Summer Lovin’ Camper Van Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

First up, Paul explains the design and then gets stuck in with assembling the cake board, with some hot glue and screws. Next he covers it and starts on the background design.

In this lesson, Paul cuts the cake using an image of a camper van blown up to size. He then cuts it into 3 sections and layers top of each other with ganache in between. Remember that you can add a flavouring of your choice to the cake before applying the ganache. Paul’s favourite is Irish Cream Liqueur.

Paul ganaches the cake which is a simple process. It’s not a complex shape, so you could use buttercream, rather than ganache, if you prefer.

In this lesson Paul covers the cake almost to completion. For the biggest section Paul rolls out the sugarpaste to around 3mm. He uses 5mm for the roof using a burnt orange colour (white mixed with Massa Ticino red) and applies it with a little edible glue.

Paul finishes off covering the cake, by adding the roof with a thicker piece of white sugarpaste and placing it carefully to give it that signature brown over the windscreen.

Paul adds the extra little flashes that add definition to the design of the van, using thin strips of white sugarpaste. Again it’s all about studying the picture of the van and trying to recreate it. He then goes on to create the tyres, using a very simple and quick method.

In this lesson, Paul continues to add some more detail making use of an extruder. A little vegetable fat mixed into the sugarpaste helps it through the extruder.

Paul finishes off the van by adding extra little details as well as the wheel arches and of course the famous VW sign. Paul uses an edible printer for the fantastic looking sign. Making one from sugarpaste wouldn’t be too difficult either, if you have the time. And the final touch? Those all-important wing mirrors.

Next up, Paul decorates the board by adding a cute hill scene, complete with sunny blue skies. Paul uses scrunched up tin foil to quickly add texture to the grass which has a nice effect. You could go a step further and dust the grass and the sun, or add some painted or sugarpaste clouds. There’s so much that could be done – just let your imagination guide you!

In this lesson, you can find out how to create quick and easy palm trees which you can make time and time again, using only white paper, green dust, a little brown sugar and some wire. Paul then covers the board with some brown sugar and paints on the birds flying in the distance.

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In this lesson, Paul steps in to talk about pricing, costing and so much more… It’s vital information for any professional cake designer.