Magnolia Frills Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

Vida gets right into it and shows us how to make the beautifully delicate frills.

In this lesson, Vida shows us how to add the lovely strips to the second tier. Along the way, she gives us some handy tips in case you accidentally damage the delicate strips or the cake.

In this lesson, Vida shows us how to add the lovely strips to the second tier. She again gives us some handy tips in case we accidentally damage the delicate strips or the cake.

Vida continues to add the lovely strips to the second tier. Along the way she gives us some handy tips if you accidentally damage the delicate strips or the cake.

Here Vida shows us how to make the centre of the magnolia flower as well as the petals. A pair of very small scissors or even some bent nose tweezers would be handy to use for the stamen.

Now that the petals and stamen have set. It’s time to apply the first layer of dust using a nice soft brush. A handy tip to save waste is to put the dusts onto tin foil so you can pour the unused dust back into the tubs when you are finished.

You don’t always need the fancy gadgets! Here Vida shows us that the humble kettle works perfectly as a steamer. Steaming the petals and stamens deepens the colour of the dusts and prevents it from falling onto the cake.

In this lesson, Vida uses Paul’s famous airbrush to add a lovely shimmer of silver to the second tier.

Here we see Vida add the middle tier on top of the bottom tier and then adds some extra pieces of sugarpaste to join them together seamlessly.

In this final lesson Vida adds some little touches to hide joins and gives some other suggestions. Then it’s time to insert the flower and add some ribbon and we’re all finished.

Paul and Vida share 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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In this lesson, Paul and Vida share some insider information about the cost of make this cake. She also discusses pricing, portions and other vital information for any professional cake designer.