Barnacle Zombie Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

It's finally here! Liz Marek's award-winning Barnacle Zombie which placed 1st at the 2018 Atlanta Cake Show. Many have been asking for a step-by-step tutorial of this sculpted cake featuring an all-cake body, realistic seaweed, aged skin and barnacle textures, and an awesome bog water cake board.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to sculpt a body from all cake, how to create the features of the zombie head, including the edible brain, how to get dynamic curves in your cake sculptures, and how to use a Cake Safe to transport a sculpted cake to a cake show.

1:27:47 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

• How to sculpt a realistic zombie with an all-cake body
• Learn how to make a sculpted figure look dynamic
• How to create layered colors and a cohesive design
• Learn how to make barnacle details and realistic seaweed
• How to use a Cake Safe to transport a cake to a cake show

Tutorial Chapters

1. Building the structure 0:44
2. The skull 2:45
3. Building the jaw 4:41
4. The body structure 11:00
5. Adding the cake 13:44
6. Sculpting the cake 18:04
7. Sculpting 3D elements 20:32
8. Covering in ganache 27:18
9. The teeth 29:49
10. The eyes 33:02
11. Creating wrinkles 34:56
12. Creating the forehead 40:36
13. The jaw 42:35
14. Covering in fondant 43:18
15. Defining the bones 46:22
16. Torching the fondant 49:44
17. Adding torn fondant 51:45
18. The ears 55:07
19. The mouth 58:30
20. The brain 59:57
21. Making seaweed 1:00:44
22. Making arm bones 1:02:24
23. Making arm muscles 1:04:21
24. Making skin texture 1:07:22
25. Airbrushing 1:09:00
26. Painting 1:12:25
27. Royal icing barnacles 1:14:47
28. Chocolate barnacles 1:16:52
29. Coloring the barnacles 1:19:56
30. Using the Cake Safe 1:22:43
31. Finishing the cake 1:25:34