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Updated on February 23, 2021 by Liz Marek · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Semi-Naked Cake

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Skill level: Newb

Liz Marek's take on the naked cake trend, updated to incorporate some modern trends in 2018, mainly the semi-naked look and fresh fruit and berries.

41:33 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to create a modern semi-naked cake design
  • Learn how to add gold leaf to cake tiers
  • How to make fresh flowers food-safe for placing on cakes
  • How to arrange flowers on a cake creatively and build interest

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Prepping the cake 0:17
  2. Torting & crumb coat 5:14
  3. Torting & crumbcoating the small cake 9:57
  4. Final coat of buttercream 12:02
  5. Mixing buttercream colors 16:28
  6. Making buttercream petals 17:51
  7. Tips for cake delivery 20:21
  8. Adding cake supports 22:24
  9. Adding gold leaf to cake 24:32
  10. Stacking the cake 27:53
  11. Prepping fresh flowers 32:47
  12. Making fresh flowers food-safe 34:27
  13. Making a floral arrangement 35:51
  14. Making apricot glaze drip 39:35
  15. Final details 40:21

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4. Digital Cake Sketch Tutorial

5. Semi-Naked Cake Tutorial

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Materials List

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About Liz Marek

Liz Marek is a professional cake artist, sweet and savory recipe developer, and the founder of Sugar Geek Show, where she teaches cooking, baking and cake decorating through detailed tutorials, food science explanations, and kitchen-tested recipes. She has been creating recipes and teaching baking techniques since 2008, helping bakers of all skill levels gain the confidence to make professional-quality desserts at home.

Liz is known for breaking down complex cooking and baking concepts into simple, approachable methods. Her work focuses on helping people understand not just how a recipe works, but why it works. Through Sugar Geek Show, she shares step-by-step recipes, cake decorating tutorials, and practical baking guides designed to make professional techniques accessible to everyone.

Over the years, Liz has taught thousands of students through online tutorials, classes, and educational content focused on real kitchen results. Her recipes are carefully tested and written to help people succeed the first time they make them.

When she’s not developing recipes or teaching baking techniques, Liz also hosts curated travel experiences for women through her travel brand Soul Sisters.

You can find Liz’s latest recipes, baking tutorials, and food science tips at Sugar Geek Show.

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