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Star Trek Bust Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

In this Trek-tacular tutorial, Liz re-creates a scene from one of her favorite old-school TV shows, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

In this Halloween special, Doctor Crusher drinks Will Riker's brains with a straw. Learn how to sculpt a body out of cake with realistic details, re-create a face out of modeling chocolate and put it all together.

1:38:42 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to create a realistic upper body from sheet cakes
  • Learn tips and tricks on how to create a realistic likeness from any photo reference
  • How to connect the head to the sheet cakes
  • Tips on how to get rich colors for flat colored areas (like Riker's shirt)
  • How to create facial hair on a bust cake

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Measuring out cakes 0:10
  2. Carving the cake 3:25
  3. Making cake clay 5:44
  4. Making the pecs 6:19
  5. Making the abs 11:55
  6. Defining the ribcage 12:57
  7. Defining arms 13:22
  8. Defining Collarbone 14:33
  9. Building up the neck 16:02
  10. Ganache Crumbcoat 16:30
  11. Attaching eyes to skull 20:39
  12. Building up the skull 24:48
  13. Building up the lips 27:57
  14. Adding the nose 31:40
  15. Making the eye lids 41:27
  16. Defining the temples 51:42
  17. Adding the ears 54:42
  18. Making the eyebrows 57:07
  19. Painting the face 58:51
  20. Adding facial hair 1:02:16
  21. Adding the hair 1:09:39
  22. Airbrushing 1:17:27
  23. Attaching the head 1:22:03
  24. Blending the neck 1:22:30
  25. Making the shirt 1:27:05
  26. Painting the shirt 1:31:05
  27. Making the communicator 1:34:40

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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.