Teddy’s 1st Birthday Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

Paul talks through his design ideas then cuts out the shape from a slab of cake. He then stacks the shape before carving the outline shape. Paul used a cake slab from Sweet Success, but you can use a 10” square cake for the body and 6” square for the head.

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The head is best added in sections, but watch how Paul puts this jigsaw together to create the head. All the cake will later be stuck together with ganache so don’t worry about joins etc. Then it’s time to stick the cake together and cover in a generous layer of ganache. Paul covers his first layer quite roughly, before placing in the freezer to allow the ganache to set. When the cake comes out, he then smoothes with a hot palette knife to get the more refined finish.

Paul mixes up some colours to get the grey sugarpaste. However, you can use any colour you like, but best to avoid white. The cake will be covered in buttercream, but there will be some tiny gaps, which is why grey or your buttercream colour, works best.

Our teddy bear starts to take shape as Paul adds the legs, muzzle, ears and tail. Positioning of the legs can be tricky, but have a play until you get the position to give your teddy that cute look.

Paul mixes up his buttercream and colouring then starts to add the buttercream fur. Maybe worth pouring a coffee or some additional entertainment as this bit can take a while!

The eyes really add charter so you have a few options, depending on how you want your bear to look. Paul spends time adding the coloured sugarpaste, then finishing with some shading paintwork.

After deliberating, Paul chooses to go with a pale pink nose. He then gives her some blusher, shades her paws then adds the birthday hat.

Paul finishes by adding a cute little birthday cake and some magic sparkle. And there we have it, one cute little Teddy Bear’s first birthday.

Paul shares some other ideas you can try out during this project. We’re sure you’ve some of your own, and we’d love to see what brilliant alterations you’ve made.

Paul shares some insider information about the cost to make this cake. He also shares his advice on pricing and other vital information necessary for any professional cake designer.