This is such a great cake to learn! I wanted to hurry and post it for those of you who have been wanting to try—ONE glitch….the LAST minute of this video has no sound!! SO frustrating. Just know that all you are missing is me saying “The cake is finished! I’m just adding some pixie dust–I hope you enjoyed the video!” :0)
Also–for those of you who are just stopping by for quick instructions on frosting a square cake with sharp corners…I begin to discuss this around the 5:40 mark.
It was really cute looking! Great idea about the tissue paper!!
love this cake I’m going to do it in Christmas colours for my child’s Christmas cake sale, thanks again for the inspiration.
This is a very cute cake. I hope to make it soon!
This was an absolutely brilliant tutorial and hoping to use the skills for a shoe box. Thank you
Hi Melissa, I love your gift cake…would a tiffany box be made the same way???The lid on a tiffany box sits on top of the cake…do you have another tutorial on how to achieve that…thanks
Enza
I learned a lot. So beautiful to look at. I enjoyed watching the steps from beginning to end. The audio wasn’t there at the tail end. Thank you so much for the lesson.
Where did you get your ribbon cutter? I like that it is flat on one side!
Working on a version of this cake today and tomorrow :) thanks for the tutorial. From Bake Me Joy
Hi Melissa ,
I love this cake. I’ll try making it today , can I use mom’s chocolate cake recipe for this cake.
Made it—thank you! Only problem I had was I didn’t make the box lid thick enough and it cracked when I put the ribbons on top…I am sure I pressed down too hard, so be careful about that! Will post a pic.
I’m quite a new hobby baker. Is this cake ridiculously out of the question for someone new to try. I’ m good at baki g the cakes but new to decorating. I love the cake but is it just too advanced?
Hi Alexis, this cake is more difficult than some of our others because of all the steps involved. Have you worked with fondant and gum paste? I wouldn’t want you to become discouraged since you are new to decorating so I would say you should start with a less involved cake. However, I love your “can do” attitude so I know you will be able to do this cake very soon.
Thank you very much, no i have never done anything with fondant or gum paste, I am dubious about it, but I am quite arty. However, I think I will give this a go for my mother in laws Birthday. If I struggle with the lid too much I think I’ll improvise and just do a box. I’ve watched the tutorial several times so I’m hoping if I take my time I might be ok. I love the look of the cake, I just hope I don’t end up in a right old pickle :D
Good luck, Alexis! I’m sure that it will be great–the fact that you are artistic already is going to help you a lot with your decorating–let us know how it goes! ;0)
Hi y’all, could you use dampened gum paste to secure the lid in lieu of the royal icing?
Hi Melinda, yes, that would be fine.
Thank you Mrs. BeBe :)
I know this may sound silly, but how would one cut and serve a cake like this?
Hi Lisa, you would remove the top of the gift cake and gum paste tissue paper This is a link to Wilton’s cake cutting guide that I think you will find helpful,
http://www.wilton.com/cakes/cake-cutting-guides/wedding-cake-cutting-guide.cfm
Hi Melissa, if I wanted to cover the cake using the buttercream, is there something I should do differently to attach the gum paste decorations, so they don’t get to soft? Thank you.
Hi Melissa,
I am doing the gift cake but covering it in buttercream icing. I still want to use the gum paste decorations, but will they go soft if I place them in the buttercream? Thank you
Hi Diane– I’m sorry, I see that you asked this question a few days ago also… I’m glad that you asked again. –
The gum paste pieces really should be fine. At least, the only time that I have had my gum paste pieces soften is when I have actually inserted the gum paste pieces into the icing (rather than laying on top of the icing). So, for instance, if you were to take your gum paste spirals and push them straight into the icing, they would likely soften and wilt. Having a barrier, whether fondant, gum paste or a cardboard circle will prevent this.
I have many times placed gum paste bows on top of cakes. You can even create more of a barrier by building the bow on top of a circle cut from a cardboard cake circle or foam core. It will be hidden by all of the spirals. You should be fine either way but this will give you extra peace of mind.
Now This was GOOD.
I sat here and watch the whole thing like it was a movie.
Well tomorrow Im gonna go out to get me some supplies, I want to try this out.
Hi Melissa, there are no sound from minutes 40:27 in this video.
I lost your last comments :-(
Regards
Hi Perlafina, That is a glitch in this video, but all you are missing is Melissa saying “the cake is finished” and adding some pixie dust. Hope you enjoyed it.
Hi Melissa,
2 questions:
I am going to transport this cake. Do you think the lid will stay put with the RI or should I use gum paste over my straws/dowels?
I am thinking of not using so much fondant on my board and cut it out, as you did in a previous video, maybe just under 9″? I have done it on a cardboard. Do you think this would work with the wood. Thank you. Excited to make this this week. Going to put the strawberry cake under.
Hello ladies,
This site is soooo addictive! Love it!
I ran into a small problem with a similar cake…I did a shopping bag type cake, and I covered the cake in fondant. However, after I put the fondant on it looked great…but several hours later, the front corners of the cake (with fondant on) began to sag badly. So what I did was put a few roses in front of it to cover that. The shopping bag cake was rectangular, two layers with buttercream in the middle and also I doweled as well. What did I do wrong? Thanks so much!
Hi ladies, I didnt receive any response…if possible, please respond to my above concern. I really want to try this cake again but i dont want to run into the same problem. Thanks so much!!! I just love this site!!!
Hi Terri– Thanks for following up! I’m sorry that you had trouble with your shopping bag cake. I want to make sure I’m imagining this correctly, was the design a shopping bag on it’s side, or was it upright?
Was there anything different about the corners that sagged? For instance, was there fondant tissue paper that could have weighed down the cake?
Sagging is most often caused by either a cake not having had a chance to settle before covering with fondant, a cake not having proper support, or possibly the cake being a bit too soft to withstand the weight of fondant.
In the future, you may want to consider using ganache beneath your fondant for an added layer of insurance against sagging and settling. It provides a more sturdy foundation, and is what I prefer for cakes that will be covered in fondant. (I use the “simple spreadable ganache”recipe from our Recipes section) I hope this helps! Let us know if you have any more questions!
Thank you SO MUCH Melissa. The shopping bag was upright. I think I may have failed to allow it to settle. Please let me know which of your cakes talk about settling. Thanks!!!
Hi Terri–My settling method of choice is using a thin book for additional pressure for a few hours (or overnight) before applying the fondant or the final layer of buttercream. You’ll probably catch me doing this in several videos as you make your way through our tutorials..but the most in depth discussion can be found in our Basics section in our “Crumb Coating” video. Here’s the link:
https://www.mycakeschool.com/video-tutorials/crumb-coat/
I love it! I love all your work. Thanks for this, it gave me some ideas for a cake I’m doing soon. Lovely work.
Hi Melissa. This is a fabulous tutorial! I thought I might use this idea for a “record player” cake I’m making. The top of the record player has to be open at a slight angle so the entire top of the phonograph is showing with the record etc. Not sure yet how I’m going to keep it open at an angle yet? But I wondered, the video does not show how you removed the fondant with Tylose from the pan for the lid. Do you have another video showing how you do this? Did you use a lot of shortening and cornstarch ( Confectioner’s sugar ) to help it release from the pan? Just didn’t want to waste a lot of expensive fondant making this and then not know how to remove it without breaking it. Thanks sk much for your help!!
Thanks Jakia, somehow I missed your comment before!! xo
@slfdillard~ I’m sorry that the video skipped over removing. Whenever I dry something on a form, I like to give it a small little nudge or boost all the way around after several hours to a day of drying, just to make sure that it isn’t sticking to the form.
After 2 days, it should be set enough that you can ease it off of the form. You can flip it over so that the inside of the “lid” can be more exposed to air and dry. I would just gently ease it off by working little by little all the way around the edge of the lid until it releases. It should come right off. For something large like this, the more days in advance you can work, the better.
I want to add that another option for the lid could be to cover foam core, or even styrofoam. The advantage to this is that there is no worry of breaking. I hope this helps!
Hi, is there a tutorial similar to this for buttercream cake?
Hi Ruth– We have a buttercream frosted gift cake with a closed lid technique that you can find in the video below!:
https://www.mycakeschool.com/video-tutorials/cakebox/
Oh yeah, I have tried that by following your method! Im glad that I found it here. Thank you. I’m wondering if there’s a way to recreate this box with slightly opened cover with buttercream cake.
Hi again,
I still cannot watch the video and I want to make this cake soon. Have you found my problem?
Thanks
Hi Baba– If you can please check your device for available updates, that should solve the issue for you. We’ve had a few members lately that have not been able to view videos, and each time the problem was solved when they updated their device. Just let us know if this doesn’t solve your problem!
Hi Melissa, thank you for your reply, I checked my settings and there was an update that I didn’t even know about. I updated it and voila, I can now see your video. I will be making this cake for my girlfriends birthday, I think she will love it.
Very nice video. Sad I lost the audio half way thru
Thanks Anniee– I’m glad that you liked it. Yes, unfortunately during the final minute of the video, something went wrong with the sound. We mention this just above the video–the only thing that you missed is me giving a quick dusting of pixie dust, and saying “thanks for watching” ;0) –
OH MY Melissa and Bebe another beautiful creation I absolutely am so happy I became a member of this site. your tutorials are very easy to understand and give such inspiration. Please dont stop teaching us. :)
Thanks so much, Rhonda! xo
I have to do a baby in a box cake and this was a great help!!
Hi Linda, so happy to hear it!