Downloadable Course Material
If you would like to approximately match the size of the artwork in the tutorial, print the downloadable files at 100% size. If you require your artwork to be smaller or larger, just adjust the print size accordingly.
3D Toadstool Cake Course Material
This 12 page PDF contains all the necessary blueprints and templates to help you create this cake. It includes blueprints for the front and top views as well as templates for the curly vines and the cake.
While not everything on this list is absolutely required, these are the things used in this tutorial video. Of course you are welcome to find alternative ways of doing things and we would love to hear if you’ve discovered an easier method or better tool to achieve good results.
What you will need
Tools
- Rolling pins (large & small)
- Set of knives
- Palette knives
- Plastic knife
- Oil spray
- Water spray
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Pizza cutter
- Hard shortening
- Set of round cutters
- Modelling tools
- Small plastic spoon
- Fondant Smoother
- Small brush in water
- Piping bag
- Flat nozzle
- Scrapers (firm & soft)
- Dry & wet towels
- Starch (for dusting)
- Sponge
- A sharp tip pen knife
- Container or bowl (to store mud cake trimmings)
- Hair clip
- Chocolate cold spray
- Long threaded rod (30cm long – for rolling lines texture)
Materials
- 45cm Diametre (9mm thickness) Round cake board covered with black or brown fabric and plastic (cellophane).
Watch this tutorial on how to cover a cake board with fabric and cellophane.
- 3 Styrofoam blocks
- Cling wrap
- Few corrugated card board sheets
- Few cellophane sheets (for piping bags)
- PVC sheet 12cm X 85cm (not too thin. Used for internal support)
- A few wooden skewers
- 2 Cardboard cake bases
- Aluminium foil (for rough textures)
- Printed image of home interior (for background inside the cake)
- All templates cut out and ready to use. (Download below)
- Reference images printed
Recipes
Pastillage
- 100g Dark forest green
- 200g Light green
- 100g Light blue
- 100g Green
- 20g White
- 50g Skin
- 100g Lilac
Royal Icing
- 150g White
- 1 Cone of light yellow
- Small amount of orange
Fondant
- 700g White
- 50g Black
- 400g Ivory
- 400g Red
- 100g Blue
- 450g Brown
- 350g Green
Cake
- 7 X 150mm (Diametre ) x 20mm (High) round dark mud cake sponge (250g mixture)
- 3 X 200mm (Diametre ) x 20mm (High) round dark mud cake sponge (450g mixture)
- 2500g dark chocolate ganache (for masking and layering)
Ingredients
- Green liquid colour
- Brown liquid colour
- 300g Dark chocolate
- Small amount of white chocolate
- Edible silver spray
Other
Recommendations
- Watch the entire tutorial completely and take notes while comparing the tools list to what tools you have available to you.
- If you need to bake, please do it one day before.
- Mix colours into fondant one day before you start the tutorial especially if you are using powdered colour because some types of edible powder colour initially look fine after mixing but with a little bit of moisture, after a few hours you will notice spots on the icing.
- Have a wet and dry hand towels to clean knives, blades and cutters regularly to consistently achieve clean cuts. Also be sure to clean the table with your wet towel, and than the dry towel each time you are about to roll out any fondant. Use a bit of shortening or vegetable fat to prevent the fondant from sticking to the table.
- This is art, and no method or technique is set in stone. This is why we recommend you watch the entire tutorial first before you start gathering all the things in the list above. You may think of ways you might substitute tools or techniques with your own ideas.
Dear Master!!! I am always happy to watch all your lessons. I bought a course on this fabulous cake and I want to make it for my granddaughter’s birthday. As always, you tell everything in great detail, but I have a few questions … Is it possible to use another cream inside the cake – not ganache? And is it realistic to deliver such a cake by car or does it need to be collected locally (I mean the decoration)?I’ve never used chocolate for gluing … usually Edible Glue for Icing and Cake. What’s better? I would be grateful for your answers …
Hi, if you don’t want to use ganache, buttercream is the next choice. Chocolate is instant glue and does not need drying time. That is why I prefer especially for gluing small touch areas. If you place the box on a car seat that can absorb knockings will be okay instead of the floor.
Dear Master!!! I am always happy to watch all your lessons. I bought a course on this fabulous cake and I want to make it for my granddaughter’s birthday. As always, you tell everything in great detail, but I have a few questions … Is it possible to use another cream inside the cake – not ganache? And is it realistic to deliver such a cake by car or does it need to be collected locally (I mean the decoration)? I would be grateful for your answers …
I absolutely adore e
verything about this beautiful cake. Thank goodness we have Chef Yener to teach us the way. Many thanks Chef. From Terry Craig.
Thank you so much. I am humbled.
Hi Yener,
Instead of pastillage, may I using modelling paste mixing with CMC or tylose powder to making the curl veins?
Kind Regards
I have recently subscribed to the website. Thank you so much for the amazing tutorial. I have bought almost everything needed to make this cake. However, I am stuck and do not know how and where to get hold of a bloody PVC sheet of the mentioned size! Any alternative, please? Need to know it urgently as I need to make this cake in a few days! Please help.
I’m speechless, God bless you 🙂
This is looks amazing
Hi what size are the cakes thanks
please refer to templates of the tutorial. The plans are 100% in size so you can take measurement from. Thanks
This is an absolutely gorgeous cake 🙂
I want to make it for my Birthday.
Do you use real chocolat or Fake chocolat?
And if it is real chocolat do I have to temper it?
I used compound chocolate
Hi, can l please ask why do you wrap your cakes in gladwrap sometimes between ganache coats and not others and do you do that for normal cakes as well. Thanks
Wrapping cakes with glad wrap has few benefits top 2 is important
1 . Giving my hands a possibility to shape cake like shaping a dry flexible block without making a mess. Push some areas with tools also . Under the glad wrap, you can apply force to the surface to the limit .
2. If I have to keep the cake in the fridge more than necessary time, to avoid condensation.
I do that for normal shaped cakes only for reason no 2.. sometimes..
Thanks for your reply.
I have just watched this beautiful tutorial, thank you so much for your step by step instructions!
Thank you for teaching us another beautiful tutorial Chef Yener, it’s just too cute. Now I have to find someone I can make it for!
Please tell me how to upload my photos of my toadstool cake i made chef Yener
Hi KYRKI,
Normally it would be below the video on the tutorial’s page under the ‘Members Projects’ section but that sections is currently not working.
You can either upload it in your profile under the ‘Media’ tab, or you can email it to us to info(at)yenersway.com…or both 🙂
Thanks, look forward to seeing it!
Serdar thank you so much for the great tutorials. Currently I am making the toadstool. I have a problem with the white chocolate as a “glue”. I don’t have the cold spry. Do you have any advice how to cool the white chocolate so it can hold the brunches?
Yes identify the spots you going to touch together and put a little ( just a little) white chocolate and wait till both side set . Apply some more chocolate at the some spot. You will see holding happens very quick.Good luck
Thank you. I will try it. In a few days i will upload my cake so you can see and comment.
Спасибо, Сердар, очень хорошая работа.
Translation: Thank you, Serdar, very good work.
Love it Chef Yeners..I always learn new techniques in your tutorials. Love the way it lights up. I have a question what are the chocolate warmer that you always keep your chocolate in call? I want to get two and I don’t know how to look for them by. Chocolate warmer or do they have another name? Thanks.
It is a cheap simple chocolate fondue cup. You can find them in shopping malls. Large stores which sells kitchenware.
This is adorable
very cutesy love thats its lite up
This looks so very cute!
This is delightful!!