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Cake with a Rose Decoration

General info

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  • Great gift for your friends and family
  • Can be used as soap for bathing or washing
  • Do not eat it!
  • Difficulty: Easy

What you will need

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  • Soaps
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Paring knife
  • Toothpicks
  • 10 cm (4") x 10 cm piece of paper
  • Soap foam
  • Small soap carvings in multiple colors

Soap info

COW bath size soap (blue box)

Used in tutorial

COW bath soap
  • Available
  • COW brand
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 8.7 cm (3-1/2") x 5.8 cm (2-1/4") x 3 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 130 g (5 oz)

Ichigo Milk soap

Used in tutorial

ichigo milk soap
  • Available
  • Milk and strawberry scented
  • Diameter: 6.8 cm (2-3/4")
  • Thickness: 2.8 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 80g (3 oz)

Floral mild soap

white soap
  • Available
  • White colour
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 7.5 cm (3") x 5.5 cm (2-1/8") x 2.3 cm (7/8")
  • Weight: 80 g (3 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

Carve the cake base

1.1 Fold the piece of paper in half.
step 1.1
1.2 Draw a line as shown.
step 1.2
1.3 Cut off the piece of paper along the line.
step 1.3
1.4 Slice off the top of the soap.
step 1.4
1.5 Slice off the bottom of the soap.
step 1.5
1.6 Place the piece of paper and trace the shape of piece of cake onto the soap.
step 1.6
1.7 Roughly cut out the cake shape.
step 1.7
1.8 Smooth the soap sides.
step 1.8
1.9 Soap cake base is done!
step 1.9

Make soap whip creams

2.1 Cut the soap into the cube shape.
step 2.1
2.2 Form the soap into the cylinder shape.
step 2.2
2.3 Trim the bottom edge.
step 2.3
2.4 Trim the top part to the truncated cone.
step 2.4
2.5 Carve the indents to form a tapering shape.
step 2.5
2.6 Cut 8 lines running from the tip to the bottom.
step 2.6
2.7 Remove the soap along the slits.
step 2.7
2.8 Cut V-shaped trenches at the bottom.
step 2.8
2.9 Flatten the bottom.
step 2.9
2.10 Repeat all previous steps to make multiple whip creams. Soap whip creams are done!
step 2.10

Carve the rose decoration

3.1 Cut the soap into a dome shape.
step 3.1
3.2 Divide the soap into 5 sections.
step 3.2
3.3 Carve a petal of the first row and remove soap under it.
step 3.3
3.4 Carve a second petal which is overlapped by the previous one and remove soap under it.
step 3.4
3.5 Carve two next petal the same way as the second.
step 3.5
3.6 Carve the last petal and remove soap under it. It should be overlapped by the first and the fourth petal.
step 3.6
3.7 Neaten the center.
step 3.7
3.8 Smooth the center sides.
step 3.8
3.9 Carve the first petal of the second row and remove soap under it.
step 3.9
3.10 Carve the second petal of the second row and remove soap under it.
step 3.10
3.11 Carve the next three petals in similar way.
step 3.11
3.12 Smooth the center into a dome shape.
step 3.12
3.13 Carve 5 petals of the third row.
step 3.13
3.14 Smooth the center.
step 3.14
3.15 Shave off the soap under the outermost petals.
step 3.15
3.16 Cut off the bottom.
step 3.16

Finish the piece of cake

4.1 Attach the whip creams and rose to the cake base.
step 4.1
4.2 (Optional) Attach the tiny colourful soap decorations.
step 4.2
4.3 Soap piece of cake is finished!
step 4.3