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Realistic Beer and Steak Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

Guest instructor Shannon Patrick Mayes of The Sweet Spot is back for a backyard BBQ manly cake that's sure to impress. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a realistic beer mug cake, a sculpted steak that looks just like the real thing and tons of lifelike details and tricks to add realism to your cake projects.

1:26:22 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to make a realistic beer mug and steak out of cake
  • Learn to create details like the butter pat, T-Bone and Beer mug handle out of edible materials
  • Shannon's tips and tricks to save time and make your work stand out

Tutorial Chapters

  1. The stone slab 0:49
  2. Carving the steak 4:11
  3. Covering in buttercream 6:31
  4. Covering in fondant 8:22
  5. Creating the texture 10:56
  6. Coloring the steak 22:41
  7. Finishing the steak 31:08
  8. Painting the beer cake 35:13
  9. The isomalt base 41:24
  10. The isomalt handle 42:59
  11. The beer gummy 1:03:05
  12. Making foam and butter 1:13:38
  13. Making Parsley 1:17:43
  14. Adding label and handle 1:21:28

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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.