WHY Yolanda?
Why Yolanda is the best?
It's unusual for a cake artist to be so multi-talented. Yolanda is now a globally known famous, acclaimed cake designer while also being an incredible baker, business owner, book writter, and tv star.
She is a famous baker and cake designer who runs the popular YouTube channel, ‘How to Cake it.’ She tasted online success just three months after her first post in February 2015, garnering as many as 14k subscribers and more than 230k views! As of June 2017, she had over 3.1 million subscribers! She was already a TV star before she started her own YouTube channel. The reality show, ‘SugarStars,’ first premiered in the year 2012, covered her and her colleagues creating fancy cakes and sweet tables for parties. She also runs her own cake businesses in Toronto called, ‘Cakes by Yolanda’ and ‘Sweet Fix.’ Her passion for baking is hereditary as her father is also a baker by trade. She says that he is her inspiration and helped her learn everything about baking. Gampp is a complete package as she is a successful entrepreneur, cake decorator, YouTube sensation, TV star, and a fantastic mother as well! She has been baking almost all her life and doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon.
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Summer inspired cakes by Yolanda
Swimming Pool Cake
How To Cake It Yolanda Gampp shows how to make an adorable kiddie swimming pool out of cake - because everything is cake. This one features her ultimate chocolate cake recipe, soaked in Simple Syrup, stacked with Italian meringue buttercream and covered in pink and teal fondant. It's topped off with piping gel to create the realistic water effect. Can you tell if it's real or cake?
Release
Aug 4, 2020
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cups All Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Table Salt
- 1 cup Dutch-processed Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup (2 sticks) Unsalted Butter, at Room Temperature
- 2 ½ cups Sugar
- 4 Large Eggs, at Room Temperature
Watermelon Pink Velvet Cake
How To Cake It Yolanda Gampp shows how to make a summer watermelon out of pink velvet cake sprinkled with chocolate chips seeds and filled with bright pink Italian meringue buttercream. The watermelon is completed with painted on green and yellow stripes for a realistic look. This recipe is simple and easy to follow ñ great for beginner cake decorators and bakers!
Release
Jul 28, 2015
Ingredients
- 4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 Teaspoons Table Salt
- 1 Cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- 4 Large Eggs, room temperature
- 2 Cups Buttermilk, room temperature
- 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
- 2 Teaspoons Cider Vinegar
- Gel food colouring: rose and red
Ultimate Summer Lemonade Cake
How To Cake It Yolanda Gampp shows how to make a delicious summer lemonade cake bursting with flavor. Vanilla cake is baked with a sugar cookie crust and soaked in lemon flavored Simple Syrup. It's filled with fresh squeezed lemon juice and lemon zest, perfect for a backyard party or summer picnic. Italian meringue buttercream is also layered in, and it's finished off with smooth fondant and adorable decorated sugar cookies.
Release
Aug 11, 2020
Ingredients
- 8lbs Yo's Ultimate Vanilla Cake
- 1 batch of Lemon Shortbread Bars
- 2 batches of Italian meringue buttercream
- 1 batch of lemon simple syrup
- 1 cup lemon curd
- 3lbs white fondant
- 1 ½ lbs hot pink fondant
- Royal icing
- Sugar cookies