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How to Draw an Ice Cream Cake
Draw an ice cream cake in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: a plate.
Step 1: A plate
Near the bottom, draw a long flat oval plate, nearly as wide as the page. Add a rim oval inside.
Step 2: Top of the cake
Well above the plate, draw a flat oval about a hand wide, for the top of the cake.
Step 3: The sides
From the left end of the oval, draw a line down, round a shallow bottom, up to the right end.
Step 4: Ice cream band
Across the cake, draw 2 soft wavy lines that dip in the middle, from side to side.
Step 5: Two scoops
On the back of the top oval, draw 2 round scoops of ice cream side by side, with wavy bottoms.
Step 6: Cream swirls
Along the front of the top oval, draw 3 little swirls of cream with soft peaks, each a different size.
Step 7: Mini cone on top
Draw a little cone standing in the right swirl: a tall triangle, a round scoop and 2 criss-cross lines.
Step 8: Melting drips
From the top oval's front edge, draw 3 drips running down, each ending in a round blob above the band.
Tip Rub out the edge line across the top of each drip, so the drip runs out of the top.
Step 9: The table
Draw a long line under the plate, just touching its bottom.
Step 10: Cream top, white swirls
Go over your lines. Colour the cake top, the drips and the right scoop cream. Leave the swirls white.
Step 11: Pink scoops, tan cake
Colour the band, the left scoop and the little scoop pink. Colour the cake sides tan, around the drips.
Step 12: Ginger cone, sky plate
Colour the little cone ginger and the plate sky blue. Your ice cream cake is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an ice cream cake, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
