Children's Party Cakes Recipes - Party Teddy Bear Cake

Ingredients

• 20cm square sponge cake

• 115 butter icing

• 45ml apricot jam, warmed and sieved

• 450 marzipan

• 350g white sugar-paste icing

• 25g desiccated coconut

• blue and black food coloring

• 115g royal icing

• 25cm square cake board

• 2 small greaseproof paper piping bags

• small red bow

• No 7 shell nozzle

• 1.5m red ribbon

• 6 candles and holders

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Method:

1. Cut the cake in half and sandwich together with butter icing. Place on the cake board and brush with apricot jam. Cover with a thin layer of marzipan and then white sugar-paste icing. Leave to dry overnight. Using a template, carefully mark the position of the teddy on to the cake.

2. Put the coconut into a bowl and mix in a drop of blue I Coloring to Color it pale blue. Spread a thin layer of royal icing within the outline of the teddy. Before the icing dries, I sprinkle on some pale blue coconut and press it down lightly.

3. Roll out the sugar-paste trimmings and cut out a nose, ears and paws. Stick in place with a little royal icing. Tint some royal icing black and pipe on the eyes, nose and mouth. Use the bow as a tie and stick it in place. Pipe a white royal icing border around the base of the cake, tie the ribbon around the cake and position the candles on top.