How to Build a Bear Cake Decoration

In 1902 Clifford Berryman drew a cartoon about a trip Teddy Roosevelt supposedly took to Mississippi. Someone caught a baby bear there and invited Roosevelt to shoot it, but he refused. That is how the teddy bear got its start. Children love their teddy bears and their cakes. 

Chocolate Pound Cake

For a bear pan, a textured cake, such as a pound cake or a cake mix with pudding is best.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup butter, softened


• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar


• 6 eggs


• 6 squares semi-sweet chocolate, melted


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour


• 1/8 teaspoon salt


• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda


• 1 cup sour cream


• Pink icing and chocolate (or white) icing 


• Round decorating tip 3


• Open star decorating tip 16

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat the inside of both bear pan halves and the outside of the core with vegetable spray. Fasten both bear halves with clips. Place on cookie sheet. 


2. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with mixer until it is light and fluffy. 


3. Add eggs, chocolate and vanilla. Mix well. 


4. Combine flour and salt. 


5. Stir baking soda into sour cream. 


6. Add sour cream and flour mixture to butter mixture, alternating.


7. Pour batter into the pan.


8. Insert the baking core in the middle, if you want to use it. 


9. Bake 50-60 minutes.


10. Remove from the oven.


11. Cool upside down 5-10 minutes.


12. Remove from the pan. Bake release helps. 


13. Frost the bear. Arrange the bear on a plate. Using a spatula frost the inside of the ear and the feet bottoms. Use tip 3 on the eyes, nose and mouth. Dip finger in cornstarch to smooth them. Use tip 16 for the fur.


14. Enjoy.