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.
Tiger on a Rock Cake Course Material
This PDF document contains blueprints and guides to help you make this 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. Please note that some items may be listed as sets,
and it is usually recommended to have full sets, it may not be neccessary. In most cases, only one item from a set is actually used
in the tutorial. Please watch the tutorial before purchasing any items to make sure you are not buying anything you don't need.
Tools & Materials
Small Brush in Water
Ensure that brush bristles are not loose.
Long rectangular solid object
With sharp corners to push straight indents.
Modelling Tools
Minimum of 8 pieces recommended.
Digital Scale
Preferably with 1 gram increments.
Oil Cooking Spray
Colour should be as light as possible to prevent discolouration in the fondant or pastillage.
Rolling Pins
Preferably with no scratches or dents.
Powder Shaker
Starch
Preferably with small holes.
Needle or Pin
Serdar often uses a needle or a pin to remove air bubbles from underneath the fondant when coating a cake. They can also be used to pick up very small objects when decorating.
Basic Stationary
Ruler
Pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener etc.
Hand Towels
Ensure fibers are not loose.
Hard Platform
Ceramic plate or aluminium tray
Cake Board
40cm by 30cm (at least 9mm thick)
A piece of wood coated with fabric and temporarily covered with cellophane to keep fabric clean until the cake is complete. For more information, watch our tutorial on
how to cover a cake board with fabric .
Recipes & Ingredients
Pastry Margarine
Hard
This hard margarine is a type of vegetable shortening used to make puff pastry and other pastries. While you might find a similar product from a…
1 x 4cm by 30cm by 12cm
1 x 4cm by 34cm by 12cm
Both used to carve rocks. Cake paste will be made from off-cuts.
A moist and rich chocolate mud cake aerated with baking powder and soda bicarbonate. A very dark and dense mud cake which contains a lot of…
Chocolate ganache is nothing but pure chocolate melted with a generous amount of boiling fresh cream. This smooth airless chocolate cream makes a lot of things…
1.2kg
A thick sugar paste, similar to gum paste, that can be molded into different shapes and forms. When dried, it is hard and brittle. Unlike gum…
Dark Chocolate
500g
Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the…
Adrian Gorman
What a wonderful tutorial! I hope to someday have the occasion to try to make the tiger … or maybe I’ll just make a pastillage animal collection for myself 🙂 One question which you may have addressed: Have you put cake cards (not the large cake board) under any or all of the cake rocks? Just wondering when to use them and when not to. Thank you again for such an enjoyable lesson!
Yes, I would place a cardboard under need the top cake before the fondant. Thanks
Hi Chef,
Whiskers problem: I completed the tiger cake and am so pleased with it. The one thing I struggled with was making the whiskers. I could not role the pastillage thin enough, and it kept breaking – my solution was to use pieces of dried vermicelli which is very thin, and I sprayed the pieces white – then they plugged into the sides of the face quite easily with just a small pin hole as a starter hole. Just thought I would share this solution for others.
Fantastic, what a great lot of techniques in this one. These will be adaptable and transferable to many projects. Once again congratulations on a terrific outcome, and for sharing your knowledge and skills. It is nice to know you still learn as you go too, it make the whole experience for us very authentic. Thank you.
Thanks Adele for your time to express your thoughts. You are most welcome.
wow, another masterpiece, Mr. Yener. I love it!
Wow, just saw this one pop up on my email and can’t wait to watch through the tutorial…. stunning, so dramatic.