Fondant On A Teddy Bear Cake

Decorating By Baking58 Updated 9 Mar 2018 , 9:07pm by kakeladi

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Baking58 Posted 7 Mar 2018 , 11:16pm
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    Have a question about using fondant on a Teddy bear 3D cake between chocolate ganache  and buttercream fur. Some tutorials suggest first covering the  cake with fondant and then apply  buttercream fur   which means you have to eat a  fondant layer between chocolate and buttercream.  Doesn't sound yammy.  Some people don't like fondant, there is no way you can  leave it on a plate because it is an inside layer.  Has somebody tried to do it without fondant?   It might be tricky.  I am a beginner).

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Freckles0829 Posted 8 Mar 2018 , 6:24pm
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I would just use buttercream for everything.  Crumb coat the cake in buttercream and then chill for a bit.  Then do another nicer layer of buttercream, then chill.  Finally pipe on the "fur."  This way the base layer matches the fur so if there are any missed spots or less compact spots with the fur you won't really notice.  There is really no reason to have to cover the bear in fondant.

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jchuck Posted 8 Mar 2018 , 6:56pm
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I totally agree with Freckles0829, I would probably crumb c in bc and do the fur in bc too. Silly waste to add fondant. 

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SandraSmiley Posted 9 Mar 2018 , 4:53am
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I've only made one, but I did it exactly as Freckles0829 and jchuck suggested, buttercream all the way.  No ganache, no fondant.

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kakeladi Posted 9 Mar 2018 , 9:07pm
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I can't even begin to imagine covering a 3-d bear cake with fondant :(  But then I have been a b'cream gal all the way thru my 30+ yrs of decorating.

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