Skill level: Intermediate
Sachiko Windbiel of Mimi Cafe Union New York has traveled across the country to Sugar Geek Show to take us on a golden safari adventure!
Sachiko teaches us her unique style of figure making from how to make the eyes, adorable features, accessories and hairstyles. Liz compliments this tutorial with a matching golden safari themed cake and cake stand to match.
3:39:08 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- Sachiko's method to making Manga-inspired cake toppers
- How to easily make difficult parts like hands and toes
- Learn how to create faces full of life and character
- Sachiko's techniques for making clothing and fabric details
- Liz Marek's tips on how to make multiple animal prints on a cake tier
- How to make an easy edible bow using modeling chocolate
- Learn how to create your very own cake stands
Tutorial Chapters
- Topper structure
- Making eye shapes
- Coloring skin-tone fondant
- Prepping the body
- Painting the eyes
- Forming the head shape
- Placing the features
- Finishing touches
- Creating the torso
- Forming the legs
- Adding the shoes
- Adding undergarments
- Another method of shaping legs
- Making toes
- Making the underskirt
- Black ruffle dress
- Adding the bow
- Attaching the head
- Shoulders and neck
- Forming the arms
- Making hands
- Attaching the arms
- Making Numbers: Method #1
- Making Numbers: Method #2
- Making Numbers: Method #3
- Shoulder Ruffles
- Making black bow on shirt
- Placing number in hands
- Making blonde hair color
- Forming the hair
- Adding pig tails
- Painting the dress
- Painting the hair
- Painting animal print pattern
- Making pink bow
- Making cake stand