Pie and Chips Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

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Pie and Chips
with Molly Robbins
Skill level: Intermediate
HD Lessons: 9
Decorating time: 1 Day
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Highlights

Here, we’ve carefully selected the key parts from the entire tutorial and condensed it into an 8 min long video. More than enough to get you started without taking up too much of your time.

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1. Stacking and Carving

Molly starts us off by layering the cake into five layers giving us lots of yummy ganache between each layer. She then cuts out a section for the open pie and adds a thin layer of ganache in preparation for cover the entire cake.

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2. Covering the cake

In this lesson, Molly covers the cake in one large piece of sugarpaste which she colours using a lovely rainbow dust pro gel. Shen then adds the crust around the edge and generally make the cake feel more like a pie rather than a perfectly round cake.

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3. Airbrushing

This is where it really starts to come to life and we struggle to see it as a cake with its realistic textures and colours. You can almost smell the gravy.

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4. Covering the board and making the gravy

Molly starts off by covering the board with white sugarpaste and then makes up an incredibly realistic batch of gravy using three everyday ingredients.

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5. Making the filling

This is where it gets scarily realistic and incredibly satisfying to watch. Molly makes the filling using a mixture various ingredients that you would never think of that make up the mince and potatoes and mushy peas.

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6. Finishing touches

In this final lesson, Molly adds the filling to the cake as well as the mushy peas. She then shows us how to make the chips which look ridiculously realistic and take no time to make. Then to finish it all off she adds some extra gravy to the chips and pie.

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7. Other ideas

Paul shares some other ideas you can try out during this project. We’re sure you’ve some of your own, and we’d love to see what brilliant alterations you’ve made.

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8. Pro lesson

Paul shares some insider information about the cost to make this cake. He also shares his advice on pricing, portions and other vital information necessary for any professional cake designer.

Pie and Chips Cake Tutorial with Molly Robbins…

Follow this Pie and Chips cake tutorial with Extreme Cake Maker Molly Robbins to pick up some new skills and techniques which include how to:

  • Bring your cakes to life with airbrushing
  • Stack and carve a cake
  • Use sugarpaste effectively
  • Cover awkward shapes
  • and much, much more

This tutorial is perfect for an advanced cake designer or for an intermediate looking for a new challenge.

Make sure you check out our new online magazine Cake Life for hints, tips and news from the world of cake!

Molly Robbins

Molly Robbins

My name is Molly Robbins, and I have been decorating cakes for several years now! I provide cakes for weddings, christenings, birthdays, and just about any other celebration you can think of! I have won several Gold awards at Cake International and I specialise in animal-shaped cakes and cupcakes!
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