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Easy Dog Man Cake - NO FONDANT!
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Apr 3, 2025
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anyone can make this dog man cake using
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nothing but buttercream and parchment
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paper or wax paper with the magic of
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layered buttercream no fondant needed
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step one is to make your cake of course
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you can use any flavor for your cake
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this is my 8 in Berry vanilla cake with
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three layers of cake and I'm using my
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4-minute buttercream as the filling
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between the layers mixed with cinnamon
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and cream cheese for a Snicker doodle
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flavor one batch of my 4minute
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buttercream is the perfect amount to
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fill Frost and decorate an 8in cake set
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side about half a cup of the buttercream
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to make dog man covering it with plastic
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wrap so it doesn't dry out and crust and
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use the rest to frost the cake I'm
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tinting mine with sky blue gel and
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applying a crumb coat first in case
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you're new to cake decorating a crumb
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coat is a thin layer of frosting to
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catch any crumbs that come off the cake
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and they'll get trapped in this layer it
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doesn't need to be super smooth it just
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needs to cover the whole cake to trap
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all of the crumbs it's easiest to frost
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a cold cake so put the layers in the
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fridge for 30 minutes or the Freez for
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15 minutes before you do this when the
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crumb coat is fairly smooth put the cake
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back into the fridge or freezer for 15
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to 30 minutes when you take it out the
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crumb coat should be cold and firm not
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sticky so now when you spread on your
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final layer of frosting it will sit on
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top of the crumb coat instead of mixing
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into it and the crumbs will be trapped
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in the crumb coat so you'll have no
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visible crumbs on your frosted cake put
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the cake back into the fridge to set the
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frosting but first measure how big you
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want your Dogman character to be mine
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will will be 5 in tall to leave room for
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candles and a name on the cake print off
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your image of Dogman to be the size you
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chose next step two is to make your
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Dogman stencils this is so simple and
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will create an accurate replica of the
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character very affordably and with no
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special tools simply Trace all of the
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details of the character onto pieces of
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parchment or wax paper using one piece
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of paper for each color so the yellow
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parts of the hat and shirt will both go
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onto this piece you'll need a stencil
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for every detail except except lines and
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dots like the facial features even the
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grass down here needs a stencil and I'm
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not going to include the buildings on
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the skyline or the tennis ball but if
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you were going to you'd need separate
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stencils for those when you layer the
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stencils over each other you should have
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every detail of the character there now
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the details need to be cut out but you
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don't need the details you're only going
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to use the paper around them so cut a
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little slit in the middle of each shape
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and poke a scissor blade through and cut
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around the shape leaving the paper
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around it intact the more neatly you cut
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out the shapes with smooth instead of
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jagged edges the neater those shapes
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will be on the character on your cake
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once your cake is cold and the frosting
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is firm ideally after at least an hour
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in the fridge it's time to layer the
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stencils start with the background the
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grass for me or the buildings if you're
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including those and after positioning
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the stencil on the cake press it down
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while you spread buttercream over it
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this is leftover blue frosting with a
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drop of leaf green gel and and a drop of
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yellow spread away from the stencil to
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seal it against the cake because if you
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spread towards the stencil you'll push
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buttercream underneath it and cause
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smudges on the cake this stencil is
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unique because it's not a shape
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surrounded by paper so the buttercream
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is going to go over the edge of the cake
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but that's fine I'll show you how easy
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it is to fix next because the frosting
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on the cake is cold and firm smooth the
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frosting over the stencil scraping a few
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times with an offset spatula or pallet
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knife until there's a smooth thin layer
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of buttercream left and then peel off
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the stencil scrape around the side of
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the cake to take off the excess green
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buttercream and leave a smooth edge
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around the cake and now the cake needs
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to go into the fridge for about 15
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minutes to set the green buttercream
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before positioning the next stencil the
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order of your stencils is really
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important you need to start with the
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background details and layer them with
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the details that get closer and closer
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to the foreground I'm doing the head and
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hands next since those are going to be
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covered with clothes this stencil is the
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trickiest because to know where the head
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needs to be I have to position the other
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stencils first because I don't want
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Dogman to be floating up in the sky or
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his feet to be sticking out down below
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the bottom edge of the cake to make this
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dog fur colored buttercream I used
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yellow and added Brown just a tiny
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amount by dipping a toothpick into the
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bottle and then dragging it through the
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yellow buttercream the stencil should
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have about an inch or two cm of paper
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around the edge of each shape so that
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you don't spread any buttercream over
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the edge of the stencil by mistake if
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you do as you're scraping and smoothing
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the buttercream it's easy to fix since
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the cake is cold because you can just
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scrape off any smudges with a toothpick
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and you won't damage the cold firm
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frosting underneath repeat the process
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with the rest of your stencils chilling
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the cake after using each stencil to set
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the buttercream so you don't damage it
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with the next stencil the thinner the
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layer of buttercream you spread over
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each stencil the neater the edges of
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those shapes will be but to lay a light
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color over dark colors like this yellow
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over blue you'll need a thicker layer so
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that the yellow properly covers up the
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blue here are my stencils in the order I
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used them leave any tiny details for the
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end and pipe them on using a Piping Bag
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with a small round piping tip like a
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number three or a sandwich bag with a
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tiny piece cut off one corner which you
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can use just like a Piping Bag for the
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White Flag in each eye I'm using a
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Piping Bag with a tiny piece cut off the
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end to make a tiny hole if you're making
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the version of Dogman you can pipe
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outlines around all of the details but
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for the movie version you don't need
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them which is lucky since piping is such
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a challenge for me so a buttercream
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version of Dogman traced onto paper and
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then transferred onto the cake by
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layering homemade stencils what do you
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think I'd love to hear in the comments
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and for more cake decorating techniques
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and Designs visit my cake school on
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