I like crystals and I like cake, so I attempted to make a geode cake. This popular wedding cake trend emulates a geode (a small cavity in rock that is lined with crystals or minerals). Why would I not try this super intimidating style?
I scrolled through geode cake pictures on social media and watched geode cake tutorials, speculating if I was up to the task. My instincts told me probably not, but despite my doubts, I tried to find an easy way for an amateur to create their own geode cake with minimal effort. This was my process.
Geode Cake
Ingredients
Instructions
As an amateur I did a couple things that simplified the process, one of which was to skip the fondant. I also reduced the wedding cake to a mini funfetti, baked in a tiny pie tin. The first thing I did was cut a small, triangular geode shape in my cake.
Next, I frosted around my divot. I found the rock candy stuck better when I frosted the candy instead of the cake.
Now for the fun part: decorating! Here, I started sticking my candy on the cake. I gradually added my lighter candy around the edge of the geode shape.
This was my final result. I ended up cutting chunks off the edges of the cake to create a rougher rock-like shape.
Here are some glamour shots:
(Pre-edge cutting)
My main takeaway from this process is that making a geode cake does not have to be as difficult as it looks. I had a chance to work around some mistakes (gluten-free funfetti cake is moist and hard to frost) and to solve challenges, like when one of my cakes literally fell apart (RIP) so I couldn’t make a double layer cake. I did, however, have a ton of fun making this.
I found that I had many artistic options with this cake, which made creating my geode all the more enjoyable. My only tips: use good ingredients, have backup materials in case of accidents, and think out of the box with decorations and styling.
Happy baking!