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Okay, before we start frosting our bear, we want to get rid of any crumbs that are around
on the serving tray and around the cake. So you can really just take a napkin and brush
that off. You want to make sure you get these crumbs off, so that they don't get mixed into
the frosting while you're decorating. So you can just brush it off like that and then make
sure that your work surface is all clear of crumbs. We'll begin our frosting with the
side of the cake, and the key here is to use a lot of frosting. You can always take off
frosting after you're finished covering the cake. You want to use a lot of frosting to
avoid getting crumbs in your frosting. So we'll start here at the ear and take a good
dollop of frosting and just start by just spreading that on. Now don't worry about getting
this big clump up here along the edge. We'll take care of that later. The important thing
is that we cover the sides, and you don't get all the crumbs in there. Now take another
large dollop of frosting, and remember always to frost on top of frosting. So instead of
starting here where you ended, you want to start a little bit further up on top of frosting,
and continue spreading along the side following the contour of our bear. Always starting a
little bit back we've already frosted, using a lot of frosting and work your way around
the cake's side, spreading that frosting down. And not worrying about it being globby up
here. We're just concerned about covering the side and then after we'll go around and
smooth it out. I've gone around the cake and I'm coming up here back around the ears and
spreading on that frosting. See how I move the spatula following the contours of the
cake and putting on plenty of icing, or frosting, coming around. Now when you move your spatula
back and forth to smooth the icing on the side, you do sort of a edge-to-edge move.
This edge and then back to that edge. And go and smooth around the cake. Now at this
point you can just check any of the edges that aren't so smooth. You can check all the
edges. See, I have a nice rib of frosting coming up on the side, plenty of frosting.
And the cake is shaped nicely like a bear. Next we're going to frost the top of the cake.