Can It Be Cake? Deluxe Cheeseburger Cake Creation!
Elisa Strauss
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Introduction
1:32
Is it cake or the real thing? Hear all about Elisa’s first burger cake and how you can make one for yourself. You will learn why this is such a great cake to make as a hyper realistic cake.
Burger Basics
37:27
In this lesson, Elisa discusses the size of cake and how to use a template to guide the stacking process. She then splits, fills, and stacks up the layers to form the bottom bun with the burger and a separate top bun layer. You will learn how to carve each of the layers to take on the proper shapes. Then each tier gets a crumb coat of Swiss meringue buttercream before they are chilled.
Covering Burger and Bun
45:27
Covering the burger and bun can be accomplished in a few ways. Join Elisa in this lesson to learn how to cover the burger using an over-the-top method that conforms well to the shape of the burger. As an alternative, Elisa demonstrates the “strip” method to cover the bottom bun. Use whichever method works best for you then emboss with mats, tin foil, a paring knife, and your best tool… your hands to create a realistic texture will bring these items to life.
Coloring the Burger and Bun
11:27
Using a combination of gel colors and powdered dusts, Elisa shares the best way to color the burger and bun to add depth and dimension to objects. She will teach you how to add shine where necessary while keeping other areas matte for a dry crusty look.
Lettuce, Onion, and Tomatoes
25:42
Customize your burger with realistic looking veggies like lettuce, onion, and tomatoes. In this lesson, Elisa demonstrates how to use a combination of real items and leaf molds to create wafer paper lettuce. Next, she creates onions with layers of wafer paper and paints the perfect color of “red onion” before layering them together. And finally, she shapes modeling chocolate into a tomato and completes the look with seeds and gel.
Stacking It Up
31:59
In this lesson, you will learn how to add more toppings to the burger including cheese and ketchup with a realistic shine. Then, place structural support in the cake to prop up and secure the top bun. Elisa puts the final touches on the burger adding the lettuce, onion, and tomatoes for the perfect deluxe cheeseburger. This cake is sure to add excitement to your next picnic!
Join cake designer Elisa Strauss as she creates a hyper realistic cake that looks so real, you won’t believe it’s cake. Whether you choose to make a cake large enough to feed a crowd or use your newly found skills to create a smaller version, this class will teach you everything you need to make your own illusion cakes. In this class, you will learn how to make a cheeseburger cake from start to finish including carving the bun and burger, covering them with modeling chocolate, and adding texture, color, and glaze to each of the items to ensure they look like the real thing. Then customize your burger by creating vegetables like lettuce, tomato and onions along with ketchup to complete the look.
Elisa Strauss
Confetti Cakes owner and founder Elisa Strauss is a former Ralph Lauren designer turned award-winning cake artist. Her cakes have appeared on the Today show, The View, the Food Network's Extreme Cake Challenge and Sex and the City. Elisa's work also has been featured in the pages of InStyle, Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, Modern Bride and many more. In 2008, she was selected one of the 10 best pastry chefs in America by Pastry Art and Design magazine.
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