Personalized Mini Teddy Bear Shaped Cakes Anyone Can Make for a Baby Shower
This easy to make Mini Teddy Bear Shaped Cakes are perfect for a baby shower get together or reception. If you are looking for a fun new way to host a baby shower for someone special then you have to try making these Mini Teddy Bear Cakes. Your baby shower guests can each have their own whole cake served to them on individual plates.
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To Make Mini Teddy Bear Shaped Baby Shower Cakes You will need:
1 of your favorite boxed white cake mixes
1 - 2 Tub of Vanilla icing
White Tube Writing Icing (2 to 3 tubes)
1 Teddy Bear cookie cutter (about 4 inches wide)
Bake your favorite cake mix as usual. You need to bake it in a 13" X 9" baking pan. You can bake two cakes (or more for a large baby shower) and cut them out exactly the same to make a large number of Mini Teddy Bear Shaped Baby shower Cakes.
Once the cake has cooled flip it out of the baking pans onto a large platter, carving board, or whatever you have.
Now, stick the cake in the freezer for about 20 to 30 minutes. You want to slightly freeze is, but not freeze it completely. This will help you cut it into the shape of the Mini Teddy Bear Shaped Cakes.
Now, use a Teddy Bear cookie cutter to cut out the Mini Teddy Bear Cakes on the sheet cake. Simply press the cookie cutter in like you would cookie dough. Pop the bear out and lay it on a flat surface.
You should find this sheet cake cuts easily into the shape of these Mini Teddy Bear Cakes since it is chilled and slightly frozen. This will make the cake much more easy to cut and get crisp clean edges of the small Teddy Bear.
Now, you really should go ahead and place these simple Mini Teddy Bear Cakes on a board or serving platter before you decorate it. You will not be able to move it once you decorate it or you will ruin it.
Now, take your 1 tub of the icing. You can use any colors like pink to decorate the ribbon. To make Teddy Bear baby shower cake idea elegant I recommend leaving them in pink or pastel blue and outline in white piping icing.
You may need both tubs (or more) to adequacy cover a large number Mini Teddy Bear Cakes.
Coat the entire Mini Teddy Bear Cakes with a thick coat of icing. Use your spatula or butter knife to make the icing really smooth and flat. The more smooth the better. In fact if you like working with fondant icing, that would be the best, but you can use regular canned icing for this. Reserve some icing aside for touch ups later.
Tip: You may find it easier to apply a thin coat of icing to the entire Mini Teddy Bear Cakes. Then place the cakes in the refrigerator for about an hour.
Once this thin layer has chilled apply another thicker coat of pink vanilla icing. This first coat is called the crumb coat for obvious reasons. This is a great way that the cake professionals use to get a clean smooth surface of icing on their cakes.
Now for the real fun. You get to decorate your Mini Teddy Bear Cakes. Apply a second smooth coat of your butter cream or vanilla icing.
To garnish take your tube of matching white icing and outline your Teddy Bear. Be sure to outline the tummy. You can also add simple eyes, nose, ears, and a mouth.
So, if you want you can make this Teddy Bear cake in any color, to make it look elegant be sure to pipe on the outlines in the same color though.
The look is timeless and perfect for any baby shower cake!
