Swiss Watch Designer Cake | CakeFlix Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

In this first lesson, Paul explains his thought process behind the design, as well as how he is going to put it all together. Paul uses cake dummy for part of the cake but as he explains you could use something like rice krispy treats if you want to keep it all edible (not advisable if it’s for a paying customer).

Here Paul shows us how to put the box together, now that the panels have been cut out. It’s all very simple, using only some hot glue and a few screws or alternatively small nails which might be better. You could get away with just using a bit of hot glue, but Paul likes to play it safe by adding some extra security – always a good idea, especially if it’s for a paying customer.

Paul has discovered the box is a little squint, but this won’t cause any issues, so best just to keep going. A way to avoid this is to place a smaller square inside the box as you are putting it together and place it into each corner as you go. Paul then moves onto icing the inside of the box with black sugarpaste, with the help of some edible glue and cake smoothers.

In this lesson, Paul goes onto adding an inner lip inside the box and all around the lid to add a realistic touch.

Here Paul finishes covering the box by focusing on the inside and adding details such as lining and stitching to help bring the box to life.

Paul finishes off the box with some stitching detail, using a ruler to help keep things nice and straight. He then moves onto carving the cake which is very straight forward. He covers it with a layer of ganache and leaves it to set for a bit, and now we can move onto the next part.

Here Paul rolls out some black sugarpaste and covers the cake making sure it keeps a nice smooth surface, as well as slightly rounded edges. He then moves on to working on the watch face by adding pieces of grey sugarpaste all around the cake dummies, and then shaping them with a ball tool.

The same technique is used here as for the last lesson, while basically creating a smaller version of the clock face. This will then be placed upright on the side of the cake to create the crown.

Now Paul begins to add some extra functionality parts to the watch, to further create a realistic feel. He then creates a nice grey metallic paint, using different dusts mixed with alcohol, which is then painted onto the cake. Paul then uses a large soft brush to buff it, bringing out the metallic brushed look.

In this lesson, Paul adds another layer to the watch crown and adds the watch face, which was printed using an edible printer. All you need to do is find an image that you like, and then resize it accordingly using software such as Photoshop or PicMonkey. 

Follow the link if you would prefer to use Paul´s Watch Face image.

Paul now finishes the box by adding thin strips of red sugarpaste, which run along the edges of the box. He then fine tunes the shape of the crown and attaches it with some edible glue.

Paul shows us how to make the strap for the watch and template used is available in the ‘templates’ section below. All you have to do is simply roll out thick grey sugarpaste, cut around the template, place the template over the sugarpaste and indent where you see lines with a leaf veining tool. Once you have all your marks, go over them again with the back of a knife making them deeper and more defined. Then paint over it with the same paint you created for the watch itself.

In this lesson, Paul adds some extra little pieces of detail to the strap and then adds it to the cake, securing it with a little edible glue. Once it’s in place, he then goes over certain sections of it with a darker shade of grey which really gives it a fantastic look.

Paul gets the extruder out and makes some long sugarpaste sausages in grey and red, to add some extra detail to the overall design.

Here Paul goes on to add the finishing touches to the box, by adding some nice stitching detail along the top with some piped royal icing. Then it’s airbrushed with some black to add another dimension to the watch, as well as the the whole cake.

In this lesson, Paul shares some other ideas to inspire you when making this cake to make it unique to you. We’re sure by now that you’ll have some of your own ideas and we would love to see them.

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Here Paul goes into detail covering things like portions, ingredients costs and pricing and lots more. It’s vital information for any professional cake designer!