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1. Tools & Ingredients
Paul starts by talking through all the ingredients and quantities that he will be using. All are listed and available to download in the INGREDIENTS tab below.
If you are needing to bake a different sized cake then check out our Cake Recipe Re-Sizing Calculator which is available under Resources on the CakeFlix main menu.
2. Making the buttercream
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make an easy buttercream to cover your cake with.
3. Layering the cake
In this lesson, Paul shows you how to make the simple syrup used to keep the cakes nice and moist. Then, we move on to layering the cake and filling with the buttercream and hidden candy!
4. Applying the buttercream
Paul shows o how to get a smooth finish when applying the buttercream to the sides of your cake.
5. Adding the sprinkles
Paul finishes by adding the sprinkles to the side of the cake followed by some decorative swirls and a few smarties!
Free Rainbow Sprinkles Cake Tutorial
This timeless design would light up any celebration. The colours can easily be adapted to suit the celebration. In this free Rainbow Sprinkles cake tutorial you will learn not only how to make this cake, but Paul throws in lots of extra hints and tips along the way.
To start, you will need 5x 6″ round cakes at 1″ depth. There are plenty of recipes to choose from in the BAKING section. If you need to change the sizes of any of the recipes provided please use our Cake Recipe Re-Sizing Calculator.
You will then learn how to make smooth buttercream before going on to properly layer a stacked cake. Paul then coats the cake in buttercream before adding the sparkle decorations. Finishing with some cute buttercream swirls this has to be the picture post card birthday cake design.
Watch out for the surprise in this design! The inside may not be as it appears from the outside. Intrigued, then you’ll have to watch to find out what happens.
Rainbow Sprinkles downloadable tools and ingredients
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- 4x 6” round cakes by 1” depth
- 500g unsalted butter
- 1kg icing sugar
- Splash of cream
- Sweets/ candy
- Sprinkles
- Paddle mixer
- Sieve
- Palette knife
- Side scraper
- Round cutter
- M1 star nozzle
- Piping bag
Paul Bradford
Paul Bradford´s mission is to ‘Empower people to achieve their cake decorating dreams’ by providing a range of cake decorating courses and online tutorials through their website, which currently teaches 195,000+ students.
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He skips the part about how to cover up the hole with the candies inside! It goes into the fridge with a hole at the top in video 4, then it comes out of the fridge completely iced over at the start of video 5. Do you just layer icing over the candies and smooth it out?
Hello Ryan, Sorry it seems to have been missed out…. As soon as the cake has chilled you want to spread the buttercream over the top, make it smooth then pop back in the fridge to set. 10 to 20 mins later you can then move on with the tutorial. Once again sorry about this part being missed out.
Kind regards
David