Atlantis Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

In this lesson, Michelle will talk you through how to achieve the amazing coral covering technique. A technique that once learned is easy, straightforward and a good skill to have in your cake decorating catalogue.

Michelle then covers the board with the cake already secured. To see how to cover a secured round tier click HERE.

NOTE: If using cake (Michelle uses dummy) then you need to use a central dowel plus support dowels. For more on stacking cakes click HERE.

Using the same the same technique as lesson 1 but on a much grander scale, Michelle now covers the side of the cake. Some new techniques here too, which gives that definite under the ocean feel.

NOTE: For more on creating a marble effect click HERE.

This design is all about the detail. Learn how to create amazing undersea textures as Michelle uses decorations, simple tools and stenciling to create an excellent finish.

NOTE: To see how to cover a round board click HERE.

In this lesson, Michelle discusses how to cover and stack the bottom tiers, before going on to stencil the marbled cake to great effect.

NOTE: For help covering, stacking and ganaching a double-barrelled cake click HERE.

Time to start matching up the colours and what better way than adding a thin painted strip to the trim of tiers 1 and 3. Very simple, but very effective.

This is the tricky part; getting the stencil pattern to match up. However, having done this hundreds of times before, Michelle talks us through her tried and tested method and the results are there for all to see.

Michelle now shows a cool technique in making the scrunch ruffle decorations. This might take a while so pour yourself a coffee or something stronger, but the end effect is worth the time and effort.

The cake is already looking amazing, but to finish it off Michelle continues the coral ruffle theme by adding a lovely decorative flower to the top tier.

It’s just a case now of painting the coral ruffle flower to give it that beautiful bronze, metallic look and adding the ribbon around the board.

Michelle shares with you some other ideas for this type of design.

Prices, costs and overheads for this design. Everything a professional cake decorator needs to know.