[music playing]
 Hello, there.
Welcome to "A-list Cakes."
I'm Greggy Soriano,
and today, we're
going to make a cake for one of
the most famous YouTubers ever.
Her name's Jenna Marbles.
I'm going to show you
how to create a galaxy
effect on buttercream,
make a gold Play button out
of chocolate, and make
some of her favorite things
in the entire universe--
her little puppies.
So without further ado,
let's get to cakin.'
First, we're starting off
by adding just a little bit
of buttercream on our
board, and then we're
going to add our base
layer of our sponge,
that is a vegan,
gluten-free cake
that is pina colada-flavored.
And then I made my
own simple syrup
of pineapple juice and coconut
cream to soak our sponge with.
And then you want
to pipe a barrier
of pina colada buttercream.
Fill it with more pina
colada buttercream.
Sprinkle some coconut chips.
Right here, I have
some coconut jam.
Add another layer
pina colada sponge,
a barrier of buttercream.
Sprinkle on some white chocolate
chips, another layer of pina
colada buttercream, your
last layer of sponge,
and a spritz of pina
colada simple syrup.
Crumb coat and final
coat this cake and then
set it in the fridge to chill.
Right here, we have a
silicone mold of letters.
I'm generously filling each
letter with some modeling
chocolate, and then I'm
using a spatula to scrape off
the top layer and
making sure each letter
is filled with chocolate.
Right now, I'm spelling
out the word subscribe.
I want to create 18 M,
and what I'm going to do
is use an I and a B, and
then I'm going to sculpt out
the letter B into a number 8.
Set these letters in the
freezer to harden up.
Sprinkle a little bit of
cornstarch onto your table,
and grab a little bit of
red modeling chocolate
and roll it into a log,
and then you want to roll
it out into a long band.
And then right
here, we have a fun
little tool called a
ribbon-cutter that makes
it nice and straight and even.
Cut out a band long enough to
fit the word subscribe 18 M.
So you want to
round out the edges
to make it look like an
actual Subscribe button.
Set this baby aside to dry.
Now that our letters
have hardened up,
remove them from
the molds and stick
them on to our Play button
with a little bit of water.
Use a spatula to straighten
them up a little bit.
Set this aside to dry.
With some modeling chocolate,
shape out some little ropes
and spell out the
word Jenna in script.
Set this aside to dry.
Now it's time to
make the Play button.
With some modeling chocolate,
shape out a rounded rectangle.
And then with some
sculpting tools,
shape out the play
symbol, just like this.
And with a mini-ball
tool, smooth
it out and set it aside to dry.
Rollout a really big piece of
fondant or gum paste, about
half an inch thick, and then
cut out four rectangle placards
to fit Peaches, Mr. Marbles,
Kermie, and Jenna Marbles
right into each placard.
Set these pieces to
the side to dry out.
With a number one tip
in black royal icing,
I piped out Kermie, Mr.
Marbles, Peaches, and Jenna
in a cute little hoodie.
With a number one tip
in yellow royal icing,
create a little
frame around Jenna.
Fill in her hoodie with
some sky blue royal icing.
With some white,
fill in her hair.
Make some lines to
define her hair.
Now that our line has
dried around the frame,
fill it in with yellow.
Fill in Jenna's face
with royal icing
and set this aside to dry.
Do the same thing with Peaches,
Kermit, and Mr. Marbles.
Set these little guys
to the side to dry.
I want to create a watercolor
effect around the puppies,
so I'm using just a little bit
of gel paste with some vodka
to create a watercolor look.
Now that the Play button
has hardened up and dried,
paint it with a little bit of
edible gold dust and vodka.
Dowel and stack your eight-inch,
six-inch, and four-inch cakes.
I want to create a glowing
effect throughout the galaxy,
and to do that, I am
spotting on some lemon yellow
throughout the cake
with the airbrush.
Now I'm adding some
different shades of magenta,
fuchsia, and purple.
Now I'm airbrushing
on some royal blue.
And I'm adding some layers and
darkening it up a little bit.
Be sure to leave some
parts that are magenta
and have a little bit of
the pinks peeking through,
and just a tad bit of yellow
peeking through, as well.
Grab some white food
coloring and a floppy brush,
and start flicking on some
of that food coloring to make
little stars in the galaxy.
And to make it really
look like a galaxy,
grab some vodka or
a clear alcohol,
and mix it with some
pearl dust, and start
spraying on and
spotting on some really
shiny pieces
throughout the cake.
With just a little bit of
buttercream as your glue,
attach all of your sugar
embellishments onto the cake.
Add our little sign that
we made that says, Jenna.
Add the Subscribe button
and the rest of the pups,
and add all the pretty
little stars around the cake.
And here we have it, our
Jenna Marbles birthday cake,
complete with a really
awesome galaxy effect
all around the cake,
some royal icing
stars, Peachy, Mr. Marbles,
Kermie, and of course, Jenna.
Happy birthday, Jenna.
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