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Updated on December 7, 2021 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Lumberjack Cake

Skill level: Intermediate

Want to know the secrets to this plaid lumberjack cake that has become an internet sensation? You might think you've got it figured out but the process might surprise you! Be one of the first to create this original and super-trendy cake design! This tutorial teaches you everything from baking to structure!

Pair this tutorial up with our famous vanilla cake recipe and you'll be off to chopping down those taste buds of lumber laborers everywhere!

35:36 Minutes of Instruction

The Shorter Version is below

What You Will Learn

  • How to create a plaid cake design on the inside
  • You'll learn how to create the rustic bark on the outside of the cake
  • A cool trick to make a gravity-defying axe
  • How to make a realistic woodgrain texture on the top of the cake

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making the cake batter 0:28
  2. Preparing the cake pans 2:00
  3. Assembling the cake 4:50
  4. Crumb coating the cake 13:44
  5. Making the axe 14:56
  6. Adding the feet to the bottom of the cake 21:02
  7. Covering the top of the cake and making the woodgrain 22:02
  8. Making the bark texture 25:40
  9. Painting details 31:06

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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.