Talk about a deep-sea adventure! Create this fun scuba-diving toddler using our Stand-Up Cuddly Bear Pan along with 10 and 12 in. rounds. Make cute little fish with brightly colored fondant. A great splash at any party!
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Pattern:
Hand, Top Fin, Side Fin, Tail Fin
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Ingredients:
Makes: Cake serves 46.
Techniques Used:
instructions
*Combine Violet and Rose for violet shown.
Combine Brown with Red-Red for brown shown.
In advance: Make hair. Use tip 16 and brown royal icing to pipe 35 to 40
wavy lines, each approximately 1 1/2 in. long, on waxed-paper-covered board.
Make extras to allow for breakage; let dry. Also: Make hands and ears. Knead
1/4 teaspoon of Gum-Tex with 3 oz. of white fondant. Roll out 1/4 in. thick. Cut
hands using pattern (reverse for 1). Cut ears using wide end of tip 2A; cut
circle in half. Let all dry on surface covered with cornstarch.
Bake and cool 1-layer round cakes and bear cake. Trim arms, ears and muzzle
off bear. Prepare round cakes for Stacked Construction; ice smooth with
buttercream. For diver’s arms, cut 2 dowel rods 3 in. long; fill top half of
dowel rods with fondant to hold hands. Insert in bear cake sides. Attach
hands to lollipop sticks with melted candy; insert in dowel rods. Attach
ears with dots of icing. Outline trunks with tip 3; fill in with tip 16
stars. Pipe tip 3 dot nose; overpipe for dimension. Outline and pipe-in
mouth with tip 3 (pat smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch). Pipe tip 3
bead tongue (pat smooth). Cover head, body, arms, ears and feet with tip 16.
Pipe tip 12 ball toes. Insert hair. For mask, tint 3 oz. of fondant violet.
Roll a 1/4 x 13 in. long log; attach around face with dots of icing.
For fish, tint 3 oz. of fondant each orange and yellow. Roll out 1/8 in.
thick. Use smallest round cutter from set to cut 6 orange and 5 yellow
bodies. Use patterns to cut contrasting color fins. Attach bodies to 10 in.
cake using dots of icing; attach fins with damp brush. For mouths, roll 1/4
in. logs of fondant; fold in half and attach with damp brush. Pipe tip 3 dot
eyes and pupils. Pipe tip 5 bead bottom border on 10 in. cake. Pipe tip 21
c-motion waves on 12 in. cake.