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

Bulbasaur Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

Hi there Sugar Geeks! Our latest online course features one of my favorite Pokemon, Bulbasaur! In this tutorial, you will learn all the in's and out's of how to make this amazing sculpted cake, including how to properly make a structure for a cake like this, how to do the tricky mouth shape, finishing the cake board, creating the eyes, nose and ears and the bulb-shaped cake on top.

There's tons of templates and a full materials list included with the course, and over an hour and a half of video breaking down this cake step-by-step.

1:39:31 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to make a Bulbasaur Pokemon sculpted cake
  • Learn how to create a cartoony open mouth in cake
  • How to measure the check your work when making this cake
  • A simple technique to finish your board using fondant
  • How to fix fondant seams or cracks

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making the structure 0:35
  2. Adding the feet 6:46
  3. Making rice cereal treats 10:02
  4. Rice cereal legs 13:21
  5. Carving the legs 18:37
  6. Stacking the cakes 24:26
  7. Carving the body 27:48
  8. Shaping the head 36:45
  9. Crumb coating the body 38:48
  10. Making the bulb 41:15
  11. Crumb coating the bulb 45:58
  12. Frosting the bulb 47:01
  13. Frosting the body 50:36
  14. Coloring the fondant 54:24
  15. Covering the bulb in fondant 59:35
  16. Covering the body in fondant 1:03:05
  17. Preparing the cake board 1:12:46
  18. Making the eyes and nose 1:16:01
  19. Painting the eyes 1:20:29
  20. Making the ears 1:22:48
  21. Making the tongue 1:25:42
  22. Adding the bulb 1:27:18
  23. Fixing the front leg 1:31:27
  24. Inserting a wooden dowel 1:33:18
  25. Painting the spots 1:34:43
  26. Adding toenails and teeth 1:37:31
  27. Airbrushing water 1:38:27

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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.