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

Homestead Cake

Skill level: Intermediate

Guest instructor Jennifer Reese from Good Gosh Ganache brings us a clean and classic cake design featuring several homestead textures that will make your traditional wedding and birthday cakes stand out and wow the party-goers.

Jennifer breaks down several unique techniques and textures on each tier including: a custom 3D monogram, a beautiful fondant gradient technique that doesn't use an airbrush, a decorated cake board made to look like cobblestone with edible moss, a painted wooden shiplap texture, and topiary treats.

There's a lot to cover in this tutorial, so let's get our tools together and let's get started!

1:11:44 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to make a cake featuring home-finisihed styles and textures
  • Learn how to make a custom 3D monogram
  • How to make a fondant gradient without an airbrush
  • Learn how to make edible cobblestones and edible moss
  • How to make shiplap texture and topiary treats

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making The Cakeboard 0:51
  2. Adding The Moss To The Cakeboard 7:23
  3. Paneling The Shiplap Tier 12:20
  4. Adding Shiplap Impressions 19:56
  5. Adding Dust And Glaze 22:03
  6. Applying The Crest 25:17
  7. Building The Crest 36:29
  8. Making The Fondant Gradient 41:49
  9. Paneling The Cake 51:16
  10. Adding Edible Moss 57:29
  11. Making The Chocolate Pot 59:53
  12. Filling The Treat 1:03:15
  13. Building The Plant 1:05:15
  14. Adding Edible Moss To The Plant 1:09:20

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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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