My 3D Bear Head- Tah-Dah!

Decorating By momsandraven Updated 5 Feb 2007 , 9:18pm by MrsMissey

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momsandraven Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 5:53pm
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I am so excited about this cake, I just had to tell you all about it. icon_smile.gif I made a 3D bear head for a superbowl/birthday party today, using 12", 10" and 4" pans, plus 2 cupcakes for the ears. When I was carving it, I saved all of the scraps and made a 'spackle' with the scraps and buttercream mixed together to smooth some of the lumps and build up some of the facial features. This will be my method of choice for sculpted cakes from now on! It worked great. I iced the cake in white BC, smoothed it, then added some fur texture in a few spots. When I had all of the details how I wanted them, I airbrushed the whole thing to match the Bears logo. I've included a side-view so you can see some of the shape better.
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peg818 Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 5:56pm
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that is awesome, you should be proud

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loveqm Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 5:58pm
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woow,,,, really good job!

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JaneK Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:00pm
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icon_eek.gif wow!!!

You did an awesome job!!! Looks just like the logo and thanks for sharing your method!

I think they will go wild at the party when they see this cake! thumbs_up.gif

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littlemissmuffin Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:26pm
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That is amazing, very good job!

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cmmom Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:32pm
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That is amazing!! GO BEARS!!!!!!

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tiffy76620 Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:45pm
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That is COOL!!!! Great job!!!!!

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ValMommytoDanny Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:51pm
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That looks fantastic!! Great Job!

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mcchick Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:57pm
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Very impressive! great detail! I'm sure you'll wow everyone this afternoon

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Granpam Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:59pm
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Excellent job. It looks fabulous.

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cake-angel Posted 5 Feb 2007 , 12:53am
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Amazing. I wish I had half your talent for carving cakes.

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katharry Posted 5 Feb 2007 , 1:06am
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WOW that is such a cool cake! I hate carving cakes most of all (okay maybe next to getting buttercream smooth! icon_redface.gif ) what is spakle?

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Derby Posted 5 Feb 2007 , 1:12am
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I'm VERY impressed!!!!

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Destini Posted 5 Feb 2007 , 1:23am
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icon_eek.gificon_eek.gificon_eek.gif WOW!!!! icon_eek.gificon_eek.gificon_eek.gif

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Ursula40 Posted 5 Feb 2007 , 1:39am
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Awesome, thanks for the tip, you rock

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momsandraven Posted 5 Feb 2007 , 8:44pm
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katharry,
I used the cake scraps mixed with buttercream (mixed w/my hand mixer) as a filler, like you would use plaster on a wall to fill cracks, etc. I was able to use it to build up the eyebrows, make the bridge of the bears nose, and fill in spots on the sides where it wasn't as smooth as I wanted it to be. This is a technique that I had seen in a book by Toba Garret (I think), and it worked great. Made it a lot easier to frost the cake too, since it worked kind of like a crumb-coat after it had set-up a little.

Thank you everyone for your compliments!! Now, if only those darn Bears players could have held up THEIR end of the deal!! LOL icon_evil.gificon_cry.gificon_evil.gif

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MrsMissey Posted 5 Feb 2007 , 9:18pm
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Wow, that is just excellent!

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