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

Black Textures Wedding Cake

Skill level: Intermediate

Haven't you heard? Black is the new black. Dark and moody wedding cakes are all the rage and sure to be a huge trend for 2018. Even if your bride doesn't want to go full-on black wedding cake, they might want to incorporate some into their design. This black wedding cake tutorial teaches you four stunning textures you can incorporate into your black wedding cake designs.

48:27 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to make a trending black wedding cake
  • Learn how to create lush textures on each tier
  • How to create a beautiful sprinkle mixture from various materials
  • Learn how to create a bas relief design that's sure to stun wedding guests

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making black buttercream 0:18
  2. Making fuchsia buttercream 2:06
  3. Icing the cakes 3:38
  4. Torching fondant 9:12
  5. Covering a cake in torched fondant 15:04
  6. Covering the cake board 19:22
  7. Frosting the cake 22:49
  8. Making buttercream swirls 24:20
  9. Applying swirls & dragees to the cake 27:28
  10. Making the sprinkle mix 30:30
  11. Applying sprinkles to the cake 32:43
  12. Covering the cake in fondant 36:37
  13. Applying molded fondant design 38:25

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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.