Okay so I've never done the little teddy bear pan - the mini one. I've baked the cakes but do you crumb coat them or just start piping stars??
Second question - how do you keep track of where the arms & stuff should be if you're piping over them?? Do you outline them at all?
Third question - if you're putting the bears on top of another cake - do you usually dowel them? I was going to put two bears on an 8 in. square cake. Do I need to dowel them or just put a bunch of icing under? I will be traveling with them but not more than 15 min. away prob.....
I appreciate anyone who can help!!
First, I do crumb coat because it helps the stars stick, plus you can do you outline on the arms and eyes and such and it shows up.
I would definitely dowel if you are putting 2 bears on top of the cake. I think that is too much weight otherwise.
Be sure and post a photo when you finish!
Cindy
I've only made the little bear once and I didn't crumb coat, I outlined what I was going to need before I started filling in with the stars.
I don't think you need to dowell, mine was on a cake with a mini doll skirt and it's about the size of a bear.
Okay this was tough! I did dowel the bears and then kept my hand really close to the bear as I decorated it. That way I could kind of "turn" the bear as I went.... sort of like it was sitting on a large flower nail (hmm ideas maybe...) this made it more difficult to stick into the cake though!
I had trouble with the arms - I tried to outline them.... the brown bear wasn't as cute as the white one. I'm just not really sure how you make the arms stand out when the body & arms are the same. Anyway, here's my final photo for these bears 
Thanks for your help!
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