Skill level: Intermediate
Guest Instructor Shannon Patrick Mayes is back for another fun holiday cake project! Learn to create a holiday present cake, complete with a sculpted knitted teddy bear, a lifted box lid (a most-requested technique) edible tissue paper, a gift box ribbon on top, and a festive reindeer snowflake pattern on the gift box.
Shannon packs this tutorial with tons of tips and tricks, so let's get our tools together, and let's get started.
2:04:44 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- How to create a gift box/present cake
- Learn how to make edible tissue paper and a patterned ribbon
- How to make a sculpted teddy bear with a knitted pattern
Tutorial Chapters
- Prepping
- Sculpting the bear
- Covering in buttercream
- Covering in fondant
- Making the ears
- Making the nose and eyes
- Making the bear bow
- Making the deer stencil
- Airbrushing
- Making the lid
- Adding the cake
- Adding the teddy bear
- Assembling the box
- Making the arms
- Attaching the arms
- Finishing the eyes
- Painting the box
- Making tissue paper
- Making the box bow
- Adding the tissue paper
- Adding the box bow