Tatty Teddy Cake Tutorial

Tatty Teddy has to be one of my most requested cakes for girls of all ages. I’ve been meaning to get this blog up for a few weeks now but as it goes…when it rains it pours.

First my little girl caught a severe case of chicken pox, it’s been wedding cake after wedding cake and then my little boy caught the chicken pox, all while trying to plan a road trip to England. The Dallas household has been chaotic to say the least. But we survived, the kids are on the mend and I now have a working keyboard….a HUGE bonus when writing lengthy tutorials 😉
Right, let’s get started!!

I used this image for reference that I found on Google Images

I used an 8inch Chocolate Mud Cake recipe and divided the batter into a 5 inch sphere tin, a 6 inch round and a 6 inch pyrex bowl.

I used an 8inch Chocolate Mud Cake recipe and divided the batter into a 5 inch sphere tin, a 6 inch round and a 6 inch pyrex bowl. I made chocolate ganache for the filling, mainly as it’s great for stability. I halved my cakes, except the sphere which I baked in halves already. Fill and stack the 6 inch round and the bowl shape.

Start filling the 6inch round with ganache

Put a filling of ganache on each layer until you’ve got the shape of the body

Keep layering with ganache until the body is formed. Don’t worry if it’s not perfect, this will all be covered with ‘fur’

Smooth out the body with more ganache and insert a large straw or wooden dowel in the centre. Put the cake in the fridge to firm up a bit before going adding the head.

Carefully place the cake onto a cake drum. I used a 12inch drum. Add one half of the sphere cake and fill with ganache, add the second half

Smooth ganache over the head and again put int he fridge to firm up.

I used ProGel Aqua to lightly colour some fondant for the board.

I rolled out enough fondant to cover my 12 inch board then cut a 6inch circle and a slit at the back and wrapped it around the cake and board…

I used Grey ProGel to colour my fondant. You can use a bit of black, but my black has very blue undertones and I don’t like the grey it creates.

Form the arms by rolling into cones, pressing down at the palm and pinching out a little thumb.

Stick them directly to the ganache. You might need to use a bit of water to stick the arms to the ganache.

Form a medium size ball and flatten to make the ears. Cut in half. I just eyeballed the proportions

For the legs take 2 large pieces of grey fondant and shape into sausages. Form with the side of your palm until you get the desired shape.

Dye some fondant a little darker grey than the rest, roll out and cut out patches for the arms, feet, ears and patch.

Attach the patches or padding with a bit of water.

Roll out a piece of light grey fondant into a medium size ball for the snout. Flatten slightly and use the end of a paintbrush to make an indentation.

Flatten slightly and use the end of a paintbrush to make an indentation.

Position on to the head and roll a small triangular blue piece of fondant for the nose.

Dye a little fondant pink and roll out thickly.

Cover the fondant with plastic wrap or clingfilm and cut out a heart. The clingfilm gives the heart a puffy look to it.

I used a grass tip to make the fur, but you have to be sure to have a completely smooth buttercream or you’ll use every swear word imaginable before you’re even half way done. I suggest using an adaptor so you can easily clean the nozzle if needs be, or you can use a single tip.

Start piping in the grooves and hard to get to places first!

Pipe away until tatty teddy is completely covered…except the patches of course 🙂

I used my extruder to make some thin black fondant ropes for the stitching and 2 teeny little eyes.

I used my heart shaped paper punch and punched out loads of little pink wafer paper hearts.

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And there you have it. A perfectly sweet Tatty Teddy Bear. Please subscribe to be sure to get every tutorial I post. I’d love to see your creations too so feel free to share them on my Facebook page. Thanks for stopping by 🙂 x

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