Westie Terrier Dog Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

Having not made a Westie Dog for a very long time Paul talks through his thought process in designing the cake before getting started.

Here you will learn how to take the design concept through to carving the shapes required to make the Westie Dog. You will learn how to make decisions during the carving process and by following Paul’s thought process this will help develop your own methods for creating carved cakes for designs that are new to you. Note that in this lesson Paul cuts out the feet for the dog, however he later decides not to use them as he goes through the design as the cake unfolds.

This is a tall cake which requires a more unusual approach to stacking. You will be shown how to stack a tall awkward shape then adding the head, which is larger than than the neck which can be awkward. The ganache acts as a glue here which helps greatly with stability but its also important to know where and how to use the dowels.

In preparation for covering the cake, Paul creates moulds for the legs from sugarpaste.

There are plenty of hints and tips in this lesson to help covering unusual shapes. There are two parts; covering the body then covering the head, Paul will help you learn how to merge the two together.

There are a number of options and the colours used would depend on the overall effect. Paul chooses a wood effect pattern finished with a checked ribbon.

This is often the tricky bit, especially with a high centre of gravity cake. Just follow what Paul does to see how easy it can be.

Paul shows you how to add some character to the cake by adding the eyes, nose and paw details.

Learn how to create the realistic ears and give the doggy a hair style by adding the fur.

Using some familiar methods, Paul adds texture to the dogs body with some great and simple texture techniques.

Well done you’re almost there! It’s time for the finishing touches, using PME Glaze spray Paul shows where to spray to really bring the dog to life and then finally the addition of a very fitting tartan collar.