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Updated on December 8, 2021 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Cruella Birthday Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

Bring your punk rock fashionistas to this party, we're making a Cruella birthday cake! I got the chance to make this cake for an artistic little girl that's really into the new Disney movie and I had a blast making this.

This cake features a flowing edible red dress, newsprint graffiti, and a polka dot patterned cake inside, making the cake slices really stand out and be dalmatian-themed. This cake will knock the socks off your guests and inspire youngsters to explore their fashion interests.

Please note: the arcylic Cruella cake topper is not part of this tutorial. You can get the downloadable template to make it here (scroll to the bottom and click on the 'free download' button)

32:48 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • Learn the internal structure to support the extra tall double barrel cake
  • How to make the flowing edible dress
  • Learn how to hand-paint and add premade graffiti elements to the cake
  • How to make the polka-dot patterned cake

Cake decorated with an edible red dress, newsprint graffiti and hand painted details to look like Cruella movie

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making the cake pops 0:37
  2. Making the white cakes 5:38
  3. Adding the batter 6:45
  4. Making the wafer paper dress 9:31
  5. Airbrushing the dress 10:23
  6. Frosting the cakes 11:42
  7. Making the structure 16:07
  8. Stacking the cakes 18:08
  9. Covering the cake in fondant 19:57
  10. Painting the cake 25:33
  11. Adding the wafer paper newsprint 27:45
  12. Adding the dress 30:18

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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.

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