What could be more delightful than a beautifully wrapped present? How about a present beautifully wrapped in delicious cake!
Toronto-based cake maker Yolanda Gampp, 40, has become well known for her mind-bending confections that resemble everything from hamburgers to watermelons and even human brains. Her creations are so popular that her YouTube channel How To Cake It has more than 3.4 million followers.
For her latest recipe, Yolanda uses a whopping 26lbs of yellow cake structured to ‘wrap’ a gift box containing a brand new laptop in honor of the gift-giving season.
A gift in a gift: Toronto baker Yolanda Gampp, 40, shows in a new video how to wrap your presents in cake
A little extra: The cake contains a wrapped gift with a brand new laptop inside
Talent: Yolanda proudly showed off her creation on her Facebook page
‘I’m actually combining my two loves. Gift wrapping and cake decorating,’ she says at the start of the new video.
The long chunks of cake are trimmed around the edges to reveal only the bright yellow sponge before soaking them in simple syrup.
Next, Yolanda gift wraps the boxed computer, wrapping it again in plastic to protect it ‘from the buttercream.’
The cake is then sliced into strips used to perfectly surround the giftbox before being slathered in white cream icing.
First steps: Yolanda starts by slicing the 26lbs of yellow cake into strips and surrounding the wrapped gift box
Topping it off: Another slab of sponge is laid on top, fastened with buttercream frosting
All wrapped up: Fondant icing is laid on top of the box and gift wrap-like indentations are made
Here and there: The cake ‘boxes’ are finished with dots and sprinkles in various colors and topped with ‘ribbons’ made from even more fondant
A 12 by 6 inch slab of the cake is laid down on top of the box and trimmed into a perfect rectangle. While that ‘box’ is chilling, she uses the rest of the vanilla cake to create a second cake box.
For the ‘wrapping’ of the cake boxes, Yolanda rolls out 10lbs of fondant icing and drapes it over the boxes, smoothing over the corners and trimming excess icing away from the bottom.
After chilling the cakes and repairing the edges where the fondant had torn, Yolanda starts putting her decorating expertise to use. She carves gift wrap-like marks in the fondant and cuts dozens of dots and sprinkle shapes from rolled out sheets of fondant.
Taking a slice: Yolanda finishes the video by slicing into the cake to reveal the present
True talent: Yolanda’s previous videos have included tutorials for plenty of other incredible, mind-bending cakes
Five a day: She has even taken inspiration from her fruits and veggies
Tis the season: Some of the illusion cakes are holiday themed, such as this perfect-looking ham
The boxes are stacked and topped with ‘ribbon’ fashioned from colored strips of fondant for the final, amazing look. She finishes the tutorial by taking a slice out of the cake to expose the present inside.
The video has already racked up more than 500,000 views on YouTube since being posted last week.
Yolanda has millions of fans on YouTube thanks to her incredible cakes, many of which are expertly crafted to look like non-dessert foods such as a Christmas ham, a Thanksgiving turkey and even hamburgers, watermelons and avocados.