Easter Wheelbarrow Cake

By Yeners Way - March 29, 2017

Learn how to make a cake decorated with an Easter theme which includes a wheelbarrow and some Easter eggs.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make an Easter themed cake with a wheelbarrow and Easter eggs topper. Chef Yener will go through, step by step, how to make a white fence, grass (painted and modelled), bushes, stones, the wheelbarrow and the eggs.

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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.

Easter Wheelbarrow Cake Course Material

This PDF document contains blueprints and templates for the wheelbarrow as well as guides to make the eggs and the fence.

Track

Duration

Tools, Materials, Ingredients & Recipes

5:50

08:04

Cutting the Wheelbarrow Parts

15:03

23:08

Making the Fence Parts

Painting the Grass Texture

Assembling & Painting the Wheelbarrow

Placing the Wheelbarrow

2:58

1:36:04

Making & Adding Flowers

3:19

1:39:24

Placing the Eggs in the Wheelbarrow

Total Duration

1:43:59

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

Set of Knives Shop Online

Box Cutter Shop Online

Set of Scissors Shop Online

Pizza Cutter Shop Online

Preferably large, stable and sharp.

Round Cutter Set Shop Online

50mm

Round Nozzle Set Shop Online

15mm

Cake Pop Sticks

Water Spray Bottle

PVC Pipe Shop Online

Often used to create pillars between cake tiers. Can also be used within the cake to provide extra internal support. Serdar often uses a PVC pipe to roll fondant.

Powder Shaker Shop Online

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.

Hand Towels

Ensure fibers are not loose.

PVC Egg Moulds

60mm Long

Paper Puncher

Small Flowers

Hole Puncher

Dinner fork

Ceramic Dinner Plate

Cellophane Shop Online

Gel Food Colours Shop Online

Liquid Food Colours Shop Online

Brown

Recipes & Ingredients

Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe View Recipe

4 x 400g each
25mm high x 200mm diameter.

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 and cocoa powder with a touch of coffee powder. Years ago wedding cakes...[read more]

Dark Chocolate Ganache Recipe View Recipe

1.5kg
For layering and masking.

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 possible. A benefit of chocolate ganache is that the high...[read more]

Royal Icing Recipe (Fresh Egg White) View Recipe

500g Green

Royal icing is a hard white icing, made from egg white and icing sugar (mix or pure). A little addition of an acidic substance like lemon juice, citric acid or cream of tartar, the texture of the icing can be improved....[read more]

Pastillage Recipe View Recipe

350g White
200g Dark brown
300g Brown
144g Black
50g Green

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 paste, pastillage dries much quicker and stronger. Made with gelatine, water...[read more]

Rolling Fondant

300g White
50g Red
50g Green
50g Yellow
50g Blue
1kg Light green

Dark Chocolate Wikipedia

50g

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 form of a liquid, paste, or in a block or used as a flavoring ingredient in other sweet foods.

White Chocolate Wikipedia

500g

Cereal

80g Bran
100g Oat Flakes

5 Comments

Diane Van looy 4 months ago

Hi everybody. I made this beautiful cake but I can not submit my foto. I will send to serdar tomorrow en hope he will post him. It was so nice to do and a beautiful result I hope everybody is safe and healthy and the tutorials help me to the quarantine time that we have now in Belgium with the corona virus. Thank you so much greetings Diane

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Ирина Лагута 2 years ago

Good day Yener . Thank you for your lessons , they are beautiful . I want to ask you , what mean 80 g Bran and what to mix with it ? I LOVE LIKE YOUR LESSONS !!! Бажаю Вам всього найкращого !!! Дякую за все !!!

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- Serdar Yener 2 years ago
  
  Green sloppy royal icing. Thanks
  
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Adele 3 years ago

Fantastic. What a great variety of skills, and as you mentioned could be used in many combinations to achieve a good variety of results. Happy Easter to you and your family, and thank you for sharing.

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Elisabetta 3 years ago

it looks gorgeous and it is very versatile. I am looking forward to this tutorial 🙂

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