Skill level: Intermediate
Mold-making is one of the fundamental skills needed to take your cake creations to the next level. Everything can be sculpted, but when it comes to certain objects that need to look like they were made by a machine, creating a mold can be the next best thing.
In this tutorial, you will learn all of the basics needed to create one-part, two-part, and pour molds. You will learn: how to plan out a mold, how to prep your piece for molding, an easy way to clean the bits of clay from your mold after casting it, how to make sure the chocolate gets into every part of it with no air-holes or gaps and what to do when things go wrong.
Please note: this tutorial covers all the aspects of getting started making food-safe molds and mold making. Liz does not show how to create a cake or assemble the chocolate airplane in this tutorial.
1:03:50 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to make one-part, two-part, and pour molds
- Liz’s tips and tricks to making a successful mold you can use again and again
- The types of materials you should use (and shouldn’t use) to make sure your molds cure correctly and don’t leak or break
Tutorial Chapters
- Overview of the tools
- Assessing the object
- Adding the clay
- Making the box
- Making the mold base
- Cutting out the walls
- Gluing the walls
- Mixing the silicone
- Pouring the silicone
- Removing the box and toy
- Testing the one-part mold
- Removing the test mold
- Preparing the wings
- Making a two-part mold
- Pouring the wing silicone: part 1
- Pouring wing silicone: part 2
- Making a silicone rubber one-part mold
- Making a pour mold
- Unboxing the molds