Getting His Bearings Cake

At your next baby shower, serve a fetching confection detailed with building-block graphics and teddy bear columns. Use fondant and our Globe Pillar Sets to form the furry-friend supports.

AmountCake serves 42.

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Brown Icing Color
Red-Red Icing Color
Lemon Yellow Icing Color
Golden Yellow Icing Color
Royal Blue Icing Color
Rose Icing Color
Kelly Green Icing Color
Black Icing Color
36 ounces Decorator Preferred White Fondant, 24 oz. Fondant Icing
FoodWriter Color Fine-Tip Edible Markers, 5-Piece
Buttercream Frosting
Clear Piping Gel

Tools
6 x 2 in. Square Pan
10 x 2 in. Square Pan
Extra Large Round Tip 1A
Large Round Tip 2A
Round Cake Decorating Tip 12
Decorator Brush Set
Fondant Cutter and Embosser Tool Set, 4-Piece
Rolling Pin
Roll and Cut Fondant Mat
Cookie Cutters Set, 101-Piece - Alphabet, Numbers and Holiday Cookie Cutters
Globe Pillar Sets
Cake Boards
Fanci-Foil Wrap
Ruler
Knife
Toothpick

Instructions

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In advance: Tint 16 oz. fondant as follows: 12 oz. brown, 2 oz. light brown, 1 oz. black; reserve 1 oz. white. Make bears.
Bake and cool 3-layer cakes using firm-textured batter such as pound cake (use three 2 in. high layers; trim 1 layer to 1 in. high to create 5 in. high cakes). Use knife to trim sides of 6 in. cake to create a 5 x 5 in. square. Ice cakes smooth and prepare for Globe Pillar Set Construction. Tint 20 oz. fondant as follows: 8 oz. yellow, 4 oz. green, 4 oz. rose, 4 oz. blue. Roll out 1/8 in. thick. Cut 10 each 3/4 x 5 in. and 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. yellow strips. Attach to top and side edges of 5 in. cake with dots of icing. Divide 10 in. cake top and sides into 5 in. squares. Mark pillar placement on top of 10 in. cake using 6 in. square plate. Cut 6 each 3/4 x 5 in. and 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. strips in each color; attach to cake top and side edges as for 5 in. cake. Use cutters from set to cut 2 each B, A, B, Y, small heart and small star in assorted colors; cut 1 medium circle to place under baby topper. Attach all with icing. Insert pillars into 10 in. cake over marked areas and position bears. Use remaining fondant colors to cut 2 triangles (1/2 x 1 in.) and a tip 12 circle for each bow tie. Attach to bears with damp brush.
At party: Position 5 in. cake and plate. Position baby topper.
* Combine Brown with Red-Red for dark brown shown. Combine Lemon Yellow with Golden Yellow for yellow shown.