He LOVED the little teddy bear!!!
This cake was inspired by the cute invitations I had bought before he was born....on clearance at Hobby Lobby. I have been into the Green and Blue kick for him since before he was born. His room is blue and green (not the blue and green I used for his bday)....and so it was fitting to have blue and green as his birthday colors. We had a "TEDDY BEAR PICNIC" birthday party and since the invites had little bears on them along with cute blue and green stripes I decided I was going to make the traditional Wilton Bear cake using the TEddy bear cake pan....guess what? I can't find it anywhere and I really didn't want to pay a lot for a new pan...So I decided I would create my own bear cake. I made a 2 layer white 8" square cake on the bottom and a 2 layer 6" round chocolate on top....with my traditional buttercream...I really wanted to do fondant because it looks so much better...but it just tastes awful....so I tried my best to create a fondant looking cake with my buttercream. I made the teddy bears out of fondant though. It is a tradition for me to make my 1 year olds their very own mini-cake to dig into. My baby didn't really dig into it like I had planned but he sure did like eating it from a fork! It was delicious! Since I had to hurry to finish this cake...I realize I got a little sloppy on the lines...it bugs me they are not straight...but I guess thats what happens when you have only 30 minutes to decorate it (the finish work of course blue/green and star border)
Notice the Blue Teddy Bear chocolates (left of picture) I made using my bear candy mold!
