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Watch Paul make his Juggling Christmas cake in just one minute!
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Hand-picked best bits from the entire course!
1. Building the stand and making it food safe
Before we begin Paul must build his stand to create the internal structure which holds the cake in place. Once you have your stand built it is important that you make it food safe to prevent cross contamination between the stand and the cake, for this cake Paul uses chocolate ganache.
2. Carving & ganaching the bodies
In this lesson,Paul shows you how to place the cake over the threaded rod so that each character is slightly offset.
3. Covering the cakes & board
Paul shows you how to cover the cakes, wrapping around the awkward shapes ending with a clean finish.
4. Santa's body
First we start with Santa’s body, adding all the features such as the belt and fur coat.
5. Santa's boots & arms
Next up is Santa’s cute boots and arms.
6. Making Santa's head
In this lesson, Paul shows you how to make all of Santa’s facial features and how to position the head on the body.
7. Santa's hat
Now we move on to Santa’s hat!
8. Lesson 8 – Making the snowman
Paul creates a simplistic Snowman for the cake with a cute hat and scarf that really adds character.
9. Lesson 9 – Elf’s body & legs
In this lessnn, Paul rolls out the sugarpaste to decorate the elf’s body then adds the legs and feet!
10. Making the elf’s arms & head
To finish the elf, Paul adds the head then makes the little hat and shows you how to make the perfect little elf ears!
11. Finishing touches
To bring it all together, Paul steams the cake then adds various snowflakes to hid the bits you don’t want to see!
12. Other ideas
Some other ideas for the Juggling Christmas cake.
13. Pro Lesson
Everything a pro needs to know about pricing and distribution.
Juggling Christmas Cake Tutorial: Learn to Make a Gravity Defying Christmas Cake
Looking for a Christmas cake decorating tutorial that really stands out? Join multi-award-winning cake artist Paul Bradford as he shows you how to create his spectacular Juggling Christmas cake, featuring Santa, a snowman and a cheeky little elf, all balanced in a gravity defying design!
This fun and festive cake is guaranteed to bring smiles, but there’s much more to it than meets the eye. Behind those adorable Christmas characters is a clever internal structure that makes the whole design possible.
Whether you’re an enthusiastic home baker looking for a new challenge or a professional cake decorator wanting to impress your customers, this step-by-step tutorial is packed with techniques you can use again and again.
Learn How to Make a Gravity Defying Christmas Cake
Paul begins by demonstrating how to build a strong internal support structure and prepare it for safe contact with the cake. He then guides you through carving, shaping and ganaching the cakes before covering them in sugarpaste.
You’ll discover how to bring each Christmas character to life, from Santa’s cheerful face and festive outfit to the snowman’s cosy scarf and the elf’s distinctive ears.
And the best part? The skills you’ll learn aren’t limited to Christmas. You can apply these techniques to all sorts of creative novelty and sculpted cake designs.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to…
- Build an internal structure to support a spectacular stacked cake design.
- Create cute Christmas characters, including Santa, a snowman and an elf.
- Master gravity defying cake techniques to achieve an impressive balancing effect.
- Develop sculpting and carving skills to shape cakes and create realistic character features.
- Cover awkward cake shapes neatly with sugarpaste and add professional finishing touches.
- And much, much more!
More Christmas Cake Decorating Inspiration
If you’ve enjoyed creating this festive design, why not explore our full collection of Christmas cake decorating tutorials?
You might also enjoy Paul’s Christmas Carousel Cake Tutorial, another impressive festive centrepiece, or his Doreena the Goldfish Cake Tutorial for more gravity defying techniques.
When building cakes with internal supports, food safety is essential. You can find additional guidance on suitable materials from Food Standards Scotland.
Ready to create your own Juggling Christmas masterpiece? Join Paul and discover how to turn a few Christmas characters into a truly unforgettable festive cake!
