Firstly I printed a pooh face off the internet to use as a template. I then baked a chocolate cake (recipe below) in a square tin and once cooled I cut around the template. I then used buttercream icing (recipe below) to cover the cake with a crumb coat (I spread it over with a knife). This is because when first icing you will most likely pick up crumbs. The cake then goes in the fridge to allow the icing to set and then you can apply another layer of icing to get a smoother look. I then coloured more icing black and piped it on to the cake for the features and used a star pipe for the ears to raise them slightly. Give it a go! It's a lot of fun :)
Simple yet delicious chocolate cake
1 1/3 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup of cocoa powder
1 cup of caster sugar
1 cup of buttermilk (sour milk)
2 eggs
125g butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla essence
Buttercream icing:
115g unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
225g icing sugar
Food colouring
Also need: piping bag
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 C and line cake tin with baking paper or grease.
2. Sift flour, baking soda and cocoa in bowl. Stir in sugar.
3. Combine buttermilk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla in another bowl.
4. Make a well in centre of flour mixture and pour in wet mixture.
5. Mix until ingredients are combined and mixture is thick and creamy.
6. Pour mixture in to tin and bake for 40 mins or until skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool in tin for 5 minutes before turning out to wire rack.
Make up buttercream icing by mixing butter, half of milk and vanilla until creamy. Sift over icing sugar while still mixing until icing comes to spreadable consistency. Divide icing into separate bowls and colour each with yellow, black and pink. Decorate as shown in picture
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