As a cake decorator myself I appreciate you posting videos like this where things go wrong. I always feel like such a failure when something doesn’t go as planned. It happens to all of us though and it makes us better bakers and decorators. Thank you!
Thank you for saying this!! I've been at this a loooong time but when I make a cake it's usually an original and something I've never done before so it's always new and there's lots of experimentation so things can go wrong, and that's ok! I just want everyone to try...to have fun...and even if you "fail" so what?! As long as you learned something and had fun that's all that matters!
When you said you were going to pour the jello directly into the center of the cake, I winced🤣 I thought for sure you would make the jello rectangle first and have it set, then build the cake around it!!
It feels so crazy that I’ve been watching you for like 10 years!😧 You inspired me when I was a kid to make cakes and I still do so thank you for teaching me about so many things😊
We need a Mr. Wizard to scientifically figure out an edible and leakproof lining for the pool. It looked amazing, I loved those island- like umbrellas, so gorgeous! Yolanda you're so imaginative!
Beautiful Cake! I used jello for water in a cake and It worked best when I let the jello cool before I poured it onto my cake. I just used buttercream and it worked fine. I first tried pouring it warm and it absorbed into the cake but once I let it cool down but still liquid it turned out great.
I have used jello for filling cup cakes, and I not only waited for the liquid to cool but until it was just about to set before filling it in. Takes a lot of patience though.
Maybe for the next pool cake that you’re definitely not going to make, you could kind of seal the gum paste with piping gel and then pour the gelatin in. But we’ll never know because this was the last ever pool cake. Dissolved gum paste leakage aside, the cake looks gorgeous! I initially thought it was going to be way worse, like when you opened the fridge the next day all of the jello would have leaked under the cake and all over the fridge kind of worse.
I think if you had used white chocolate to line the pool it might have worked. Because I've seen people make those diorama mountains and ocean cakes before and they always put a coat of chocolate on the cake where the Jello would be touching. Just a thought. 🤷😂
Interesting a fun unique cake that absolutely screams summer. It's great cake for a pool party theme by personalizing it to the celebrant. You sure know how to challenge yourself Yolanda which is great but try to take a break in between the challenges so you don't get burned out a bit . You are always doing great.
Turned out great! Tastier than piping gel right?! I found using ganache to coat cakes for a jello water works well. I don't know who invented it but glad they did. Thanks for sharing how it really is when trying something new. I'm glad to know I'm not alone lol I learned the hard way that jello and fondant don't do well together. My fondant sea turtle was melting in the ocean jello. Love your creative designs Yo🙂
I love this one Yolanda! ❤ when I was a child my mom and I made me a jello pool cake for my birthday, so this one was so nostalgic! Yours is definitely the grown up version ❤⛱️😎
Yolanda, girl, you make the impossible, possible. Are you a brilliant cake maker/designer or an architect? I'm pretty sure the gelatin tasted better than the piping gel...LOL!! Beautiful cake.❤❤❤
That definitely looks like so much stress. Jello alone makes me anxious because you never know how it will turn out or if it will set up! Kudos to you for having it work!! It looks fantastic!! 🎉❤
You understand me!!! Thank you validated my experience and thank you for all the support. I'm definitely happy with how smooth the jello turned out and the shade of blue
@@HowToCakeIt Yes I understand!! 🫶 And yes the dedication to get the perfect shade of blue, made all the difference!! Most welcome for the support, you're awesome!! 😎🥰 Thank you for all the advice and tips on cake/baking!!!
Awesome came out nice.... maybe next time you do the jello first using a rectangle pan and once set build the cake around it... no fondant no gumpaste. 😊❤
Despite the hiccups, the cake looks fabulous. I am not a cake decorator so this thought might be off the wall - could you not have poured your gelatin into an appropriately sized pan, let it set, cut it to size and then dropped it into the pool?
That's an amazing cake, it's beautiful! You could've done things differently though. I always love those little umbrellas, you could use them for other cakes! Your favorite is probably the watermelon one.
Although it was quite stressful it looks amazing. I'm a perfectionist so it would drive me crazy having all the problems. I understand the humidity issue. It's been hot and humid here a lot lately 🥵 Definitely ready for fall 🍂
Well, I really wanted to make a cake similar to this, but after hearing all the things that could go wrong, I think I'll pass . Great story and awesome cake . ❤️
Wow this cake def gets the silver! I love it it's so cute.i would have put a little tray for the jello to sit on in the cake or mold it then inserted it with great difficulty! Essentially u could have waited for the jello to cool enough where it wasn't going to melt it so much. Silver for the win great job!!
Yo , next time you do it if you use chocolate or white chocolate ganache the jelly will not affect it best of the fat in the chocolate and it will set 😊
You are too kind. Glad you enjoyed this and will think on the Angel food cake and how and when we can make this episode. Thanks for the suggestion and your comment and support 🤗
Could you do the AI cake challenge where you try and create a cake made by AI? It would be so funny and chaotic 😭 (Also I’ve been a fan since the Walter debut)
As a cake decorator myself I appreciate you posting videos like this where things go wrong.
I always feel like such a failure when something doesn’t go as planned.
It happens to all of us though and it makes us better bakers and decorators.
Thank you!
Thank you for saying this!! I've been at this a loooong time but when I make a cake it's usually an original and something I've never done before so it's always new and there's lots of experimentation so things can go wrong, and that's ok! I just want everyone to try...to have fun...and even if you "fail" so what?! As long as you learned something and had fun that's all that matters!
“This is not a REAL problem!” Priceless. 🤭
When you said you were going to pour the jello directly into the center of the cake, I winced🤣
I thought for sure you would make the jello rectangle first and have it set, then build the cake around it!!
Same! I was worried the liquid jello would leak under the cake 😅
That's what I SHOULDVE done 😂😂🤦🏽♀️
You'll just have to make a third 🤷♀️😝
Or at least wait until the Jello is just about to set before pouring it in.
No....., you have to do another pool cake. I truly enjoyed watching you build it. Love all ur cakes.
Awww thank you so much. I'll maybe reconsider next summer lol
That cake couldn't go anymore south than south. Fabulous cake ... ❤❤❤Ohan's humor 😂
😂😂😂😂 thank goodness for Orhan!!
So happy to have rediscovered this channel. A couple years ago I binge watched for HOURS
I remember you making the old one, wondering what you will use for water (just about to watch)
Spoiler alert right on the title 😂❤
I think the original pool cake was one of the first, if not the first, HTCI video I watched
@@HowToCakeIt I clicked too fast in all fairness then saw it after
That first kiddy pool is the video I found this channel on. Saw the video recommendation in my suggested videos to watch
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Aww such a throwback, I remember the original one from when I was a college freshman😭
The kiddie pool cake was so popular, we just had to do an adult version
You should totally make a pudding filled cake! These pool cakes are awesome!
I might need some recovery time before attempting that haha
Swimming pool cake are so good
Wish I could actually swim in it!
That's a awesome looking pool cake,Yolanda.😋🥰
I Love the Swimming Pool Cake and i love it and thank you, Yolanda 🎂💕
Thank you!!
Kidy pool design cake with yellow ducks very cute cand corn
You are such a perfectionist ❤ but it really was so adorable...just like you!
I couldn't sleep until the blue was perfect hahah
It feels so crazy that I’ve been watching you for like 10 years!😧 You inspired me when I was a kid to make cakes and I still do so thank you for teaching me about so many things😊
Comments like this!!! ❤❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭😭 I appreciate you sharing this and for being here all these years!! Means a lot to me and the whole team 🤗
Beautiful as always
We need a Mr. Wizard to scientifically figure out an edible and leakproof lining for the pool. It looked amazing, I loved those island- like umbrellas, so gorgeous! Yolanda you're so imaginative!
A cake wizard yes please!! Thank you for your sweet comment 🤗
Regardless, it looks very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I can't wait to see your new video Yolanda ❤
Every Tuesday!
That cake is nice!! You're the GOAT Yolanda❤❤❤❤😊
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wow, yummy yummy
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This cake was so beautiful!!!
I can’t wait for the next pool cake you make!!!😅 😘 you know you can’t resist a challenge!!!
9:21 MY HEART STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s the perfect summer cake!👍🏼
It is!! 🎉❤
🤣🤣🤣 Love it!
I remember the kiddy pool cake!!🫶🏽
One of our most popular episodes!
Beautiful Cake! I used jello for water in a cake and It worked best when I let the jello cool before I poured it onto my cake. I just used buttercream and it worked fine. I first tried pouring it warm and it absorbed into the cake but once I let it cool down but still liquid it turned out great.
I should done that 🤦🏽♀️
I have used jello for filling cup cakes, and I not only waited for the liquid to cool but until it was just about to set before filling it in. Takes a lot of patience though.
adorable cake! I love it! Great job!
Thank you!!!
Love your hair Yolanda.❤❤❤
Thank you!!!!
@@HowToCakeIt you’re so very welcome.❤️❤️❤️
1:46 the way you talk with your hands is hilarious to me 😂
😂😂😂😂 this is what happens when you marry an Italian lol
Looks absolutely delicious 😋
A little soggy in parts but otherwise yummy 😂😂
I remember watching your previous pool cake and being wowed. And this is even better Yolanda!❤ You are so so talented!
Thank you so much!! 🤗
Yummy I love cake
Me too!
Simply Beautiful 🩵💖🏖️🍰⛱️🍥🏝️💖🩵
Thank you! 🤗
Still did a great job!!! It was Beautiful!!!
Thank you! So much drama with this one
Such a cool cake. All the little details just added to its cuteness. Love the umbrellas. Thank you for sharing and keep on caking 💜
Awww thanks for such a sweet and supportive comment
Maybe for the next pool cake that you’re definitely not going to make, you could kind of seal the gum paste with piping gel and then pour the gelatin in. But we’ll never know because this was the last ever pool cake. Dissolved gum paste leakage aside, the cake looks gorgeous! I initially thought it was going to be way worse, like when you opened the fridge the next day all of the jello would have leaked under the cake and all over the fridge kind of worse.
😂😂😂😂😂 yes I think I need a break from pool cakes for a while. These are great suggestions though for if there ever is a next time
I think if you had used white chocolate to line the pool it might have worked. Because I've seen people make those diorama mountains and ocean cakes before and they always put a coat of chocolate on the cake where the Jello would be touching. Just a thought. 🤷😂
This seems to be the #1 suggestions will try it next time
@@HowToCakeIt well I’ll be here waiting to watch it! 😉
I wish ican eat your yummy cakes ❤ lovely marvelous cake 🎂
Me too😊. My mouth always waters when I watch
It did taste great, a little soggy but great
I just love the richness of your invention. This pool was fantastic.👏👏😂🫶🏻⛱️☀️
What a feel-good comment!! Thank YOU!
Luv every EP I watch. The pool came out so cute❤
Awww! Thank you! So glad to hear you enjoy watching 🤗
🎉❤❤❤ this is awesome! I love this 😊
Thank you for the love and support!
super cute
Interesting a fun unique cake that absolutely screams summer. It's great cake for a pool party theme by personalizing it to the celebrant. You sure know how to challenge yourself Yolanda which is great but try to take a break in between the challenges so you don't get burned out a bit . You are always doing great.
Thank you so much!!! This is a very sweet and thoughtful comment and I appreciate it (and you!)
Turned out great! Tastier than piping gel right?! I found using ganache to coat cakes for a jello water works well. I don't know who invented it but glad they did. Thanks for sharing how it really is when trying something new. I'm glad to know I'm not alone lol
I learned the hard way that jello and fondant don't do well together. My fondant sea turtle was melting in the ocean jello. Love your creative designs Yo🙂
You're so brilliant Yo!! That cake was gorgeous!!
You are sooooo sweet! Thank you!
Omg,this had ME stressed...I can't imagine what YOU were feeling, lol! But it looked so amazing❤
😂😂😂 high stakes! Thank goodness this wasn't for someone or a client - or Hugh Jackman
Aww I remember my sister making my quinceañera party cake. It was a pool as well with jello water 😂 Your cake looks amazing!
Makes me wanna go swimming 😫
In a pool of jello?!
@@HowToCakeItwell water but that’s not a bad thought 🤣😂
Yo, it looks beautiful!!! I'm sure it tasted great. Perhaps it needed a few more interludes in the fridge ⛱🦩
I think I'm giving the humidity too much power over me 😂
Well, it looked awesome! What’s a little melted gumpaste between HTCI friends.🎉🏖️
😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's for the reassurance!
I love this one Yolanda! ❤ when I was a child my mom and I made me a jello pool cake for my birthday, so this one was so nostalgic! Yours is definitely the grown up version ❤⛱️😎
Do you have a photo of it?!! Would love to see it. Also how did she do it?!
Tiempo sin ver a Yolanda fren
That came out great!
Thank you!! I'd change a few things but happy I tried and learned
I LOVE IT!!!! You did an awesome job! Never seen a cake like this before 🩵🏖️🌊🎂
Thanks so much!!! It's an interesting experiment taking an AI image and then trying to recreate it in cake form
Looks amazing! I wonder if melted white chocolate coating the inside of the pool would have held up better then the gumpaste though
I think starting with the jello and then building the cake around it
Imagine saying “watermelon inspired” and not “Walter” inspired umbrella. I’m sure he told you to put some respect on his name 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂 he can never see this!
Yolanda, girl, you make the impossible, possible. Are you a brilliant cake maker/designer or an architect? I'm pretty sure the gelatin tasted better than the piping gel...LOL!! Beautiful cake.❤❤❤
😂😂😂😂 the jello definitely tasted better. Although a bit soggy 😂
Wow, it's amazing ❤
Thanks so munch!
I’ve loved your channel for so long they’re so fun to watch❤
I'm so glad you have fun watching these videos. That's what we want to achieve here! Inspire creativity, teach skills and spread joy and fun!
I remember you from nailed it ur soo pretty❤I love ur baking videos
Nailed it is where you found me?
@@HowToCakeIt yes😁
Holy smokes, this looks unreal.
Thank you!!
Ok this cake is amazing! I made a small swimming pool cake using Jello as well once and i lined it with buttercream...it stood up very well.
That's great to hear! Would love to see it
Not you saying "I popped the fridge back into the cake" hehehe
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Chocolate peanut butter cake
Amazing how despite the hiccups you kept making it work! I’d love to commission a cake from u one day 🥰
That's the creative process! Experimenting and trying!!
That definitely looks like so much stress. Jello alone makes me anxious because you never know how it will turn out or if it will set up! Kudos to you for having it work!! It looks fantastic!! 🎉❤
You understand me!!! Thank you validated my experience and thank you for all the support. I'm definitely happy with how smooth the jello turned out and the shade of blue
@@HowToCakeIt Yes I understand!! 🫶 And yes the dedication to get the perfect shade of blue, made all the difference!! Most welcome for the support, you're awesome!! 😎🥰
Thank you for all the advice and tips on cake/baking!!!
Gorgeous! I'm glad to see AI actually being used to inspire creativity! The cake was stunning!
Thank you!! Yes I thought a fun example on how AI could inspire Vs takeover
Awesome came out nice.... maybe next time you do the jello first using a rectangle pan and once set build the cake around it... no fondant no gumpaste. 😊❤
You could have made the jelly rectangle first and then build the cake pool around it. Great job either way!
Yep! That's exactly what I should've done 🤦🏽♀️
Despite the hiccups, the cake looks fabulous. I am not a cake decorator so this thought might be off the wall - could you not have poured your gelatin into an appropriately sized pan, let it set, cut it to size and then dropped it into the pool?
Yes should've made the jello first! You live you learn I guess
May try the jigglers recipe!
I saw the new swimming pool cake and hurried to click.
Yay!!!
That's an amazing cake, it's beautiful! You could've done things differently though. I always love those little umbrellas, you could use them for other cakes! Your favorite is probably the watermelon one.
I had so much fun shopping for those umbrellas
I love it 😍
Yay!! Glad to hear!
I think modeling chocolate would be better than gumpaste
wow such a good pool cake. 👍🏻
I would like to request a Singapore Jewel Waterfall cake Yolanda. please... ❤❤
Are you from Singapore?!
Hi Yolanda, cakes looking good now I want some jello😋
Thank you!
Although it was quite stressful it looks amazing. I'm a perfectionist so it would drive me crazy having all the problems. I understand the humidity issue. It's been hot and humid here a lot lately 🥵 Definitely ready for fall 🍂
Summer is my favorite season in life but my least favorite in caking!!
@@HowToCakeIt I love summer too since it's our birth month plus it's nice for the pool
@@HowToCakeIt I love summer too since it's our birth month plus it's nice for the pool
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Well, I really wanted to make a cake similar to this, but after hearing all the things that could go wrong, I think I'll pass . Great story and awesome cake . ❤️
It looks gorgeous, even with the gum paste accident
Thank you so much!
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Wow this cake def gets the silver! I love it it's so cute.i would have put a little tray for the jello to sit on in the cake or mold it then inserted it with great difficulty! Essentially u could have waited for the jello to cool enough where it wasn't going to melt it so much. Silver for the win great job!!
Yes I think next time I'd make the jello separately in a mold and then transfer it over. Thanks for the silver! Which cake gets the gold?
Walter the watermelon gets the gold!🏅
This pool cake has the silver!🥈
Pineapple one gets the bronze!🥉
🤩 yo for the win!🎖
Yo ,
next time you do it if you use chocolate or white chocolate ganache the jelly will not affect it best of the fat in the chocolate and it will set 😊
I would def do things differently next time. Will add this to the list!
Would moulding chocolate work?? I made a white chocolate version once...BTW thx for the heads up on the staybowlizer.
I think my best bet would've been to do the jello first (in a mold) then cut the mold and build the cake around it
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Remember juice box cake? If anyone can make a pool cake with actual liquid in it, it's Yolanda :D
😂😂😂😂 oh wow your comment just sent me in a Time Machine
Super cute! 🔴🔴🔴🔴 covering the inside of the cake with white ganache would’ve worked with the jello. No melting. Lol
Ganache and chocolate are what I'll try next time
9 years of waiting for the bowling themed cake!!!😂😂🤩
😂😂😂😂 I'll add to the list
Yolanda you are the smartest cake artist to make the Jello 🎂 I ❤ it. Can you make vanilla strawberry ànd chocolate angel food cakes Yolanda please 🥺
You are too kind. Glad you enjoyed this and will think on the Angel food cake and how and when we can make this episode. Thanks for the suggestion and your comment and support 🤗
It turned out so cute! When I saw the intro, I thought you were going to use white chocolate or modeling chocolate as the inside lining for the jello.
I probably should have 🤦🏽♀️ I don't work with chocolate a lot so didn't even think of that.
Wait, I've seen lagoon cakes where they build up a little island in the middle. Maybe they cover it in chocolate? Maybe that's why there are no issues
I should've done more research but I was trying to be original 😂
It’s because we didn’t know we could get jello pool themed cakes… And now I would love one!!
Try making it please and send me pics!
I’m just a basic at home baker, but would chocolate melts painted on the inside work as a liquid barrier?
I think my best move would've been to do the jello first and built the cake around it
I loved this cake fr! (how does melted gum paste taste like lol?)
😂😂😂😂 I definitely ate Around the gumpaste
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Could you do the AI cake challenge where you try and create a cake made by AI? It would be so funny and chaotic 😭 (Also I’ve been a fan since the Walter debut)
Walter just turned 9 years old, can you believe it?!
How about trying another jello cake? Like the island cake. Idk, to redeem yourself? 😅 anyways, love you and your channel and all the cakes ❤
Maybe next summer. I need a break from pool cakes 😂
AI sucks, but this cake is amazing
It was interesting to use AI as inspiration and then try to turn it into a cake. And I agree the cake was definitely more delicious than the image 😂😂