How do you create the teddy bear's fur? Is that fondant using an extruder?? Piping?? TIA

i would pipe that with a grass tip

That cake is CUTE!

Per the cake artist, Leslea Matsis, the fur is gumpaste cut with scissors.

I really don't want to argue especially with the cake artist but I don't see how that can be done in fondant using scissors.  A somewhat stiff b'cream can produce that look nicely.

Thank you all for your responses. My piped fur does not look like the pic, so I thought it was some other method.

I confess that I don't have the patience to cut gum paste with a scissors. I'm thinking won't it be hard to cut the cake because of the gum paste?

I saw a video tutorial of a bear similar to this, but white. She did it in fondant, with scissors as well. Gumpaste would harden, fondant will stay softer. I'll send you the link.

@cara1982 ‍ did a similar bear and talked about it here

Definitely strips of fondant. Took way longer than I thought, but in my opinion looked better than buttercream

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640Cake & @ cara1982 That's the cake I was looking for,soooo cute. I could not remember where I saw it. I really liked the the look, you could just hug him.  Thank you!!!!

Cara, that is SO cute, but I would lose my ever-lovin' mind!!!

Yeah, I did too. Once I started it, I certainly regretted it! 

I'm not sure if I have the time for it, I'm making the entire Bear ( Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See) for GD 2nd B day and I'm finishing up the " Moving UP" cakes for the oldest GD. When did we start doing graduations for Pre-K & Kindergarten? oye....

Maybe I could shrink him.......mini bear......lol

Ok, @cara1982 ‍ , I'm semi-obsessed with this cake now. What were the dimensions of your box, about 6 inches? And was the propped up lid gumpaste? And the bear...cake or RKT?  I may try to recreate this for a shower for my soon-to-arrive niece.  One thing is for shore, my bear will have ghetto piped fur, not deluxe hand-cut fur!

And @carolinecakes ‍, you might need to say "no more grandkids" or you'll never sit down from caking!

Now that I think about it, though, @carolinecakes ‍ , isn't Brown Bear, Brown Bear an Eric Carle book? As in flat and streaky, not cuddly and furry?

It's short strips of fondant cut with scissors, rolled up and attached. I had to make this cake for a client. And that's how I made it. It takes a VERY LONG TIME though >_< @carolinecakes ‍ 

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This is NOT how my work place usually looks :(

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Yep. As above

Having problems posting tonight... The cake was a panelled 6" cube 

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Not as neat as @cara1982 ‍ ^_^ 

Cara & Fatima you guys amaze me, you have definitely raised the bar. Thank you for your input. If I don,t use this method for the 3D bear, I will use it on a cake topper. Now I just have to convince someone that they need one for their cake. lol

TwoThumbs2 The book was a gift set that came with a bear, he looks just like the picture in the book. I am making a 3D Bear, because its her favorite, she sleeps with the  bear.

Yes the grand kids keep me busy, truthfully, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Glad I could help 

love me some ghetto fur hahahahaha

@-K8memphis ‍ My 5 yr old GD just saw your avatar and asked me " Grandma is that cake?"

awww -- hahahaha -- he's sweet like cake but he's my doggy named tianshi pronounced chin shoo means angel in chinese -- he, like most dogs, loves balls especially that red one and every night we play fetch and keep away simultaneously -- he is so much fun -- tell your daughter me & chinny said 'hey' 

He is an angel......soooo cute ( her words).