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What you’ll learn
- Make Swiss Meringue Buttercream from scratch.
- Create custom cake boards to match any cake.
- Level, torte, fill, crumb coat, and smooth finish buttercream cakes.
- Work with gel colors and color dusts.
- Prepare piping bags.
- Pipe rosettes and ruffles.
- Create cake designs with a metal cake spatula.
- Painting on buttercream.
- Applying watercolor and ombre color techniques.
- Build a stable two-tiered cake great for any occasion!
Requirements
- No prior cake decorating experience required.
- Basic cake decorating supplies and equipment will be needed. A list of resources is included in the course.
- Plain baked cakes of student’s choice in size and flavor. You can take my other course if you are new to baking as well!
Who this course is for:
- Students who are comfortable baking cakes as this course only covers decorating.
- Complete beginners who are looking into hobby decorating or want to start a career.
- Cake decorating career seekers who need to build up their buttercream skills.
- Bakery business owners looking to expand menus or help train staff.
Course Curriculum
| Introduction- Get Started! | |||
| Welcome! | 00:02:00 | ||
| Swiss Meringue Buttercream Method | 00:08:00 | ||
| Custom Cake Boards | 00:18:00 | ||
| Frosting a Cake Smooth | |||
| Trimming Cakes | 00:08:00 | ||
| Layering Cakes | 00:04:00 | ||
| Crumb Coat | 00:05:00 | ||
| Applying the Second Coat | 00:08:00 | ||
| Frosting the Cake Smooth | 00:10:00 | ||
| Spatula Techniques | |||
| Technique 1-Zigzags | 00:06:00 | ||
| Technique 2- Straight Lines | 00:06:00 | ||
| Technique 3- Pinwheel | 00:04:00 | ||
| Technique 4- Circles | 00:04:00 | ||
| Color | |||
| Getting Started with Color | 00:06:00 | ||
| Watercolor Technique-Preparation | 00:06:00 | ||
| Watercolor Technique- Method | 00:08:00 | ||
| Transfer the Watercolor Cake | 00:04:00 | ||
| Ombre Technique-Preparation | 00:03:00 | ||
| Ombre Technique-Method | 00:09:00 | ||
| Transfer the Ombre Cake | 00:04:00 | ||
| Piping | |||
| Piping Bags | 00:04:00 | ||
| Filling a Piping Bag | 00:03:00 | ||
| Rosettes-Practice | 00:05:00 | ||
| Rosettes-Piping on a Cake | 00:06:00 | ||
| Ruffles | |||
| Ruffles-Practice | 00:05:00 | ||
| Ruffles-Transfer a Design | 00:06:00 | ||
| Ruffles- Transfer the Cake | 00:01:00 | ||
| Ruffles- Piping on a Cake | 00:06:00 | ||
| Floral Ruffles- Practice | 00:03:00 | ||
| Floral Ruffles- Planning | 00:04:00 | ||
| Floral Ruffles- Piping the Sides | 00:04:00 | ||
| Floral Ruffles- Piping the Top | 00:05:00 | ||
| Painting | |||
| Prepare your Paints | 00:05:00 | ||
| Painting a Cake | 00:06:00 | ||
| Painting with Luster | 00:03:00 | ||
| Stacking | |||
| Fundamentals and Equipment | 00:03:00 | ||
| Green Ruffle Cake Stacking | 00:02:00 | ||
| Green Ruffles-Finishing Touches | 00:03:00 | ||
| Orange Floral Ruffle Cake Stacking | 00:07:00 | ||
| Floral Ruffles-Finishing Touches | 00:02:00 | ||
| Conclusion | |||
| Thank You! | 00:01:00 | ||
| Resources | 00:01:00 | ||
FAQs
This course is for anyone who's interested in this topic and wants to learn more about it. This course will also help you gain potential professional skills.
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