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No Prob Llama Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

We continue our cake structure series with a cute no prob llama cake using threaded rod as the cake structure. Liz Marek breaks down how to use threaded rod, how to cut it without damaging the threads, how to measure and scale up a photo reference picture, along with all the fun details that make this llama shine!

We've got a lot of fun tips and tricks in this tutorial, including how to make edible pom poms, how to carve down cake and estimate the widths of objects if you only have 1 photo. Let's get our tools and materials together and let's get started!

1:11:59 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • Learn how to scale a picture reference and plan for structure
  • How to make a cute cartoony llama cake using a threaded rod cake structure
  • Learn how to create edible pom poms, cutesy fur, a grass cake board and other fun details
  • Learn how to sculpt a llama face and feet out of cake and rice cereal treats

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Materials & tools 0:10
  2. Measuring & Scaling 4:29
  3. Cutting threaded rod 15:23
  4. Assembly 17:20
  5. Carving down rice cereal 22:53
  6. Stacking the cakes 30:57
  7. Carving the cake 37:15
  8. Carving the llama face 41:17
  9. Covering with fondant 44:25
  10. Detailing the face 46:37
  11. Detailing the feet 50:24
  12. Adding the fur 52:08
  13. Making the ears 56:58
  14. Making the necklace 59:56
  15. Final Details 1:04:18

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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.