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1. Chocolate Cake - Preparation
2. Chocolate Cake - Chocolate Sauce
3. Chocolate Cake - Egg Mix
4. Chocolate Cake - Dry Ingredients
5. Chocolate Cake - Mixing All the Ingredients
6. Chocolate Cake - Filling the Cake Tins
7. Chocolate Cake - Putting the Cakes in the Oven
8. Chocolate Cake - Taking the Cake out of the oven
9. Using Ganache - Making Milk Chocolate Ganache
10. Using Ganache - Ganaching the side of a round cake
11. Using Ganache - Ganaching the top of a round cake
12. Using Ganache - Using a pastry brush on a round cake
13. Icing Cakes - Icing a round cake Wrapping Around
14. Common Decorations - Box lid
15. Common Decorations - Stripes
16. Icing Cakes - Icing a round cake
17. Icing Boards - Icing a round Board Throw over
18. Stacking Cakes - Stacking a 3 tier Round Cake
19. Common Decorations - Polka Dots
20. Common Decorations - Adding a Ribbon
21. Common Decorations - How to make a polka dot bow
22. Common Decorations - Glaze Spray and Dusts
Bring Your Skills Together to Create a Beautiful Stacked Cake
Creating a complete decorated cake is one of the most rewarding milestones in cake decorating. This Free Polka Dot Wedding Cake Tutorial brings together many essential techniques and demonstrates how they work together to produce a polished and professional result. By following each lesson step by step, you’ll gain confidence in combining baking, decorating, and assembly methods into one finished design.
The tutorial begins with the foundations, including baking a rich chocolate cake and preparing ganache for a smooth, reliable covering. Understanding these early stages helps create a strong base for decorating and ensures the finished cake holds its structure. As you progress through the lessons, you’ll learn how to apply ganache neatly, cover cakes smoothly with icing, and add decorative features that enhance the overall appearance.
You’ll also discover how to create visual interest through simple but effective decorative elements such as stripes, box lid effects, and playful polka dots. These techniques help transform a simple cake into an attractive design suitable for celebrations and special occasions. The lessons also include board preparation and stacking methods, helping you achieve a clean and stable final presentation.
In this tutorial series, you will learn how to:
- 🍫 Bake a rich chocolate cake from scratch
- 🧁 Prepare and apply ganache smoothly
- 🎂 Cover cakes neatly with icing
- 📦 Add decorative features such as box lid effects and stripes
- 🔵 Create fun polka dot decorations
- 🪵 Prepare and cover cake boards for a polished finish
- 🏗️ Stack cakes safely and securely
- 🎀 Add finishing touches such as ribbon, glaze, and spray dusts
By completing this Free Polka Dot Wedding Cake Tutorial, you’ll develop the confidence to combine multiple techniques into one cohesive design. This series is ideal for beginners who want to practise essential skills while creating a finished cake that looks both elegant and professional.
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other US to metric and Metric to US
- 6” (15.2cm),8”(20.3cm) ,10” (25.4cm) Round cakes
- 14” (35.6cm) Round cake drum
- 8” (20.3cm), 6” (15.2cm) Round cake cards
- 2.5 Kg (5 lb 8oz) Ganache
- 1.6 Kg (3lb 8.4oz) Duck egg blue sugarpaste
- 1.4 Kg (3 lb 1.4oz) White sugarpaste
- Spaghetti
- Ribbon (15mm)
- PME Glaze
- Snowflake dust
- Serrated knife
- Palette knife (large and small)
- Metal Scraper
- Turntable
- Sharp knife
- Large metal ruler
- Smoothers
- PME Tools
- Wire cutters
- Scissors
- Paint brush
- Pastry brush
- Rolling Pin (large and small)
- Roller wheel markers
- Ruler
