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Gravity-Defying Floating Bowls Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

Have you ever wondered how to make a cake that looks like it's floating in air? This tutorial teaches you how to build the structure, incorporate supports and fun effects that complete this gravity-defying floating bowls cake.

This cake is perfect for the little artist's birthday, and artsy party-goers will be wowed by this incredible creation!

43:04 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to make a gravity-defying cake structure
  • Learn how to make bowl-shaped cakes
  • How to create a dripping colorful design of bowls that pour into each other
  • Learn the tips and tricks to covering tricky designs and shapes in fondant

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Pouring chocolate spheres 0:55
  2. Putting together the structure 4:15
  3. Carving the cake 6:36
  4. Attaching the bottom bowl 7:55
  5. Trimming the chocolate 16:04
  6. Assembling the middle bowl 16:26
  7. Trimming the middle bowl 18:01
  8. Frosting the cake 19:15
  9. Making the bowl topper 21:35
  10. Creating the handle 22:19
  11. Covering the bowls in fondant 23:54
  12. Creating the borders 28:10
  13. Covering the topper 30:40
  14. Covering the bottom bowl 31:08
  15. Painting the bowls 34:15
  16. Creating fondant drips 36:50
  17. Creating water ganache 38:09
  18. Attaching the topper 40:15

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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.