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Updated on December 2, 2021 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Magic: The Gathering Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

My wonderful husband Dan is really into Magic: The Gathering. So much so, that I decided to make him his very own custom edible Magic card for his birthday. This new online course features making a custom edible playing card, sculpting a magician's hand, making glowing edible colored orbs, and a beautiful golden fault line cake!

40:01 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to make a custom playing card from edible materials (No Photoshop required)
  • Learn how to sculpt a realistic hand as a cake topper
  • How to make a golden fault-line cake
  • Learn how to make glowing orbs

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making the cake topper 0:50
  2. Coloring black buttercream 7:27
  3. Making the wrist and palm 10:38
  4. Making the fingers 14:45
  5. Attaching the fingers 17:54
  6. The cuff 24:08
  7. Adding the card 25:19
  8. Painting the cake 27:31
  9. Frosting the cake 29:15
  10. Melting the isomalt 33:01
  11. Coloring the isomalt 33:28
  12. Torching the spheres 35:56
  13. Adding the hand & lights 37:46

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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.