Precious Panda Cake

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Switch out the number and this cuddly bear design works for toddlers to pre-teens. After icing a Teddy Bear Pan cake, add realistic details using chocolate-covered candies, shoestring licorice, gumdrops and chocolate nougat candies.

Ingredients:

Brown Icing Color
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Red-Red Icing Color
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Buttercream icing
light corn syrup
blue candy-coated chocolates
Brown candy-coated chocolates
Black shoestring licorice
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Large black gumdrop
Chocolate nougat candies

Makes:

Cake serves 12.

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Instructions:

Step 1

*Combine Brown and Red-Red for brown shown.

Step 2

Prepare Icing
We suggest that you tint all icings at one time while cake cools. Refrigerate tinted icings in covered containers until ready to use.

Step 3

Make 3 cups buttercream icing:
Tint 1 1/2 cups Brown/Red-Red combination (thin with 4 1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup)
Reserve 1 1/2 cups white (thin with 4 1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup)

Step 4

Note: Wilton Chocolate Ready-To-Use Decorator Icing can be used in place of brown tinted icing.

Step 5

Decorate in Order

Step 6

1. Ice tummy, face and muzzle smooth with spatula and thinned white icing.
2. Ice ears, arms and legs smooth with spatula and thinned brown icing.
3. Roll chocolate nougat candy into logs and position around whites of eyes.
4. Position brown candy-coated chocolates for pupils.
5. Position large black gumdrop for nose.
6. Position black shoestring pieces for mouth.
7. Position blue candy-coated chocolates for number on tummy.

Step 7

Baking Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F or temperature per recipe directions. Your cake will unmold easily, without sticking, when you prepare the pan properly. Grease the inside of pan using a pastry brush and solid vegetable shortening (do not use butter, margarine or liquid vegetable oil). Spread the shortening so that all indentations are covered. Sprinkle about 2 Tablespoons flour inside pan and shake so that flour covers all greased surfaces.

Step 8

Turn pan upside down and tap lightly to remove excess flour. If any shiny spots remain, touch up with more shortening and flour to prevent cake from sticking. (You can use vegetable oil pan spray or vegetable oil pan spray with flour, in place of solid shortening and flour or use Wilton Cake Release, for perfect, crumb-free cakes!).

Step 9

Make one 2-layer cake mix according to package or recipe directions. Pour the cake batter into pan, and if necessary, spread the batter around with a spatula to fill all areas of the pan evenly. Be careful not to touch sides or bottom of pan.

Step 10

Bake cake on middle rack of 350°F oven for 30-40 minutes or until cake tests done according to recipe directions.

Step 11

Remove cake from oven and cool on cake rack for 10 minutes. While the cake is still in the pan, carefully slice off the raised center portion of the cake. This allows the cake to sit more level and helps prevent cracking.

Step 12

To remove cake from pan, place cooling rack against cake and turn both cake rack and pan over. Lift pan off carefully. Cool cake at least one hour. Brush loose crumbs off cake.

Step 13

To transfer cake to serving board, hold a cake board against cake and turn both cake and rack over. Lift off rack. Hold another board against bottom of cake and turn cake over. Be sure to hold cake, rack and board close together while turning to prevent cake from cracking.