How to Paint Leopard Print on Cakes
Animal prints are a great way of finishing your cakes. The great thing about animal prints is that they are often random and do not have to be symmetric. In other words, you can hardly go wrong with animal prints. Two common animal prints made on cakes are zebra and leopard. In this tutorial, I will show you how easy it is to make leopard prints on a fondant covered cake.
Jungle Themed Baby Shower Cake with Zebra Print Top Tier
TOOLS/INGREDIENTS:
(1) Color Paste. There should be two colors used, one of which must be black.
(2) Paint Brushes
(3) Vodka for diluting color pastes. Alcohol is always preferred to water.
(4) A Palette or container for mixing colors
(5) A cake covered with fondant.
Birthday Cake with Zebra Print Bottom Layer
A tutorial on How to Make Zebra Prints on Fondant can be found here
PROCEDURE:
(1) Dilute the color paste with the vodka. Do not over dilute paste as you do not want the colors to be very thin. One of the colors should be black. The second color should be one which is closely related to the background fondant color.
(2) First of all, make irregular circles on the cake with the second color of choice. The circles should be of various sizes and scattered randomly all over the cake.
(3) Next, apply the black color around the circles. Think of “C” “O” and “()” when applying the black. Apply the black color in strokes and not with smooth brushes.
(4) Finish the cake with a few black dots to cover wide blank spaces.
That’s all there is to it. Quite easy right? Yet it looks very complicated. More information about the purse cake below can be found here.
Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.
Terry, Terry, Terry….. you are a genius, you made it seems so simple, will sure try it out. Thanks
Thanks Kenny. Do let me know how it turns out.
Tanks it really looks simple to make. Wish i could try it
You can try it Amarachi. 🙂
terry always on point.pls can liquid colors (such as Wilton’s etc) be used if pastes are not available.thanks for sharing this.
Thanks Bukola. I use wilton paste colors. Liquid colors will be too thin.
Thanks So Much Terry, Will Try It Out Soonest, Pls We Nid More Lessons On Cool Designs Like This..God Bless U!
You are welcome Rita.
Hi Terry,
It a pleasure knowing you after hearing a whole about you.
All I just want to say is GOD BLESS YOU.
Thanks a lot Charles.
Thanks so much Terry.I ve been trying to get d prints but d bakers around me are being stingy with their ideals.lolzzz m going to try my hands on it soon.
You are welcome Tee.
Thanks Terry. Very thoughtful of you to teach others. Wow,,,, and it seemed cumbersome yet so simple. Thumbs up.
Thanks Jane.
May the giver of wisdom and creativity impact you with more of these Terry! Thnk u!
Thanks
You are just too selfless! Thanks so much Terry. Definitely trying this
Thanks Tomi.
Terry Terry u made it look so easy will try dis. Tanks
You should Princess. It is easy.
Thanks Terry for being such a Giver. You have changed my baking world with all your tutorials. Love you much. By the way, I tried your Vanilla sponge cake recipe and it was “AWESOME”
Thanks for the love Stella. Loving you right back. Great feedback on the sponge cake.
Thanks Terry. This look so easy, I hope to try it soon
It is easy Rashida.
Terry pls, d’u stay in Lagos or Abuja?
No. I am based in Canada.
Thanks for this tutorial, have tried to know how dis pattern are made, u are d BOSS
You are welcome Kachi.
God bless u.tanks for d tutorial.well done
Thanks
Terry u are a genius! Thanks for sharing. I tried d sponge cake and it was so perfect! I made it to welcome my neighbour’s new born. Am scared now cos dey may think am a professional baker and may likely to ask me to bake a celebration cake for dem again! Lol
Hehehe. You will do just fine if they ask. Thanks for the feedback.
Terry you are awesome,some bakers here in Nigeria are a bit stingy with ideas.thumbs up to you.
Thanks
Terry terry u jus made everything very easy for me.i want ask ,in marshmallow fondant will one need to knead for long?where can buy mini marshmallow ?
No, you do not need to knead for long. Its availability will depend on your location.
I was taught but such secrets were never exposed. I can’t even boast of being a baker but honestly with all these wonderful secret been revealed, I can’t confidently call myself a baker. Thanks so much for being a wonderful mentor. If am ask who trained me, I will proudly say TERRY ADIDO, d wizard is my teacher. You’re simply wonderful, thanks so much. More grease to your elbow, d lord will continue to increase your knowledge.
Thanks Sherifat. I am glad you find my tutorials helpful.
Terry, you are such a great teacher. Thank you so much.
You are welcome.