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Bite Sized
Watch Paul make the Rocking Horse cake in just one minute!
Highlights
Some hand-picked highlights from the full course.
1. Explaining the design
To begin, Paul goes over all the steps to creating an internal structure; from designing it on paper, working out the scale, adding the cake and everything in between!
2. Building the rocker
Now that the plans are laid out, it’s time to put it all together! Paul encounters a few problems in this lesson so you don’t have to.
3. Building the internal structure
Paul shows you how to put together all the parts to create a solid internal structure.
4. Making it food safe
In this very short and sweet lesson, Paul goes over the very important way to make your cake structure food safe.
5. Ganaching the belly
Paul adds some ganache to the underside of the horse to add some shape for the belly.
6. Carving
In this lesson, Paul will be showing you how to layer and carve the cake into the shape of the horse’s body.
7. Ganaching
Paul ganaches the cake with a smooth finish.
8. Lesson 8 - More carving
Paul isn’t happy with the shape of the body, so in this lesson you will see how Paul reshapes the body to better fit the original design.
9. Making the head
To make the head, we are going to carve out the shape from a block of polystyrene.
10. Covering the body and head
In this lesson, Paul shows you one way of covering the cake in one go to minimise joins. Once the body is covered it’s time to smooth and remove any cracks or holes.
11. Sculpting the face
In this lesson you will learn how to sculpt the features of the horse’s face using an image as a guide.
12. Icing the rockers
In this lesson, Paul shows you how to ice the rockers in panels for a sharp finish.
13. Making the ears
Paul shows you how to make the ears from sugarpaste.
14. Making the legs
Now it’s time to make the legs, not as challenging as they look!
15. Making the hair
Paul shows you how to make simple hair for the mane from sugarpaste
16. Making the bridle
In this lesson, you’ll see how Paul makes the intricate straps around the horse’s head.
17. Making the collar
Now it’s time to make the beautiful broached collar around the horse’s neck.
18. Making the saddle
In this lesson you will learn how to make the multi layered saddle with a little decoration around the side.
19. Making the tail
A very quick and simple method of making a nice flowing tail.
20. Painting the horse
Time to paint this bad boy!
21. Other Ideas
Paul goes over some other ideas you can use on your own cakes.
22. PRO Lesson
Paul shares some insider knowledge on pricing and selling a cake like this one.
Army Helicopter Cake Tutorial
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to… Plan the design and create the templates Create advanced internal structure Cover awkward shapes and blending Use colour to bring the design to life and much, much more! Learn to make this detailed rocking horse, which Paul breaks down into easy to learn steps. Getting the templates and structure right are crucial to this design and Paul explains both in great detail. Following his train of thought will help you to create your own bespoke designs and structures going forward. As always, we leave in the mistakes so you can understand Paul’s design decisions and how to correct things as they go wrong!
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to…
- Plan the design with templates
- Build advanced internal structure
- Cover shapes and blendsugarpaste
- Paint your cakes
- and much, much more!
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