Unicorn Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

With a simple cut and a little carving, Paul sets the platform for the Unicorn’s head. Then there’s something you don’t often see in Paul’s kitchen as he covers the cake in buttercream. ?

As this is a novelty cake with lots of decorations you can get away with a quick covering. However, for the perfectionists out there Paul takes you through the steps required to cover this awkward shape.

Paul marks the board then paints the rainbow colours onto the board in preparation for the cake being transferred.

After adding the cake to the board Paul starts to add the facial features. He gets a great effect with the eyelashes, but it did take a couple of attempts!

We start the lesson with the cake looking more like a little pig. However, once we add it’s distinctive horn then there’s no doubting that it’s a unicorn.

Keeping things simple Paul uses moulds to create the little decorations that make all the difference. The decorations can be done by hand, but the moulds are so much quicker and often neater.

Colouring and adding the decorations really brings our Unicorn to life. Paul goes for the symmetrical design, but this part is entirely down to your taste.

Now time for the all important finishing touches where Paul adds some blush to the cheeks, highlights the mouth and facial features, and then finishes by adding glaze to the areas he wants to shine!

Paul shares with you some other ideas for cakes you can make with the techniques learned from this lesson

Paul shares with you everything a professional cake decorator needs to know for this type of design.