Victor the Viking Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

Karen has already cut the MDF board to shape and put the stand together but fear not as it is very simple assembly as you will see.

In this lesson you’ll learn how to cut and carve the cake into shape in preparation for being covered in ganache.

Karen now adds a layer of ganache and smooths it off using a flexi smoother. Just make sure not to flatten out the area where the eyes have been cut out.

Here Karen begins to build up the facial features using modelling chocolate using a select few modelling tools. You’ll be surprised at just how easy it looks, although of course in practice might be a little trickier.

Karen continues adding extra pieces of modelling chocolate to form more wrinkles as well as emphasising the chin a little more, before allowing it all to set.

Karen then rolls out some red sugarpaste to around 3mm and covers the board allowing it to dry a little before covering the face.

The face now starts to come to life as Karen rolls out flesh coloured sugarpaste to around 2mm then covers the face.  Using sugar shapers and a dresden tool she brings the features to life.

Always a tricky part of any design, but watch how Karen carefully paints in the features to the point where you think he’s actually watching you!

Using dark modelling chocolate and a very cool Celtic impression rolling pin Karen makes a helmet for our Viking.

Using a silver dust mixed with alcohol Karen gets a lovely silver tone for the helmet, which she brushes over the Celtic impression lightly so as not to lose any detail. She then goes on to make horns using white modelling chocolate.

Getting down to the finishing touches, this is where you’ll learn how Karen makes the realistic facial hair. Shen then gets the airbrush out with a little glaze and finishes it all off.

Karen shares 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 shares some insider information about the cost to make this cake, as well as pricing, portions and other vital information for any professional cake designer.