My son loves Panda. For his second birthday I had chosen a black and white theme. I thought I can order Panda Cake to match with the theme and bought a black and white Tuxedos suit for him. I did not get the cake as I wanted. I decided to make a cake of my own and surfing to get more details about that as I had not made cake before. When I was going thru this website, I came to know that cake pan in Bear Shape is available. I bought Wilton Huggable Teddy Bear Cake Pan and made the Panda birthday cake for my son’s second birthday.
I used Betty Crocker’s Golden Vanilla cake mix. Even though they recommend three eggs I used only two to avoid egg smell. Cake was really soft and moist. I baked the cake previous night itself so that it would get cold enough for icing and decoration. I preferred using whipped cream. I used “COOL WHIP” whipped cream and used STAR tip 18 to decorate.
It was a big hit at my son’s birthday party and I got lots of compliments.
Was the icing firm enough with the whipped cream icing vs making the recommended Wilton butter cream?