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Hamburger and Beer Cake

Skill level: Intermediate

Featuring many of the tricks and techniques used on Food Network's new Ridiculous Cakes TV show, this burger and beer cake is a great manly cake!

Featuring a edible candy versions of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese, hamburger patties and our beer glass gummy that tastes like an actual beer, this cake is sure to be a crowd-stopper.

1:22:40 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to create a realistic hamburger cake
  • Learn how to make hamburger patties out of cake
  • Liz Marek's technique to make a large gummy beer glass that tastes like actual beer
  • How to create realistic french fries
  • Learn how to make an edible ketchup dipping dish
  • How to make candy versions of: lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onion rings and an over-easy egg

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making the hamburger buns 0:05
  2. Making the patties 3:54
  3. The lettuce 8:05
  4. Making the onions 12:22
  5. The tomatoes 16:16
  6. The beer gummy 27:03
  7. Covering hamburger buns 34:10
  8. Coloring the buns 39:42
  9. Making the dipping bowl 42:08
  10. Making ketchup 45:02
  11. Making the eggs 47:42
  12. Stacking the cake 51:54
  13. Making the cheese 55:01
  14. Making French fries 1:05:46
  15. Final details 1:12:34

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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.