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Published on October 1, 2022 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Dia de los Muertos Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

Guest instructor Jennifer Reese is back with a festive Dia de los Muertos cake that's sure to impress. In this course, Jennifer breaks down how to create edible pom-pom's complete with tassels and edible fuzzy texture, how to create a beautiful wafer paper marigold using paper flower techniques, how to create the vibrant, colorful sarape tier using fondant with stitched detailing and how to create and decorate the sugar skull.

1:30:29 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • Learn how to create a Dia de los Muertos tiered cake
  • How to create the vibrant sarape tier with fondant and stitched details
  • Learn how to create an edible marigold flower out of wafer paper
  • How to make edible pom-poms and arrange them into a festive flourish on the cake

cake decorated to look like dia de los muertos with sugar skull

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making The Royal Icing Snow 0:58
  2. Making The Pom Poms 4:50
  3. Adding The Texture To The Pom Poms 9:29
  4. Putting The Pom Poms Together 12:45
  5. Making The Tassels 17:25
  6. Painting The Marigolds 19:50
  7. Curling The Petals 24:35
  8. Putting The Flowers Together 30:08
  9. Pouring The Chocolate Skull 34:12
  10. Unmolding The Chocolate Skull 41:56
  11. Painting The Sugar Skull Design 44:45
  12. Preparing The Serape Tier 49:40
  13. Making The Colored Strips 53:21
  14. Painting The Colored Strips 59:48
  15. Paneling The Serape Tier 1:06:40
  16. Detailing The Serape Tier 1:17:12

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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.