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Paul covers all the key learning points in 30 minutes.
1. Making and covering the display board
To get started Paul creates the ‘L’ Shaped board, which is perfect for any scene or display.
2. Carving the cakes
Paul now carves the boat and dinghy shapes out of cake.
3. Covering the cakes in ganache
Now its time to add the ganache.
4. Covering the boat
In this lesson Paul covers and adds the wooden texture to the boat.
5. Icing the dinghy
Now time to cover HMS Spare in sugarpaste.
6. Part 1 - Painting the backboard
Paul now paints a highland scene for the backdrop to this design.
7. Part 2 - Painting the mountain
The scene starts to come to life as the mountains are added.
8. Part 3 - Painting the forest
There’s a lot to fit in so now Paul adds the forest just adding to the Scottish theme.
9. Part 4 - Painting the purple heather effect
Paul finishes the backboard by adding some purple Scottish heather.
10. Painting the sea to the base board
Time now to add on the sea to finish the painting.
11. Painting the dinghy
Paul now gets started on the boats as he paints the dinghy that distinctive orange.
12. Painting HMS Britannia
HMS Britannia comes to life as Paul gives it that old wooden effect using a range of colours.
13. Adding details to the boats
Paul now adds those small, but all important details to the boats.
14. Making King Charles
It’s now time to start adding the models and no better place to start than with King Charles.
Paul has met King Charles.
15. Making Queen Camilla
Queen Camilla now gets the Paul Bradford modelling treatment. Paul has also met Queen Camilla.
16. Making Prince William & Kate
The boat is starting to fill up as Prince William & Kate join the King and Queen.
17. Adding Prince Harry & Megan
Now time to create Prince Harry & Megan.
18. Adding the boats to the board
Paul now carefully adds the boats to the cake board, ensuring that they are positioned with all faces facing the same direction.
19. Adding the corgi
With a respectful nod to Queen Elizabeth, Paul adds a little corgi to the boat.
20. Other Ideas
Paul shares some different ways to maximise the skills learned in this tutorial.
21. Pro Lesson
Paul shares some pricing ideas and business related uses for this cake.
HMS’ Britannia & Spare cake tutorial by Paul Bradford
Paul created 5 cakes for the late Queen Elizabeth II as part of her holiday retreat at Balmoral. The cakes were informal private family cakes and each one had humour throughout.
Just after HMS Britannia was decommissioned, the cake for Balmoral was to the Queen and the royal family in a rowing boat navigating around the Scottish Hebrides. This showed the humour that they have away from the formality of royal duties.
With the Queen’s passing Paul has rec-created the cake, but brought it up to date with the current royals. Given the current family issues and the name Prince Harry gave to his book, there was a gentle nod to the humour that the family have shown throughout the years.
In this tutorial you will learn how to:
- How to make a large L shape stand for painting landscapes and cake
- Painting a natural landscape using edible dust
- Creating boat style cakes
- Modelling people and dogs with a fun twist
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