Liver Recipe

• 2 Tablespoons or 1 Ounces - Bubble Bee Very Low Sodium Solid White Albacore Tuna Packed in Water

• 3 drops - Vegetable Oil, whatever does not cause a health problem for your particular cat. 

Tools needed: 

• "Miniature Bundt Cake Pan" or mold, I used a Wilton Easy-Flex 4 Cavity Mini Fluted Tube Pan.

• Spatula, Small Rubber Spatula and/or Small Offset

• Fork, mallet, fingers or something to mash and blend food to a pate consistency. I used a wood bar muddler.

• A few small spoons, like tableware tea spoons

• Small Plate for the cake, to turn cake out onto and for presentation 

• Small bowls to smooth the cat food and Tuna Fish consistencies

Optional:

Birthday Candles

Canned Pumpkin Puree in a pastry bag for writing decoration, or other edible writing substance. 

You need a miniature Bundt Pan, or you can MacGyver one. I purchased the Wilton Easy-Flex 4 Cavity Mini Fluted Tube Pan from Walmart online for $8 and some change. I only needed single pan, but got tired of shopping. This will work just fine.  

You are also going to need a small flexible rubber spatula and I like to use a small offset spatula for decorating. 

When I want to write on a cake, I like to craft a makeshift pastry bag for writing from a sandwich sized, zip lock plastic bag, with a tiny hole cut in the corner to squeeze out the writing substance, a contrasting color blended cat food, or pumpkin puree. If you have pastry tips, you can also insert them into the pastry bag, if you want to get really decorative. For this particular cake today, I ended up not writing anything on it. I was running out of time before work to get too fancy, and I made a simple border using some of the extra Tuna Tunnel filling.  














You need small (mixing) bowls for each flavor/color or texture of cat food or canned tuna ingredient you are going to use. Choose flavors that your cat will like regardless. I go for contrasting color. It may or may not be of interest to our feline friends, but I like the visuals. It makes a difference in the textures you are using on how well the "cake" holds together. You want to use or transform your food into a Pâté textured cat food as it will hold the shape the best. You can take a food in sauce or liquid and drain and save the liquid for your kitten to eat another time, or blend in with the other meat to make a Pâté consistency. 

I have done that here with Rachel Ray's Nutrish Paw Lickin' Chicken and Liver Recipe, Tuna Purrfection, and Bumble Bee Very Low Sodium Solid White Albacore in Water. I like the Bumble Bee Tuna for rare, special treats as the only ingredient is Tuna in Water, no salt, nothing added. Too much seafood upsets Lucy's tummy, and the Vet recommended against serving all Tuna in general to the cats, because if they ever developed a health issue where appetite was decreased and the cat won't eat, canned people type Tuna fish and the water from the can are about the best enticement you will find for a cat that won't eat. So she doesn't get to eat fancy Tuna too often, ergo calling it a special treat. I think a Birthday is pretty special! 

With this particular Wilton mold, each cavity holds 4 ounces. If you have a mini Bundt type pan that you want to use for your cake, but don't know how many ounces it holds and you don't have a measuring cup or one marked in ounce, 2 Tablespoons equals 1 fluid ounce. I did use a measuring spoon to measure out how much cat food I was scooping out for this recipe and the miniature Bundt pan. (If you just want to eyeball it, guesstimate, go ahead. If I wasn't trying to write down a recipe for others to go by, I would not measure.

You can apply a thin layer of oil that is appropriate for your kitten's health conditions to the inner surface of the mold. Spray, use a pastry brush or apply the oil with your finger tips. I used my finger tips. 

You need 4 ounces of your cat food, blended to a Pâté consistency. 

Lucy loves to work on Projects, especially when she can supervise

I used one container of the Rachel Ray's Nutrish Paw Lickin' Chicken and Liver Recipe and the Tuna Purrfection each, straining off the creamy liquid. I used a small strainer and smushed the catfood through with the back of a plastic spoon, collecting the delectable juices in a small glass mixing bowl. I saved some of the liquid to mix with the Tuna for the Tunnel. 

 

     

I muddled and blended together the Chicken & Liver and the Tuna Cat Foods in a small glass mixing bowl. Next, fill the mold half way. 

Freeze it til firm.  I froze mine til firm, about 1 hour, probably a little less time. It doesn't need to be rock hard, just firm enough for supporting the Tuna Tunnel layer.

While you are waiting for first layer of your cake to set, cover and place the rest of the "cake batter" aka the blended cat food in the fridge. You can make another pastry bag from another zip lock sandwich bag or you can use a spoon or fingers to apply the Tunnel of Tuna Filling. You can blend your Tuna Filling. 

I used 1 ounces or 2 Tablespoons of Bumble Bee Very Low Sodium White
Albacore packed in Water. I pressed the water from the Tuna meat, and left in the opened can. I used my muddler to smush, smooth and blend the tuna to a Pate texture. I blended in some of the liquid strained from the canned cat food. 


(If you use a Pate style cat food, you won't have to do much blending, just smooth the cat food to a workable texture.) 

Now that you have your blended Tuna for the Tunnel of Tuna, retrieve your mold from the freezer. Your cat food should be firm to the touch by now. I made a small cylinder shape with the Tuna Tunnel Filling and laid it on top of the first layer of cat food in the center of one side of the "donut" shape of the tube pan. 



Just keep going around and around until you complete a circle of Tuna filling. You will pop the pan back in the freezer again until it is firm to the touch. I think I had mine in the freezer less than a half an hour. I was busy putting things away, cleaning up after myself and playing with the Birthday Girl. If you have some tuna filling left over, save that for a garnish/decoration for the cake. 

Is it ready yet Mom? Hurry Up! I'm not getting any younger!

 

When the Tuna filling layer is firm to the touch, take your mold out of the freezer and you will spread on top of that layer the rest of the cat food cake batter. And pop the mold back into the freezer for a final time, until the last layer of cat food is firm to the touch. 

My mold generally looks frosty and you can easily peel the sides of the mold away from your frozen cat food cake. 

Loosen the edges of the mold. Lay a small plate upside down, or the serving side against the exposed side of the cake still in the mold. Press one hand down on top of the back side of the plate and flip the whole mold over with your other hand. The cake will flip out on to the little presentation plate. You can use this method with most of your human desserts as well. 

Now you have successfully made your first Tunnel of Tuna Cake! 

You can garnish or decorate it with some of the extra Tuna Tunnel Filling. Or in any other way you see fit for you and your feline babies. Sometimes I write on Lucy's cake with pureed pumpkin, see how to do that in an earlier blog. 

Here are a couple of pics to see the Tunnel of Tuna running through the cake. It was probably too bright in the kitchen for there to be enough contrast in the pics. You can see the Tuna ring to the right hand side of the sliced out portion. If you want to cut your cake so that you can see the Tunnel or rings in a mostly whole cake or in slices on a plate, I suggest you hard freeze the cake and then cut it with a warmed, sharp, thin knife. The birthday girl was wanting some cake before I went to work that day, and was less interested in my perfect photos than in a snack and a nap. 

Your cat is probably going to be more interested in the yummy tastes of the cake, than whether or not it won the Meow Bake Off of 2017.

Lot's of love makes everything taste better, and life - oh so much sweeter. 

Happy One Year Birthday Lucy! Love you Always!
Lucy is smartly wary of fire. Good Girl!

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Lucy was bred at the Love Branch Cattery in Toney, Alabama. You can also visit the LoveBranchCattery on Facebook.