Welcome to howtocookthat.net. Today we are looking at how to make a fondant
teddy bear for a cake topper. First of all you to need to color your fondant. If you are not sure how to do that, click
on the link and go to the video on fondant basics. Then we are going to split the fondant into
basic sections for the amount we are going to need for the body, the legs, the arms and
the head. Starting with the piece for the body roll
it into a circle, oval-type shape and then we are just going to squash it a little bit
narrower at the top and then we are going to make it a bit taller than it needs to be. The reason for that is the fondant tends to
squash down a bit, so if we make it a bit taller as it sags down, it will be the right
shape. Gum paste doesnít do that, but gum paste
is a lot more expensive, so if we can make it out of fondant, that just makes it a little
bit cheaper. Next we are going to do the legs. So we take a piece of fondant, roll it into
a ball and cut it in two. The reason I do it that way is I know they
are both even. Roll it into a sausage-type shape and then
flatten the bottom for the bottom of the foot and then squish down the bit where the leg
is going to join the body. We are actually not going to join the legs
on right now; we will set him up once he is dried. Then the legs will just sit under the body
so we will need to make it completely flat. Next, take the piece for the arms, again roll
a circle and cut in two so youíve got two even pieces and then roll again a similar
sort of sausage-type shape. Now where we are going to attach it to the
body, we are just going to take the knife and cross-hatch and then just get a little
bit of water and pop that on to join. That just helps it to stick the two pieces
of fondant together. Take your other arm, again just roll it into
a sausage shape, shape it how you want it and then take a piece of spaghetti and place
it through the arm and then place that into the body. This is going to need some support while it
is drying, so to do that you just rip off some of your baking paper and place that underneath
the arm. Next take the piece for the head, roll it
into a circle shape to start again and then just looking at the bear that you are making
just shape it down how it is. Put the baking paper underneath the head because
you want the head to sit a bit forward, we donít want it sitting flat. Take two pieces of spaghetti, poke them into
the head to support it and then put that into the body. Next, we are going to make the ears. Take a small piece of fondant and cut in two,
little bit of water on the join and then just pop it into place. And then you repeat that for the other ear. Next we will do the line down the face. (If you look there is a line going down the
middle.) So just take a knife and not pressing hard
just gently make the indentation down the middle. There is a little bit of line that you can
see on his body, so using the knife again just do a little indentation again in the
middle of his body. And they are just the stitching seams, but
it is just those details that take it from looking ordinary to looking great. So do the same on the legs and around the
arms as well. Once you have done that, take something that
is rounded on the end, I am just using the end of a paintbrush here; you can use whatever
you have, and then just push down in the middle of the ears just to give that rounded indent
where the ears are. Next we are going to make the pads to go on
the bottom of his feet so you need some light pink fondant. Just roll it out fairly thinly and then using
a piping tip to take the circles out of it, cut out two circles and place one on the bottom
of each foot. Grab a spare piece of fondant and just using
the end of a piece of spaghetti give a bit of a fur-type texture, just have a practice
on the spare bit first and then do that a little bit on his chest just under his chin
and then on the end of his feet. Then take some light cream-colored fondant
and shape it into a round shape for his nose, then cut it in half and then as it is in that
shape just stick that right where his nose should go. Once itís in place you can then shape it
a little bit more. Take a knife and just follow that indentation
that is down the middle. Then take a small amount, a very small amount,
of black fondant and roll into a very, thin even snake. You might have to redo this a few times until
you get a nice piece, just keep trying until you get a nice even piece. Then using the knife just cut it to length
and lift it up with the knife and pop it into place. Cut the spare bit off the end and pop it on
the line that would be going down from the nose to the mouth. Next you need a small piece of fondant, make
it a triangular shape using your two fingertips and then again using the knife just pop it
into place for the nose. If it is not quite the right shape once itís
in place you can just use the knife to carefully reshape it. Next for the eyes, you need a tiny piece and
just roll it into a circle and then make it slightly oval shaped and then just pop them
into place on either side. Now lastly we just want to take some pink
luster dust or pink glitter and using a paintbrush just brush some just inside each ear and some
on each cheek. Now depending what you are having on your
cake on your party, to the final one I've added a little mini-blue macaroon made out
of fondant because we had the blue macaroon with chocolate filling on the party table
so it mimicked what the party food was. If you want to do that, of course you can
make that as well. And just, I secured it in place with a piece
of spaghetti. And there you have your teddy bear.