Baby Girl Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

Paul starts us off by layering the cake and preparing it for being carved so be generous with your ganache when layering it. Once the ganache has set it’s time to carve the cake to shape and then cover in ganache in preparation for covering it all in sugarpaste.

Paul now covers the board in white sugarpaste and textures it with one of Karen Davies moulds which is noted in the tools section. Then it’s on with the edible dusts to add some more interest.

Here, Paul shows us how to make the stripey legs by rolling out large sausages of sugarpaste and then demonstrates a clever way to create the stripes as though it is all one piece of material. Then it’s onto adding the neck and the jumper which will show under the jacket.

Paul shows us a clever way to make a tailored jacket for your cake. It takes away the guesswork but as you will know with cake decorating, it doesn’t always go to plan!

In this lesson paul shows us how to create the simple arms complete with cute little mittens. Paul then adds the little bits of flashes and buttons to the jacket to finish it off.

Here, Paul adds the little baby shoes complete with cute little bows.

Here, Paul carves the head to shape from a polystyrene dummy. Paul uses a serrated knife but you could treat yourself to a hot wire foam cutter to save you all the mess. Paul has already covered the head in white sugarpaste and now shows us how to form the facial features and then adds the head to the body.

Paul starts by adding a cute little tongue and then show us how to secure the head to the cake.

In this lesson Paul shows us how to make the babies cosy little wooly hat using another of Karen Davies moulds.

Paul finishes off the cake by bringing the babies face to life with a little bit of edible dust and glaze.

Paul shares some other ideas you can try out during this project. We’re sure you’ve some of your own, and we’d love to see what brilliant alterations you’ve made.

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Paul shares some insider information about the cost to make this cake. He also shares his advice on pricing, portions and other vital information necessary for any professional cake designer.