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1. Ingredients for Making Ganche
To start off Paul shows all the ingredients that he’ll be using to make the ganache.
2. Making the Ganache
In this lesson Paul mixes the ingredients together to create the ganache.
3. Preparing the ganache
Paul now starts to prepare the ganache and looks at colouring options.
4. Whitening the cake
Paul now adds the colouring and applies the brilliant white to the ganache.
5. Creating Flowers and Leaves
Paul now starts to create the wafer paper flowers and leaves to decorate the cake.
6. Creating the Mould Decorations
Paul uses Pink Flamingo moulds, but feel free to use whichever brand or design you like, to create decorations for the side of the cake.
7. lesson 7 - Decorating the Cake
This is where the magic starts to happen when Paul brings all the decorations together to come up with this cheaper and faster way to make couture wedding cake.
8. Other Ideas
Paul provides some extra hints and tips on how to use the skills and techniques taught.
9. Pro Lesson
In this lesson, Paul talks all about pricing and selling a cake like this.
Looking for a ganache wedding cake tutorial that creates a beautiful couture finish without using sugarpaste? In this step-by-step CakeFlix tutorial, Paul Bradford shows you how to create an elegant wedding cake using textured and coloured chocolate ganache, finished with delicate handmade wafer paper flowers.
With the cost of cake decorating ingredients and materials continuing to rise, finding ways to create impressive cakes without adding unnecessary expense makes good business sense. This no sugarpaste wedding cake shows how a clever change of technique can save both time and materials while still producing a professional finish.
Create a Wedding Cake Without Sugarpaste
Rather than covering each tier with sugarpaste or fondant, Paul uses chocolate ganache as the main finish for the cake.
He starts by creating a white-toned chocolate ganache before demonstrating how to apply and texture it. Paul then uses colour to achieve a clean, crisp white appearance suitable for a modern wedding cake.
The result is stylish, contemporary and surprisingly versatile.
Once you understand the technique, you can adapt the idea to suit different wedding themes and colour palettes. You could experiment with different ganache textures, colours and decorative elements to create your own collection of couture wedding cakes.
Learn to Make Wafer Paper Flowers
Of course, a couture wedding cake needs a beautiful finishing touch.
Paul demonstrates how to condition wafer paper before turning it into delicate flowers. Rather than relying on complicated cutters or moulds, he shows you how to create the petals freehand.
You’ll then learn how to wire the wafer paper flower safely and arrange it on the finished cake.
Wafer paper works particularly well with the textured ganache finish. It adds height and movement to the design without overwhelming the cake.
What You’ll Learn
In this tutorial, Paul Bradford will show you how to:
- Create a white-toned chocolate ganache
- Cover and texture a wedding cake with ganache
- Apply colour to achieve a crisp white finish
- Condition wafer paper ready for flower making
- Create freehand wafer paper flowers
- Wire a wafer paper flower
- Arrange and display flowers on the finished cake
- Adapt the techniques to create your own wedding cake designs
This ganache wedding cake tutorial is ideal if you’re looking for an alternative to traditional sugarpaste-covered wedding cakes. It’s also a great technique to add to your cake decorating portfolio, particularly if you sell wedding cakes and want to offer customers something a little different.
Join Paul and discover how chocolate ganache, wafer paper and a few clever decorating techniques can come together to create an impressive couture wedding cake without sugarpaste.
Don’t forget to share your interpretations of this wonderful cake with Paul and the rest of the CakeFlix Family on our Facebook group.
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