Question About Pooh Stand Up Cake
Decorating By sweetness_221 Updated 26 Oct 2006 , 5:07am by sweetness_221
Hello everyone. I'm new to this website and had a couple of questions about a cake that I'm doing for my soon to be 1 year old daughter. I am doing a pooh stand up cake on top of a 12x2 round. My question is should I use dowels so it won't sag or do you think it would be ok? Also I was curious what to make pooh out of. I've heard of using pound cake because it's sturdier, but I would like something a little different. Anything but chocolate. I don't like it. I know I'm probably the only person alive that doesn't like chocolate. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!
yes, make sure to dowel and give yourself plenty of time to decorate that stand up pooh bear, it took me longer than I expected for my sons bday. If you find a way to cut pooh without cutting his head off first tell me please, cutting it definently caught a lot of peoples attention at his party 
I just built a stand-up Barney and I used a paper towel holder(wooden) to build on. I used the center larger dowel as the main support. I make 5- 8" cakes(pound) and one 6" cake. The knob at the top of the paper towel holder was the head. I cut circles out of cardboard that would fit the dimensions of the main support rod, I then cut the same size hole in the center of the cakes. I then built the base with one layer, icing, the next layer, then some wooden dowels in those two cakes, then put a board, then a cake, icing, cake, wooden dowels, board, etc... I cut the boards smaller so when you start to carve the board will not be in the way. After I got the whole cake together, I covered it and froze it for 24 hours. When I was ready to carve, I started with the neck down and trimmed and shaped, you have to work fairly fast, you do not want it to thaw much. If it does, put it back in the freezer for another hour, and trim some more, until you have the shape you want. If you want arms that stick up like he is waving, then you have to have additional supports that connect to the main support rod. I would suggest carving the arms so they are at the sides in front of winnie. I then make the rice= crispy treats and formed the head and placed on the knob at the top. I also used cereal for a stick up arm that was attached to a support rod. This is not a quick job, it takes a couple of days to do. When you have finished you can base ice the entire figure, or star-tip or if you want to try and use fondant you will have to make the pieces like a pattern and put them on, just remember you will have seams. I hope I have not confused you. Good Luck on your Winnie.
Just did the stand up pooh cake this past weekend for a baby shower. Put Pooh on top of a 14", 4" high round cake covered in fondant. Covered 6" cake cardboard with matching fondant for Pooh to sit on so that I could transport and assemble at shower. Did not dowel and worked beautifully. Sat Pooh and his blanket on the round cake at the event. Used a cake mix for Pooh!
forgot to tell you that I got lots of compliments on my yellow pooh cake and I used a BC yellow cake mix with the pudding added already and a yellow DH (store was closed) I just added an extra egg when I mixed the two brands together and wished for the best when i filled it to the top. it worked great and tasted even better. Funny thing is it recieved even more compliments than my killer homemade choc. cake 
this is when I realized cake mixes were not bad at all to use and in fact a big help in the kitchen, i know use them a LOT.
I made a stand-up Pooh for my daughter's birthday last month. I doweled underneath him, but did not put a dowel through him as I didn't have to transport him anywhere. I also left the heating core in him for support. I made my Pooh out of a yellow pound cake.
The previous poster is right about giving yourself enough time to decorate him. I figured he was kind of small and it would be easy, but I was wrong. All of the stars took me forever!!
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I think I'll go ahead and dowel it just to make sure. I plan to give myself quite a bit of time to get it decorated. I remember once I was doing a cake for my other dd's birthday and didn't finish decorating it until about an hour before the party. I wasn't sure I was going to get it done. It was a complete nightmare. So I will definatley give myself plenty of time to get it done.
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