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Updated on April 30, 2020 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Golden Safari Birthday Cake

Skill level: Intermediate

Sachiko Windbiel of Mimi Cafe Union New York has traveled across the country to Sugar Geek Show to take us on a golden safari adventure!

Sachiko teaches us her unique style of figure making from how to make the eyes, adorable features, accessories and hairstyles. Liz compliments this tutorial with a matching golden safari themed cake and cake stand to match.

3:39:08 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • Sachiko's method to making Manga-inspired cake toppers
  • How to easily make difficult parts like hands and toes
  • Learn how to create faces full of life and character
  • Sachiko's techniques for making clothing and fabric details
  • Liz Marek's tips on how to make multiple animal prints on a cake tier
  • How to make an easy edible bow using modeling chocolate
  • Learn how to create your very own cake stands

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Topper structure 0:55
  2. Making eye shapes 8:11
  3. Coloring skin-tone fondant 11:36
  4. Prepping the body 16:04
  5. Painting the eyes 25:23
  6. Forming the head shape 31:00
  7. Placing the features 35:38
  8. Finishing touches 52:23
  9. Creating the torso 1:23:20
  10. Forming the legs 1:26:40
  11. Adding the shoes 1:36:53
  12. Adding undergarments 1:42:58
  13. Another method of shaping legs 1:46:00
  14. Making toes 1:54:02
  15. Making the underskirt 1:56:56
  16. Black ruffle dress 1:59:35
  17. Adding the bow 2:05:35
  18. Attaching the head 2:11:09
  19. Shoulders and neck 2:15:36
  20. Forming the arms 2:20:34
  21. Making hands 2:22:25
  22. Attaching the arms 2:28:17
  23. Making Numbers: Method #1 2:36:37
  24. Making Numbers: Method #2 2:39:06
  25. Making Numbers: Method #3 2:43:36
  26. Shoulder Ruffles 2:45:04
  27. Making black bow on shirt 2:47:40
  28. Placing number in hands 2:49:39
  29. Making blonde hair color 2:53:06
  30. Forming the hair 2:56:05
  31. Adding pig tails 3:07:24
  32. Painting the dress 3:09:16
  33. Painting the hair 3:14:08
  34. Painting animal print pattern 3:14:41
  35. Making pink bow 3:20:30
  36. Making cake stand 3:33:46

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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.