Sleepy Tiger Cub Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

In this lesson, we will go over how to carve a rectangular cake into an irregular log shape and how to troubleshoot mistakes. We will also cover how to achieve a smooth ganache exterior on the cake too.

Learn to cover your cakes with some troubleshooting techniques. Achieve a rough effect on the ends of your bark and add the textures and details to make your log cake look more realistic.

Learn painting techniques to bring out some more texture!  Using a ‘wash’ method, painting and dry dusting to achieve a realistic effect.

Get piping with some compound chocolate to make the grass strands to surround the cake.  Learn 2 ways to paint on chocolate too!

This is a fun part! In this lesson we get to model the head of the sleeping tiger cub using modelling chocolate and a filling of rice cereal treats.

Here we get to model the legs of the tiger club out of modelling chocolate and work on the placement of him on the log.  Also learn different ways to texturise the hair on the tiger’s body.

Learn techniques in dry dusting, painting and adding the details that turn this cat into a cute tiger cub!

In this lesson we get to put it altogether with some landscaping! Make some rolling mounds of ‘dirt’, cover the board and strategically place the grass strands.

If a tiger cub isn’t your style, you can definitely turn this cake into any other domestic or wild cat cub or even your friend’s pet kitten! Just try painting different details and colours to achieve the right look.

Try your hand at making this cake as a different cat breed or a wild cat, add some flowers and make a different landscape. Learn about how much I would cost this cake –  including my time and the ingredients – and how long it took me!  Find out ways to speed up the tedious bits and areas that you could speed up to reduce the time.