The stars were piped all over with a butter cream and chocolate butter cream (took a while). I left the cone insert to support the cake. The round cake board was covered in green icing and decorated with icing flowers cut out with a daisy shaped cutter. Those daisies disappeared quick as a flash! The … Read more
I used an 8″ round for the head and a 9″ pan for the body. I placed the two together and cut a little bit out of the body so the two would fit snugly. I used cupcakes for the ears and paws. This cake had several layers to make it larger but one layer … Read more
As you can see from the Panda bear picture cake, the head is the 8 inch pan and the body is the 9 inch one. I cut out a small section of the body so the two fit together. The black frosting I made with chocolate and colored black so that Id be using less … Read more
This Panda bear cake was made for a little girl’s birthday party. She really likes Kung Fu Panda so her parents decided give her a Kung Fu Panda themed birthday party. We used the Wilton 3D bear pan for Po (the Panda’s name) and an 8 inch hexagon pan for the base. Both cakes are … Read more
Each animal was made of different cake mixes (they were boxed cake mixes like Duncan Hines) and different icings. I wanted people to have a variety to choose from. The panda bear was iced with white icing. I had lots of compliments on the panda bear picture cake and I was very pleased with the … Read more
I used the Wilton bear pan, but switched up the colors to match basic panda colors. I shaped fondant to look like a bamboo shoot with leaves for the panda to hold, and “painted” it with vanilla/dye mix. This, by the way, got pretty runny. I won’t do so in the future. The panda bear … Read more
For our daughter’s 1st birthday, we decided that we wanted to have a panda party (she loves pandas). I found a 3D Wilton cake mold in the shape of a bear. I used yellow cake mix from a box and store bought icing. After the bear cooled I used a hair tip to make the … Read more