I
have made numerous Pooh cakes over the years, they are fun
to make. I have finally remembered to take photos and write
down instructions to share with all my Pooh friends.
Children must be supervised when using knives etc.
You
will need
6
inch round sponge cake. You can download a recipe
here
Butter
icing. You can download a recipe
here
Ready
to Roll Icing
Icing
sugar
Marzipan
Food
Colouring - Pink, Black, Green, Brown
To
make the Pooh Chair
Cut
a thick slice from the front of the cake, so you are left
with a straight edge. Place the slice you have cut off on
the top of the cake, this will make the back of Pooh's chair.
Use some of the the butter icing to stick it in place. Next
cut a square out of the base to form the seat - see the
picture below for an example. Place the cake on a cake board.
You can make one by cutting out a circle of card and covering
it in silver foil. Cover all of the cake in a thin layer
of butter icing, this will help the icing to stay in place.
Wipe
any icing off the board if necessary.
Take
your ready to roll icing and cut a little off (for the flowers
and hunny pot, if you wish to make Pooh and Piglet with
icing you will need to leave enough for them too) and set
to one side. Colour the remaining icing light pink. You
may be able to buy ready coloured pink icing if not you
can use a tiny drop of Pink food colouring. It is best to
add tiny drops of colouring, as you can always add more
later if you need to. Shake some sifted icing sugar on your
board and hands. Knead your icing into a ball and use your
knuckle to make an indentation, add a teeny tiny amount
of food colouring into the indent, and knead well. This
will take some time, but you will have a marbled effect
if it is not completely kneaded in.
Sift
lots of icing sugar on your board and over your rolling
pin and roll out your pink icing. Roll it into a large rectangle
shape, large enough to cover Pooh's chair. Use a palette
knife to regularly slide underneath the icing to make sure
that it is not sticking ! When you have rolled it out, cover
your rolling pin in sifted icing sugar, and roll the icing
over your rolling pin. Lift the rolling pin up over the
cake and lower it down unrolling as you go and gently pressing
it into the cake. Don't worry about any cracks and holes,
as you can cover these up with the flowers. A warm palette
knife will even up any lumpy bits. Use a sharp knife to
trim around the cake. Save this icing as you will need it
to make the fringe later on.
Now
take some of the icing you put to one side. Cut a little
off (you will need this to make the centre of the flowers)
colour some of the remaining amount (depending if you are
making Pooh etc out of this icing) a darker shade of pink
than the chair. Roll out the icing, If you have a flower
or blossom cutter you can use this to cut out flowers. If
not a little imagination and a sharp knife will be needed
to cut out some flowers. Roll some icing into small balls
to form the flower centres, use a little warm water to stick
them onto the flowers. (I left mine white, but it is up
to you) Arrange the flowers on the chair, they are very
useful to cover up any cracks and holes ! Use a little warm
water to help them to stick.
Take
the pink icing trimmings which you saved earlier and roll
into a long sausage. It should be long enough to go around
the bottom of the chair. Flatten the sausage, and then use
a sharp knife to cut slits all along the icing, this will
make the fringe for the bottom of the chair. Attach to the
bottom of the chair with a little warm water.
Congratulations
your Pooh chair is now completed !
Making
Pooh, Piglet, and the all important Hunny Pot !
Pooh
I
used yellow marzipan, but you can use ready to roll icing
or sugar paste and colour it yellow. Cut a piece to the
size you would like Pooh's body (try it out in the chair
for a good fit) roll it into an oval shape. Cut another
piece to form the head, roll into a ball and pinch up a
Pooh type nose ! Make small balls for the ears and flatten
them, gently curve them around to make an ear shape. Roll
sausages for arms and legs and create as you like.
If
things get too sticky use a little sifted icing sugar.
Colour
a little of the icing or marzipan black. Roll very small
amounts into 2 balls. These will be Pooh's eyes. Make a
slightly larger ball for Pooh's nose. Assemble Pooh in the
chair, using a little warm water to stick the pieces together.
Piglet
Follow
the same instructions as for Pooh, but colour the icing
or white marzipan a light pink Piglet colour. Colour the
body green. Squeeze Piglet's ears up into a point . Piglets
arms and legs will of course be much smaller and thinner.
I
placed Piglet sitting in front of Pooh with one arm reaching
up to hold Pooh's paw. Take time to assemble the pieces
and experiment before you use warm water to stick them together.
Hunny
Pot
Well
you just can't have Pooh without his hunny pot !
Colour
some marzipan or icing brown roll into a ball then mould
into a hunny pot shape. Flatten a little yellow marzipan
or icing and mould it to look like dripping honey, and place
around the top of the pot, using a little dab of warm water
to stick it , if needed. Place the hunny pot in front of
the cake.
Now
you have a Poohfect cake, but it looks so good will you
ever be able to eat it !
Printer
Friendly Version
Pooh
Party Ideas
Painting
Faces
Use
face paints to turn your party guests into Pooh, Tigger,
Eeyore and Piglet. Have a picture of the characters nearby
for guidance. Remember only to use paints which are specifically
made for painting faces.
Honeycomb
Guess
Break
up pieces of a Crunchie bar (if you are not in the UK I
should explain that a Crunchie bar is a chocolate covered
bar with a honeycomb effect middle) Remember to count each
piece as you place it in a see through jar or bowl. Ask
everyone to guess how many honeycomb pieces Pooh has in
his jar. The nearest guess wins all the honeycomb !
Honeycomb
Painting
You
will need a sponge, paper,and some honey coloured paint,
also black, and yellow paint. Dip the sponge into a tray
of the honey coloured paint and press it carfeully onto
the paper. This will give a honeycomb effect. When it is
dry you can paint some bees over the honeycomb. You could
give a prize for the best Honeycomb painting.
Pin
the Tail on Eeyore
Draw
or paint a large picture of Eeyore, minus his tail. Mark
a large X where his tail should be. Draw the tail separately.
Blindfold
your friend while they are standing in front of the Eeyore
picture. Turn them around three times and then give them
Eeyore's tail and ask them to put it onto his bottom. Write
their name on the spot where they placed the tail. The one
whose name is the closest wins !
Prize
Ideas
Winnie
the Pooh and Friends stickers
Pooh and Friends magnets, keyrings, colouring books
Multi packs of Bite-Size sweets are a good idea - Smarties,
Jelly Tots, Mars Bars etc
Winnie the Pooh and Friends Beanies
