Skill level: Intermediate
I went all out making this rustic bear baby shower cake for my soon-to-be son, Ezra Marek! This design was inspired by the Pacific Northwest, my home turf which I love, and a much-requested cake technique, creating an empty theater cake design.
In this course, you will learn how to create this stunning showpiece step-by-step, along with several tips, tricks and techniques to add to your arsenal.
2:05:17 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- How to create an empty theater cake tier and properly secure it
- Learn how to create a bear family cake topper, and a stylized moon cake topper
- How to create a stone texture square cake tier
- How to pipe realistic tree leaves
Tutorial Chapters
- Carving
- Covering the inside
- Airbrushing
- Covering the outside
- Making stars
- Attaching stars
- Making trees
- Coloring Royal Icing
- Piping leaves
- Making the branches
- The moon structure
- Adding modeling chocolate
- Sculpting the bear bodies
- Sculpting the bear head
- Making the stump
- Adding color
- Adding branches
- Dusting
- Attaching the bears
- Detailing the moon
- Making strawberry buttercream
- Stacking the cakes
- Softening ganache
- Ganaching the cake
- Adding texture
- Adding color
- Assembling the cake