Creating a Decorative Juice Box Cake Using Royal Icing and Fondant

To begin creating our decorative juice box cake, we first need to prepare the royal icing mixture. By scraping the sides of my palette knife until it reaches the desired consistency, I achieve a spreadable royal icing that can be used for various decorating tasks. Next, I use this mixture with a small spatula to patch all the seams in the design. After applying a cut-out template with an X-acto knife, I carefully lay the pieces on top of their corresponding colors and then cut them out of fondant using the tip of my paring knife.

Rolling Out Fondant for the Juice Box Design

I roll out big sheets of white, black, pink, and red fondant to create the various components of our juice box design. These sheets are then chilled in the refrigerator to firm up before being cut into precise shapes using the X-acto knife. Once all the pieces are cut out, I carefully place them onto their respective colors and then use my paring knife to trim any excess fondant from each piece.

Working with Fondant for a Realistic Juice Box

To create the rounded shape of our juice box, I roll out a large piece of red fondant and carefully place it on top of the cake. Next, I use my sharp knife to cut along the lines of my template, allowing me to achieve a smooth and even curve around the sides of the cake. To add details like little "flaps" that resemble the flaps found on some juice boxes, I roll up small pieces of red fondant and attach them to either side of the cake.

Adding Final Details to the Juice Box Design

To complete our design, I use a combination of techniques to achieve a seamless and realistic appearance. First, I create a little "rind" effect by rolling out white fondant into thin strips and gluing these bands onto the sides of the cake using clear piping gel. To add texture and dimension to the rind, I carefully trim one side of the band to meet the inside of the watermelon, creating a precise curve.

Using Piping Gel to Secure the Design

To hold our design in place and prevent it from shifting or falling apart, I apply clear piping gel to each seam and joint. This not only secures the fondant pieces but also adds an extra layer of protection to ensure that our juice box cake remains intact throughout handling.

The Missing Component: A Plastic Straw

Now that we have completed the majority of the design, there is one final element missing – a straw! To replicate the plastic tubes often found on shower rods, I recall a clever hack from last week's lecture. By wrapping red tape around the pipe and shaping it into a tube, I create a realistic straw that adds an extra layer of realism to our juice box cake.

The Finished Juice Box Cake

After working tirelessly to bring this design to life, we finally have a complete and impressive juice box cake. From the intricate details to the seamless seams, every component has been carefully crafted and placed in its correct position. This cake would make a perfect addition to any office break room or snack area, don't you agree?

Classroom Discussion: The Anatomy of a Watermelon

As we conclude our class for today, I pose the question to my students – can anyone guess what is hidden beneath this intricate juice box design? After some deliberation, no one seems to know. However, after careful inspection, it becomes apparent that there is indeed something missing.

The Answer Revealed: A Decorative Straw

With a burst of excitement, our class erupts in discussion as we realize that the strawberry on top of the cake was, in fact, holding everything together – literally! By using a combination of royal icing and fondant, I created a delicate straw that blended seamlessly into the design. This clever trick adds an extra layer of realism to our juice box cake, making it truly one-of-a-kind.

The Juice Box Cake: A Backstory

As we take a closer look at our finished juice box cake, it's clear that this design has its roots in a memorable lunch with friends and family. The creator, inspired by the convenience and practicality of real-life juice boxes, set out to create an edible replica using royal icing and fondant.

How Can You Make This Cake?

For those interested in creating their own decorative cake, HowToCakeIt.com offers an extensive range of resources and step-by-step guides to help you achieve a similar design. The website is currently offering 40% off all cake decorating supplies, making it the perfect opportunity to get started on your own creative project.

Class Adjourned

As our class comes to a close, I bid farewell to my students for today's lesson – which, as we've seen, was centered around creating an elaborate juice box cake using royal icing and fondant. Remember to check out the website mentioned earlier, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or need further clarification on any of the techniques demonstrated in this class.

Stay creative, and I look forward to seeing what other edible masterpieces we can create together!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome back to how to cake it i'm yolanda and this week i have caked a juice box a giant juice box that you can take back to school and this giant juice box has a juicy center please be seated why wouldn't you be seated already it's ridiculous i'm the kind of teacher that makes you stand when i walk in the room to make my giant juice box cake i'm baking 20 pounds of my ultimate vanilla batter and dyeing it pink if you'd like more information on how i divided my batter just click the i once my cakes were baked cooled and chilled i removed them from their pans now i level all three of my cakes and remove the caramelization from the bottom if you haven't memorized my vanilla cake recipe by now you can just recheck your textbook the cake book on page 24. please memorize this by next week there will be a quiz it's time to simple syrup all three rectangles of my pink vanilla cake and who do we use to simple syrup so squeeze very good or hon very good cody didn't even raise his hand why do you have earphones on cody to hear you better okay i'll i'll allow it thank you i like this i decided that since i'm making a giant juice box cake it should contain juice this is going to be a secret chamber like no other in order to do this i am using a container of plastic please don't attempt this with glass i start with one layer of cake that's the exact size of my rectangular base board the cake board then i lay the container on top make sure it's centered by measuring use a sharp serrated knife and i cut around the container this way i know the base of the container fits snugly in the cake then i spread a nice layer of italian rye buttercream take my next cake layer and once again cut that opening but because my container is a bit beveled so it gets wider just slightly as it goes up i need to cut that opening slightly bigger each time to make sure the container will fit this is not really cake 101 this is no this is this is yeah this is like the masters this is your ph this is your chd wait what does a phd stand for isn't it something something doctorate please yes use your phone please it's not player hate and degree that's what i think it is but i know it really doesn't stop it playing what player hate and degree oh or you have to go home and research puff daddy okay that's your homework for tonight because you should have known what i said once i was three layers up it was time to insert the container for those of you watching this lecture online your homework is to share this video share the knowledge please share this video with your fellow students worldwide thank you i can't just plop a board on top well i never plop a board on top but i need to cut a hole in the board because i need to maneuver the board over the container and get it down over these cake layers that are already in place but first i do need to dowel the cake that's in place to hold up and support that board oh my god right yes exactly and now i carefully maneuver that board over the container put it down and i'm gonna start building with cake up again around the container but the tricky part here is the container is already inside so i can no longer use it to measure so now i'm going to use the holes that i cut out of cake to measure whoa right to make sure that i don't get any crumbs into my container while i'm building this cake i'm going to cover the top with plastic so for the last few layers i had to piece together and sort of build the cake in strips around the container which was much better because the top of the container also had these little things that i guess helped the lid clip on and so it would have been difficult to hold a full piece and get it over without breaking it are you taking notes of course why don't i see your paper on my phone good but no texting i enjoy these glasses i really do so now we've built our cake up to the top of the container what i need to do is just take a serrated knife and make sure that my cake is flush with the top of the container but i also don't want to get any crumbs in my container so do this very carefully yeah what did you just do you're acting like a real student and i'm going to use this moment to just trim all four sides of the cake this is much easier to do when your cake is chilled making sure they're straight remember that center board we put in is the same size as the bottom board so no cake should be sort of sticking out farther than the edges of our boards so now that all four of my sides are nice and straight and my cake is flush with the top of my container what do you think it's time to do class you don't have it's not ah okay great great both of you i want you to stay after class the next step is to crumb coat and chill i carefully crumb coat all four sides of the cake and a little bit of cake sticking out on top and i place this cake back in the fridge i'm going to move on and make the rest of the juice box which will sit on top of what we just crumb coated and chill but i'm going to build it as a separate cake on its own board i'm going to take my two perfect rectangles and layer them into two layers so now i have four thinner layers of cake but they're still the same width and depth as the rest of the cake in the fridge because this is a giant juice box i will need to later insert a giant straw so i cut a hole from my board and then i use my board and lay it on top of each layer with a circle cutter and make sure to cut that same hole out of all four layers of cake now i'm going to fill and stack these cakes on the same size board with italian meringue buttercream and then i'm going to do what very good i'm glad you listened should i teach the whole class through a megaphone crumb coat and chill i like being bossy i like acting bossy i don't know why there's some kind of job where i can act bossy justin's joke oh please leave that in please leave this in jocelyn wait a minute teacher me wouldn't say that jocelyn leave this in i want this left in the edit this is my class now that my the top half of my cake is chilling i'm going to pull out the bottom half and i'm going to add dowels once again to that upper portion of cake that is above that middle cake board so we cut all our dowels to the same height and we insert them i also want to add a long sharpened dowel that is the height of the entire cake so one dowel on each side of the container that will go through the middle board and now it's time to fill this container with juice watermelon juice watermelon juice you know everyone's always asking what happened to walter oh my god you're not serious are you i'd no no no the juice of another watermelon it's time to add the top i carefully pick up my second cake and place it on top i'm very afraid to ask how heavy was this cake yes i was so scared of this cake and its height and the board sort of resting on that plastic container that i decided to add even more dowels so i'm going to add two more dowels that are now the entire length of the whole cake sharpened once again so it can go down through two boards on either side and i had to make sure to remember where the last two long dowels were so i wouldn't hit a dowel i'm very impressed right it was so you need like x-rays and stuff it was so hard and now it's time to ice this entire cake it's pretty tricky because i don't have a spatula that's as tall as this cake so i'm going to use both a small and a large offset spatula carefully working my way around the cake and use a tall bench scraper to just sort of get around all four sides until i'm happy and then i'm going to chill we're really celebrating back to school on how to cake it and over on how to kick it step by step our cake community member cassie is also celebrating with a new cake we're celebrating back to school because none of us are going back to school this week she's whipped up a quick breakfast for you all with her cereal bowl cake yep there's a floating milk carton resting over it too make sure you check it out and you can also find the link in the description below it's time to cover this cake i'm going to roll slabs of green fondant and first work on covering the two sides of this cake the first thing i do is cut each slab on it to the exact height of my cake and then i apply one slab at a time to one side smoothing it with a fondant smoother and then i use a sharp paring knife to trim it flush with the cake and i do that again on the other side of the cake now i have to repeat this process rolling two slabs of green fondant that are tall enough and wide enough to cover the back and front of this rectangle i trim them and apply them in the same way and once again cut them flush a fondant smoother is the perfect tool for a cake like this because it's a giant rectangle so it's really helpful for smoothing the fondant along the sides and sort of around the corner of the cake and you can pick up your own fondant smoother forty percent off at how to kick it dot com you get a fun and smoother and you get a that's what i would do in my class this is a good class it's almost as good as a car now i need to roll more green fondant just to cover the top of this cake so i roll a slab of green fondant place it on top and then trim all of the sides the next thing i need to do is chill this cake so that i can become the seam hider not only do i have my cdd but i'm also a registered sh so it's time to make a fondant paste with a little bit of my extra green fondant some clear food grade alcohol and i'm just going to mix these two together with a palette knife until i have a spreadable royal icing consistency and then i use this mixture with a small spatula and i patch all the seams all who threw that kodi absolutely not cody i'm gonna have to ask you to leave okay because this cut it says turkish airlines for the rest of the design i need to roll out some fondant nice and thin and i need white black pink and red i roll them all out in thin sheets and i placed them aside to chill while i cut out my template my beautiful template one of our international students celine who does her correspondence online with how to cake it she designed the juice box for me so thank you celine it's not like either one of you two offered once i've used an x-acto knife to cut all these pieces out of my paper template i carefully lay them on to the correct color and then i used the tip of my paring knife to cut all of these pieces out of fondant because it's so hot in here i'm going to rest these pieces in the fridge to chill while i work on the top of the juice box i roll out a big piece of red fondant and now i have to carefully take that piece of fondant and place it on the front of the cake and wrap it around the sides i need to trim the shape of the watermelon so for this i'm using the biggest parts of my template laying it up against the cake and i'm just using the tip of my sharp knife to cut along those lines so it's sort of rounded and wrapped around the juice box for the side little sort of flaps i roll up some more red fondant i cut two triangles out of that fondant and i add one to each side of the cake lining up with that top red strips whose phone was that i think i'm going to retire and i'm going to retire and just follow my passion of seam hiding for the final flap of fondant on top i'm going to roll out one long piece and i'm going to use my triangle template to cut each side into a triangle and then i used a ruler and a sculpting tool to draw sort of an indent along the long side of this piece so now i need to carefully pick up this piece align it so that when i fold it over the sides those side triangles meet up with the other two triangles that have already been placed now i get to return to my passion make some red fondant paste and hide the seams at the top of the cake subscribe to this channel and hit the notification bell so you will be notified of next week's lecture where we go through the anatomy of a very popular toy and we build that toy out of cake if you can guess what it is leave a comment below i also have to make the little bit of rind of course watermelons have rind so for this i had rolled out some white fondant and i tried to roll out a band and sort of chill it in a circular formation so now i glue that band around the cake and i have to carefully trim one side of the band to meet the inside of the watermelon so i have to trim it perfectly where it overlaps that bed and on the other side of the bend it's gonna be this is a wacky watermelon so i'm just gonna sort of freehand cut i don't want a perfect white line this watermelon is too wacky for that speaking of wacky watermelons where is walter we're almost done class he hasn't even shown up and now i use my template to line up all the parts and the letters and the seeds of this beautiful juice box design and glue them to the cake with clear piping gel over at how to cake it dot com we are having a back to school sale and everything you need to make this cake and more is 40 off what was all about what was it like oh walter walter you do not have to join us i don't even know why you're here you obviously don't like it here you don't watch your cdd walter just leave just leave this juice box looks amazing but it's missing something that makes it a juice box i think can you tell me what that is class what was the question for the straw you know what i really thought long and hard about this so you know how they make a plastic tube that you can use to cover your shower rod if it's getting old or rusty and i just added some red tape and made it look like a straw you guys can check out last week's yo cone cake right here and cassie's cereal bowl cake over on how to kick it step by step miss camp i think there's something on your back oh yeah they're totally it take me or han i'll see you after class and i'll see you all next weekwelcome back to how to cake it i'm yolanda and this week i have caked a juice box a giant juice box that you can take back to school and this giant juice box has a juicy center please be seated why wouldn't you be seated already it's ridiculous i'm the kind of teacher that makes you stand when i walk in the room to make my giant juice box cake i'm baking 20 pounds of my ultimate vanilla batter and dyeing it pink if you'd like more information on how i divided my batter just click the i once my cakes were baked cooled and chilled i removed them from their pans now i level all three of my cakes and remove the caramelization from the bottom if you haven't memorized my vanilla cake recipe by now you can just recheck your textbook the cake book on page 24. please memorize this by next week there will be a quiz it's time to simple syrup all three rectangles of my pink vanilla cake and who do we use to simple syrup so squeeze very good or hon very good cody didn't even raise his hand why do you have earphones on cody to hear you better okay i'll i'll allow it thank you i like this i decided that since i'm making a giant juice box cake it should contain juice this is going to be a secret chamber like no other in order to do this i am using a container of plastic please don't attempt this with glass i start with one layer of cake that's the exact size of my rectangular base board the cake board then i lay the container on top make sure it's centered by measuring use a sharp serrated knife and i cut around the container this way i know the base of the container fits snugly in the cake then i spread a nice layer of italian rye buttercream take my next cake layer and once again cut that opening but because my container is a bit beveled so it gets wider just slightly as it goes up i need to cut that opening slightly bigger each time to make sure the container will fit this is not really cake 101 this is no this is this is yeah this is like the masters this is your ph this is your chd wait what does a phd stand for isn't it something something doctorate please yes use your phone please it's not player hate and degree that's what i think it is but i know it really doesn't stop it playing what player hate and degree oh or you have to go home and research puff daddy okay that's your homework for tonight because you should have known what i said once i was three layers up it was time to insert the container for those of you watching this lecture online your homework is to share this video share the knowledge please share this video with your fellow students worldwide thank you i can't just plop a board on top well i never plop a board on top but i need to cut a hole in the board because i need to maneuver the board over the container and get it down over these cake layers that are already in place but first i do need to dowel the cake that's in place to hold up and support that board oh my god right yes exactly and now i carefully maneuver that board over the container put it down and i'm gonna start building with cake up again around the container but the tricky part here is the container is already inside so i can no longer use it to measure so now i'm going to use the holes that i cut out of cake to measure whoa right to make sure that i don't get any crumbs into my container while i'm building this cake i'm going to cover the top with plastic so for the last few layers i had to piece together and sort of build the cake in strips around the container which was much better because the top of the container also had these little things that i guess helped the lid clip on and so it would have been difficult to hold a full piece and get it over without breaking it are you taking notes of course why don't i see your paper on my phone good but no texting i enjoy these glasses i really do so now we've built our cake up to the top of the container what i need to do is just take a serrated knife and make sure that my cake is flush with the top of the container but i also don't want to get any crumbs in my container so do this very carefully yeah what did you just do you're acting like a real student and i'm going to use this moment to just trim all four sides of the cake this is much easier to do when your cake is chilled making sure they're straight remember that center board we put in is the same size as the bottom board so no cake should be sort of sticking out farther than the edges of our boards so now that all four of my sides are nice and straight and my cake is flush with the top of my container what do you think it's time to do class you don't have it's not ah okay great great both of you i want you to stay after class the next step is to crumb coat and chill i carefully crumb coat all four sides of the cake and a little bit of cake sticking out on top and i place this cake back in the fridge i'm going to move on and make the rest of the juice box which will sit on top of what we just crumb coated and chill but i'm going to build it as a separate cake on its own board i'm going to take my two perfect rectangles and layer them into two layers so now i have four thinner layers of cake but they're still the same width and depth as the rest of the cake in the fridge because this is a giant juice box i will need to later insert a giant straw so i cut a hole from my board and then i use my board and lay it on top of each layer with a circle cutter and make sure to cut that same hole out of all four layers of cake now i'm going to fill and stack these cakes on the same size board with italian meringue buttercream and then i'm going to do what very good i'm glad you listened should i teach the whole class through a megaphone crumb coat and chill i like being bossy i like acting bossy i don't know why there's some kind of job where i can act bossy justin's joke oh please leave that in please leave this in jocelyn wait a minute teacher me wouldn't say that jocelyn leave this in i want this left in the edit this is my class now that my the top half of my cake is chilling i'm going to pull out the bottom half and i'm going to add dowels once again to that upper portion of cake that is above that middle cake board so we cut all our dowels to the same height and we insert them i also want to add a long sharpened dowel that is the height of the entire cake so one dowel on each side of the container that will go through the middle board and now it's time to fill this container with juice watermelon juice watermelon juice you know everyone's always asking what happened to walter oh my god you're not serious are you i'd no no no the juice of another watermelon it's time to add the top i carefully pick up my second cake and place it on top i'm very afraid to ask how heavy was this cake yes i was so scared of this cake and its height and the board sort of resting on that plastic container that i decided to add even more dowels so i'm going to add two more dowels that are now the entire length of the whole cake sharpened once again so it can go down through two boards on either side and i had to make sure to remember where the last two long dowels were so i wouldn't hit a dowel i'm very impressed right it was so you need like x-rays and stuff it was so hard and now it's time to ice this entire cake it's pretty tricky because i don't have a spatula that's as tall as this cake so i'm going to use both a small and a large offset spatula carefully working my way around the cake and use a tall bench scraper to just sort of get around all four sides until i'm happy and then i'm going to chill we're really celebrating back to school on how to cake it and over on how to kick it step by step our cake community member cassie is also celebrating with a new cake we're celebrating back to school because none of us are going back to school this week she's whipped up a quick breakfast for you all with her cereal bowl cake yep there's a floating milk carton resting over it too make sure you check it out and you can also find the link in the description below it's time to cover this cake i'm going to roll slabs of green fondant and first work on covering the two sides of this cake the first thing i do is cut each slab on it to the exact height of my cake and then i apply one slab at a time to one side smoothing it with a fondant smoother and then i use a sharp paring knife to trim it flush with the cake and i do that again on the other side of the cake now i have to repeat this process rolling two slabs of green fondant that are tall enough and wide enough to cover the back and front of this rectangle i trim them and apply them in the same way and once again cut them flush a fondant smoother is the perfect tool for a cake like this because it's a giant rectangle so it's really helpful for smoothing the fondant along the sides and sort of around the corner of the cake and you can pick up your own fondant smoother forty percent off at how to kick it dot com you get a fun and smoother and you get a that's what i would do in my class this is a good class it's almost as good as a car now i need to roll more green fondant just to cover the top of this cake so i roll a slab of green fondant place it on top and then trim all of the sides the next thing i need to do is chill this cake so that i can become the seam hider not only do i have my cdd but i'm also a registered sh so it's time to make a fondant paste with a little bit of my extra green fondant some clear food grade alcohol and i'm just going to mix these two together with a palette knife until i have a spreadable royal icing consistency and then i use this mixture with a small spatula and i patch all the seams all who threw that kodi absolutely not cody i'm gonna have to ask you to leave okay because this cut it says turkish airlines for the rest of the design i need to roll out some fondant nice and thin and i need white black pink and red i roll them all out in thin sheets and i placed them aside to chill while i cut out my template my beautiful template one of our international students celine who does her correspondence online with how to cake it she designed the juice box for me so thank you celine it's not like either one of you two offered once i've used an x-acto knife to cut all these pieces out of my paper template i carefully lay them on to the correct color and then i used the tip of my paring knife to cut all of these pieces out of fondant because it's so hot in here i'm going to rest these pieces in the fridge to chill while i work on the top of the juice box i roll out a big piece of red fondant and now i have to carefully take that piece of fondant and place it on the front of the cake and wrap it around the sides i need to trim the shape of the watermelon so for this i'm using the biggest parts of my template laying it up against the cake and i'm just using the tip of my sharp knife to cut along those lines so it's sort of rounded and wrapped around the juice box for the side little sort of flaps i roll up some more red fondant i cut two triangles out of that fondant and i add one to each side of the cake lining up with that top red strips whose phone was that i think i'm going to retire and i'm going to retire and just follow my passion of seam hiding for the final flap of fondant on top i'm going to roll out one long piece and i'm going to use my triangle template to cut each side into a triangle and then i used a ruler and a sculpting tool to draw sort of an indent along the long side of this piece so now i need to carefully pick up this piece align it so that when i fold it over the sides those side triangles meet up with the other two triangles that have already been placed now i get to return to my passion make some red fondant paste and hide the seams at the top of the cake subscribe to this channel and hit the notification bell so you will be notified of next week's lecture where we go through the anatomy of a very popular toy and we build that toy out of cake if you can guess what it is leave a comment below i also have to make the little bit of rind of course watermelons have rind so for this i had rolled out some white fondant and i tried to roll out a band and sort of chill it in a circular formation so now i glue that band around the cake and i have to carefully trim one side of the band to meet the inside of the watermelon so i have to trim it perfectly where it overlaps that bed and on the other side of the bend it's gonna be this is a wacky watermelon so i'm just gonna sort of freehand cut i don't want a perfect white line this watermelon is too wacky for that speaking of wacky watermelons where is walter we're almost done class he hasn't even shown up and now i use my template to line up all the parts and the letters and the seeds of this beautiful juice box design and glue them to the cake with clear piping gel over at how to cake it dot com we are having a back to school sale and everything you need to make this cake and more is 40 off what was all about what was it like oh walter walter you do not have to join us i don't even know why you're here you obviously don't like it here you don't watch your cdd walter just leave just leave this juice box looks amazing but it's missing something that makes it a juice box i think can you tell me what that is class what was the question for the straw you know what i really thought long and hard about this so you know how they make a plastic tube that you can use to cover your shower rod if it's getting old or rusty and i just added some red tape and made it look like a straw you guys can check out last week's yo cone cake right here and cassie's cereal bowl cake over on how to kick it step by step miss camp i think there's something on your back oh yeah they're totally it take me or han i'll see you after class and i'll see you all next week\n"