Deep Sea Diving Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

First, Paul goes over the design and concept for the cake then shows you how to build an internal structure as it is needed to keep the cake stable. For this, a long threaded rod is attached to 2 cake boards using nuts and washers.

In this lesson, Paul stacks the cake over the food safe internal structure with layers of ganache. To prepare for the next lesson, off camera Paul covers the sides of the cake with a layer of dark chocolate ganache then once dry adds another layer using white chocolate ganache.

Whilst the ganache is still soft, Paul decided to throw some sprinkles into the mix! Once you are happy with the sprinkles it’s then the time to move on to airbrushing the deep blue ocean colour!

Here, Paul shows you how to make the deep sea divers bodies from modelling paste.

In this lesson Paul makes arms for the divers then using cocktail sticks, attaches the complete bodies to the cake.

Paul moves on to making the final diver for the top of the cake.

Paul uses modeling paste to make the heads as it is firmer and holds its shape better than sugarpaste. Royal icing is used for the hair, giving it a great underwater wet look.

In this lesson, Paul shows you how to make all the pretty little fish that get added to the cake!

Paul shows you how to make a realistic looking sea turtle.

To bring it all together, Paul lightly sprays the cake to soften the bright colours and hide any marks!

Paul shares some other ideas you can try out during this project. We’re sure you’ve some of your own, and we’d love to see what brilliant alterations you’ve made.

In this lesson, Paul shares some insider information about the cost to make this cake, as well as pricing and other vital information for any professional cake designer.