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90s Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

The spirit of the 90's is alive! The early 90's that is. I made this 90's-style cake for my 20-year high school reunion. OMG I feel so old. The early 90's was all about grunge rock, disc-mans, MTV, FRIENDS and more.

Learn how to make this fun 90's themed cake with painted brick texture, hand-made disc-man with isomalt headphones and isomalt CD. All the images are also included if you want to use them for your design but I also show you how to crop and print your own edible images.

1:04:19 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to use time-saving techniques like edible images to make clean, quick designs
  • Learn how to create an edible CD and edible CD player
  • How to create several fun textures like sidewalk, bricks, and denim jeans

1990's Cake tutorial, with step-by-step instructions on how to make this grunge-inspired cake, only on sugargeekshow.com

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Paneling the 8" cake in fondant 0:45
  2. Creating the brick texture 6:18
  3. Painting the bricks 8:02
  4. Covering the 6" cake in fondant 11:53
  5. Using Photoshop 15:51
  6. Preparing edible images 24:53
  7. Preparing the headphones 29:35
  8. Baking the board 30:13
  9. Creating the CD topper 32:42
  10. Creating the headphones 34:58
  11. Creating CD player details 37:24
  12. Detailing the headphones 39:01
  13. Detailing the CD topper 43:34
  14. Finishing the stone texture 44:50
  15. Stacking the cakes 46:50
  16. Making the jean pocket 49:35
  17. Adding the jean pocket 56:03
  18. Making overall straps 56:50
  19. Making overall buckles 59:58
  20. Finishing the CD topper 1:01:19
  21. Finishing the border 1:01:56
  22. Attaching the edible images 1:02:45

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About Liz Marek

Liz Marek is a professional cake artist, sweet and savory recipe developer, and the founder of Sugar Geek Show, where she teaches cooking, baking and cake decorating through detailed tutorials, food science explanations, and kitchen-tested recipes. She has been creating recipes and teaching baking techniques since 2008, helping bakers of all skill levels gain the confidence to make professional-quality desserts at home.

Liz is known for breaking down complex cooking and baking concepts into simple, approachable methods. Her work focuses on helping people understand not just how a recipe works, but why it works. Through Sugar Geek Show, she shares step-by-step recipes, cake decorating tutorials, and practical baking guides designed to make professional techniques accessible to everyone.

Over the years, Liz has taught thousands of students through online tutorials, classes, and educational content focused on real kitchen results. Her recipes are carefully tested and written to help people succeed the first time they make them.

When she’s not developing recipes or teaching baking techniques, Liz also hosts curated travel experiences for women through her travel brand Soul Sisters.

You can find Liz’s latest recipes, baking tutorials, and food science tips at Sugar Geek Show.