Skill level: Intermediate
Guest instructor and resident Food Producer Erin Fale has an awesome Flamingo pool floaty cake, complete with an awesome pineapple drink and edible umbrella!
If you've wanted to try out sculpting a cake into a magnificent work of art but were feeling nervous about how to start learning sculpting, this tutorial is perfect for you. Erin tackles this tricky cake in a beginner-friendly fashion while offering tips and tricks that make the process a breeze.
1:09:31 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- How to make a gravity-defying flamingo pool floaty out of edible materials
- Learn how to decorate and construct a cake board in a custom backyard pool shape
- How to make the pineapple drink
- Learn how to work with wafer paper to make edible umbrellas
- All of Erin's tips and tricks to get the plastic look of the floaty and pineapple texture just right
Tutorial Chapters
- Introduction 0:56
- Making The Wafer Paper Umbrella
- Shaping The Flamingo Head
- Stacking The Flamingo Cakes
- Carving The Cakes
- Crumb Coating The Cakes
- Covering The Cakes In Fondant
- Covering The Pool Floaty In Fondant
- Texturing The Pool Floaty
- Making The Pina Colada
- Shaving And Trimming The Head
- Covering The Board In Fondant
- Covering The Head In Fondant
- Making The Wings
- Painting The Pineapple
- Putting The Flamingo Together
- Detailing The Flamingo
- Adding The Pina Colada
- Making The Garnishes
- Adding The Garnishes