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How to Make a Motorcycle Cake
The yummiest kind of motorbike for ripping up single track is made of modeling chocolate. This motorcycle cake tutorial is for cake decorators who find themselves challenged by designs that involve...
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How to Make a Car Cake
The classic car is a wildly popular cake design for groom’s cakes, men’s birthday cakes, and father’s day cakes. This tutorial demonstrates how to make an easy 3D car cake with minimal carving. This...
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How to Slice Cake Layers
Many people slice cake layers by sawing with the knife. However that back-and-forth motion often leads to jagged, uneven layers. There are many awkward gadgets out there for sawing cake when the truth...
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How to Make a Boat Cake
William D Evans This 3D cake adventure involves modeling chocolate, piped chocolate, malt balls, buttercream frosting, dowel infrastructure, carved cake construction, and Pepperidge Farm Pirouette...
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How to Make a Half Sphere Cake
The beauty of the half sphere cake is that it can be baked in such a way that no carving is needed. Here is an owl cake, a fish cake, a beach ball cake, a Super Mario cake, and breast wishes cake, all...
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How to Make a Booby Cake
I made this booby cake decorated with smooth buttercream and modeling chocolate for a fundraising event in honor my friend, Laura, who is winning a fight against breast cancer. Go, Laura! It was a...
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How to Fill Layer Cakes Video
This is a video extension of my blog tutorial, How to Fill Layer Cakes, in which I demonstrate the professional bakery method of building layer cakes in pans. This technique yields solid puck and...
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How to Make a Skull Cake
According to Mexican tradition, on the Day of the Dead, the elegant skull represents both the death of beauty and the beauty of death, a cake decorator’s paradox. The decorations on this skull cake...
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How to Freeze Cake
Have you ever heard the myth that “freezing cakes is bad?” It’s not true! The freezer is a great tool for cake making, especially when it comes to the engineering of tiered wedding cakes or sculpted...
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Layer Cake Filling Recipes
I have gotten so many questions about my cake filling recipes that I finally decided to share the formulas here on this website! This article presents a streamlined menu that includes 10 cake filling...
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Tall Layer Cake Making
The secret to torting perfectly tight and symmetrical layer cakes that are taller or higher than the average cake This tutorial is another supplement to my most watched video that demonstrates the...
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New Layer Cake Video Series – Part 1 – Freezing Cake
Cake Filling Method – Freezing Cakes This is PART 1 of an updated video series on layer cake filling. Link to Part 2: Filling & Depanning Cakes Link to PART 3: Condensation This video is an...
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New Layer Cake Video Series – Part 2 – Filling and Depanning
Cake Filling Method – Filling & De-panning This is PART 2 of an updated video series on layer cake filling.Link to PART 1: Freezing Cake Link to PART 3: CondensationThis video is demonstration on...
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Why Cake Fillings Bulge – Top 5 Reasons & Solutions
Watch the VIDEO version: Why Cake Fillings Bulge VIDEO SERIES LINK: How to Fill Layer Cakes in the Pan Video Transcript Fillings that bulge are like the unwanted muffin tops of the layer cake world,...
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Video: Stacking Cakes with Wood Dowels
Here is a two part video series demonstrating how to use wood dowels in stacked cake assembly. This may be applied to the construction of wedding cakes, multi-tiered cakes, birthday cakes, or any cake...
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Valentine’s Inspiration 2 – Bakery Tricks
VIDEO: Valentine’s Heart Cakes – Bakery Recipes & How-To Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day! Here is an example of how I made three different kinds of cakes using one kind of heart mold at a commercial...
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Topsy Turvy Cake Video 1- INTRO
VIDEO: Topsy Turvy Cake Tutorial – Intro This is part 1 of 4 In this segment, I explain the function of counterbalance and demonstrate how to cut and prepare cardboard circles in preparation for...
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Topsy Turvy Cake Video 2 – CARVING
Video: Topsy Turvy Cake Tutorial 2 – CARVING This is part 2 of 4 In this segment, I demonstrate how to carve a topsy turvy cake using the upside down tapering and wedging method. Related Links Part 1:...
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Topsy Turvy Cake Video 3 – FROSTING
Video: Topsy Turvy Cake Tutorial 3 – FROSTING This is part 3 of 4 In this segment, I demonstrate how to frost a topsy turvy cake tier with buttercream using the upside down frosting method. Related...
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Topsy Turvy Cake Video 4 – DOWELING
Video: Topsy Turvy Cake Tutorial 4 – DOWELING This is part 4 of 4 In this segment, I demonstrate how to measure and insert wooden dowels for a topsy turvy cake frosted with buttercream. Related Links...
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