Skill level: Intermediate
Learn to make this adorable ukulele cake that defies gravity and looks just like the real thing. In this online course, you will learn step-by-step every part of making this cake, including the wood grain, making a complicated rounded bottom that supports the cake, the strings and fret board, and how to make this cake stand up on its own.
This cake was a ton of fun to make, and everyone at the birthday party loved it. Let's get our tools and materials together and let's get started!
1:04:23 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- How to make a gravity-defying ukulele cake
- Learn how to create a cake structure with a rounded bottom
- How to make paint realistic wood grain
- Learn all the tips and tricks needed to make the strings and instrument details
Tutorial Chapters
- The ukulele structure
- Stacking the cake
- Frosting the cake
- Covering the sides in fondant
- Attaching the neck
- Covering the front and back in fondant
- Shaping the neck
- Attaching the cake to the board
- Painting the ukulele wood
- Coloring the fondant details
- Airbrushing
- Adding details
- Adding frets
- Adding strings
- Final details