We’re going back to old school cake decorating here. Buttercream icing and one piping tip! I remember decorating my first cake with the star tip. Remember those character pans that you had pipe a million stars on? Curse you star tip cakes! 😛
So, it was only natural that when my 6 1/2 year old asked to decorate a cake that I NOT torture her with the star tip! We celebrate Half Birthdays in this house, so it was perfect timing that she decorate a quick little cake for herself! The inspiration for this came from Olivia of Liv for Cake …who got her inspiration from Lyndsay of Coco Cake Land ! In fact, they’re the same cakes haha just different colour. 😉
My girl just loves her Teddy. She actually got him from a home during trick or treating a couple years ago. I need to find it’s twin because this poor guy has been cuddled and dragged and thrown around all around town. But, she loves him so.
So, I made a momma cake…and she made the baby cake. We even have a video tutorial below! I’ll admit, I prefer to decorate buttercream cakes vs a fondant cakes any day…and the grass tip is pretty awesome. I could’ve tortured myself and used a star tip to make bear, but this one was more fun.
When I pipe buttercream to cover an entire cake, I don’t worry about my first coat of icing being perfect. Reason #1 why I like buttercream cakes: they don’t have to be perfect! The tip is Wilton 233/Ateco 133 and usually referred to as a grass or fur tip. They also have a giant version of this tip, but this size will do the trick for covering our 5″ cake and our mini 2″ cake (which is actually just a regular size cupcake).
You could also pipe the details of the bear face, bit to stay true to the inspiration, I made the little pieces the day before. Just remember to push toothpicks into the circles for the ears. For the Momma bear cake, I used about 1.5″ circle for the ears and 1″ for the baby ears. The snout for the momma bear was a 3″ circle and then I gently pulled the fondant for to make a slight oblong shape. I used a 1.5″ circle for the baby bear snout. For the eyes, I used whatever round tips I had laying around. Let them dry overnight so they don’t warp when being placed on the cake.
Here’s Kenna debuting her first cake decorating tutorial! It’s pretty friggen cute! Daddy and I may have watched this video a few times over.
She’s super proud of her of work and has asked to do more video…so, I guess she’ll be doing more of my video tutorials!
TA-DA! A momma cake and a baby cake ♥
Do as Teddy says and “Eat Cake!”
Teddy was a delicious pink velvet cake. I’ll save this recipe as an exclusive recipe for pre-ordering my book…more on that soon! 😉 Happy caking!
Quick cheat sheet list of what you’ll need:
- 1- 5″ x 3″ round cake
- 1 regular size cupcake
- 1 batch of Swiss Meringue Buttercream for filling and decorating the cakes
- Grass or Fur tip 233 Wilton or 133 Ateco
- Food colouring to tint your buttercream and for the fondant ears, eyes, and nose
- Small amount of fondant tinted for the ears, eyes, and snout
- Various round tips for the ears, eyes, and snout
- Serrated knife to cut and fill the cakes
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