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My little guy waiting patiently for cake time! He also wore an ice cream cone t-shirt – one of our faves by Whistle and Flute! In this cake recipe, you need 1 cup buttermilk; if you don’t have any buttermilk on hand, you can easily use 1 cup whole milk mixed with 1 Tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar to make your own.
Guys. I tried to play it cool this year for Teddy’s 2nd birthday. Last year I tried to play it cool too with his doggy themed 1st birthday party– but you know how it goes when you’re trying to play it cool – inside you’re SO FRIGGING EXCITED and dying to plan the cutest party ever.To make vanilla buttercream, in a mixing bowl combine vegetable Crisco and soft butter. Beat on medium speed until the mixture is creamy. Remove the cake layers from the freezer and unwrap the cake layers. Next, use a serrated knife to cut off the dome of the cakes to make the layers flat and even. Use a round cutter to cut curved sections from two of the cupcakes. These will end up being placed on the head for ears. Save any scraps for use later. To start creating the bear shape, use a sharp knife to remove a small curved portion from the larger 6-inch cake layer. Save the curved cake scrap for use later. Then begin to pipe the tan buttercream around the fondant and continue piping small stars all over the cake.
Cut the reserved cake scraps in sections and use them to make a little bowtie. Pipe the sides using a Wilton #16 decorating tip while holding each piece between your fingers. Once the sides are piped, place the pieces in position and then continue piping until the rest of the cake is covered in blue buttercream.Get Creative!We have given you a guideline for making this adorable teddy bear cake, however, feel free to get creative and adapt this recipe to fit your specific events. What about you – do you go WILD TIMES on your kid’s or your own birthday parties, or do you try to keep it minimal? Leave me a link of a birthday party you’ve thrown – I love that stuff! xo Lyndsay In the stand mixer bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, stir together the all-purpose flour, milk cocoa powder, granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Teddy bear cakes work out really well because they can easily be adapted to fit your specific color scheme, and bear cakes are just so cute, it will enhance the theme of your party. Now to add more frosting. Go ahead and spread a thin layer of the chocolate frosting on the exposed cake layers. Then frost a thin layer on two more of the cupcakes.
When your entire teddy bear is covered, leaving the paws and part of the ears uncovered, it is time to add the face. Use the lighter brown frosting to frost the tops of the cut cupcakes to be used for the ears. Then frost the tops of the remaining two cupcakes to be used for the legs. For these, add more frosting to try and create a flat and smooth top. Blue bear cake was rainbow confetti sprinkles vanilla cake layers with light blue tinted vanilla buttercream! There are so many different ways you can go about creating the face for your teddy bear, you can simply dye your frosting and pipe the entire face so that it comes out just how you want it. Or you can buy candy eyes and noses for your bear from your local craft store.Cut one of the chocolate wafers almost in half and attach it in position for the nose with a small amount of frosting. Pipe small dots on the eyes with some of the reserved vanilla buttercream. When I set them out to cool, they all looked something like this. I immediately saw a “bear” with little cupcake legs and ears.
The inspiration for the shape came when I was actually making another cake. I had baked a two-layer, six-inch cake and made some cupcakes with the extra batter from the recipe. I’m pretty thrilled with how this little teddy bear turned out. It’s the first time I’ve tried to make and decorate a three dimensional decorated cake like this, but I think he looks beary cute!
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The video in the recipe card below will walk you through the step-by-step process with a visual aid of how we decorated our teddy bear cake. However, feel free to get creative, and make any changes to decorate your teddy bear cake just as you want it. Using a Teddy Bear Cake Pan You can bake the cake layers ahead of time. Wrap the cake layers in plastic wrap and freeze up to one month. Next add powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, salt, milk, and chocolate syrup if desired. Mix until all of your ingredients are combined. Then proceed to frost your cooled cake. How to Put It Altogether For the bear snout, I ended up piping a circular mound of the light brown frosting onto a sheet of wax paper and then used an offset spatula to help smooth it out. Place the mound of frosting in the freezer to firm up and you can use the spatula to help scrape and shape it even more.
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