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Published on February 1, 2023 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Candy Crush Bust Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Advanced

It's not every day you get asked to make a Candy Crush cake... by Candy Crush! This piece was created for their social media channels, based on the concept "Candy on my mind."

After collaborating with their team, we settled on a design featuring a bust cake, filled with candy that would spill out when cutting into the hair, revealing layers of cake and candy pieces.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a bust cake, featuring an African American bust, ganache hair, molded candies from isomalt, how to make an edible smart phone, how to make the bust and edible clothing and finishing off the design with a decorated cake board.

There's a lot to cover in this tutorial, so let's get our tools together and let's get started!

2:05:18 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • Learn how to create a realistic bust cake
  • How to make the structure to hold up this complicated project
  • Learn how to add candy to the inside of your cake that spills out when cut into
  • How to sculpt and position the facial features, the hands and the arms and shoulders
  • Learn how to add airbrush the skin tones and makeup

Cake sculpted to look like a woman playing Candy Crush on her phone

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Adding The Eyes 0:41
  2. Adding The Chin 3:35
  3. Making The Lips 4:25
  4. Adding & Detailing The Lips 5:14
  5. Making The Candies 15:17
  6. Adding The Nose 20:15
  7. Sculpting The Cheeks 25:28
  8. Sculpting The Eyes & Forehead 31:13
  9. Sculpting The Eyebrows 51:22
  10. Making The Hair Structure 54:04
  11. Stacking The Cakes 1:03:18
  12. Making The Phone 1:09:17
  13. Adding The Candy To The Head 1:16:28
  14. Shaping The Torso And Hair 1:17:40
  15. Covering The Body In Chocolate 1:19:04
  16. Adding The Arms Pt.1 1:22:15
  17. Adding The Clavicles 1:26:30
  18. Airbrushing & Detailing The Face 1:31:03
  19. Adding The Sweater 1:41:35
  20. Adding The Arms Pt.2 1:46:21
  21. Adding The Final Details 1:58:19

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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.