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Updated on April 30, 2020 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Kintsugi Crystal Geode Wedding Cake

Skill level: Intermediate

Kintsugi is the Japanese practice of fusing together broken pottery with a mixture of resin and gold or silver powder. This pottery is considered to be more beautiful for having been broken.

I really loved that message and wanted to combine that technique with a new take on the popular mineral trend. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a stunning wedding cake with an impressive crystal center complete with growing sugar crystals and hand-painted gold kintsugi. This cake is sure to wow!

45:53 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to carve the cake to create a beautiful natural geode design
  • Learn how to create the crystal details within the geode
  • Liz Marek's special technique to paint the kintsugi onto the cake

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Building the structure 0:09
  2. Edible and Non-Edible 1:14
  3. Stacking and Carving 3:57
  4. Covering in fondant 10:36
  5. Adding rock candy 18:53
  6. Paneling 23:20
  7. Sanding sugar crystals 27:04
  8. Making isomalt crystals 31:47
  9. Painting 34:19

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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.