What you’ll learn
- Build and frost square or rectangular cakes smooth with sharp edges.
- Create re-usable surfaces to practice decorating techniques.
- Learn how to pipe and use a brush to create buttercream embroidery.
- Discover how to transfer templates to buttercream cakes.
- Learn how to paint with buttercream and color gels.
- Create natural scenes by understanding how to build layers.
- Pipe small, medium, and large buttercream flowers.
- Pipe leaves, stems, and filler plant material such as berries and buds.
- Achieve deep and rich icing colors with Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
- Build unique cake shapes to creatively display buttercream floral arrangements.
Requirements
- This an intermediate level course which requires an understanding of basic cake decorating skills such as frosting a cake, simple piping, and baking cakes.
- A list of equipment and resources is included with the course.
- Plain, baked cakes in your choice of flavor. Size requirements are included in the course.
- If you are a beginner, I recommend completing my introduction to cake decorating course before enrolling in this one.
- This course demonstrates techniques with Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Recipe included in the course.
Who this course is for:
- Students who have mastered basic decorating concepts and wish to build on those.
- Cake decorators looking to learn new skills.
- Business owners searching for new looks and skills to add to their offerings.
- Cake decorating career seekers wanting to build their portfolio.
- Intermediate level decorators. This is not a beginner level course.
Course Curriculum
Introduction- Welcome! | |||
Introduction- Welcome! | 00:02:00 | ||
Preparation | 00:30:00 | ||
Practice Surfaces | 00:04:00 | ||
Building Rectangular or Square Cakes | |||
Building | 00:06:00 | ||
Crumb Coat | 00:03:00 | ||
Frosting Smooth | 00:10:00 | ||
Brush Embroidery Cake | |||
Practice | 00:05:00 | ||
Pattern Design | 00:03:00 | ||
Transfer the Design | 00:04:00 | ||
Piping on the Cake | 00:06:00 | ||
Finishing Touches | 00:05:00 | ||
Wildflower Cake | |||
Misty Watercolor | 00:06:00 | ||
Green Meadow | 00:05:00 | ||
Painting Trees | 00:05:00 | ||
Adding Luster | 00:03:00 | ||
Painting Flowers | 00:06:00 | ||
Piping Stems | 00:02:00 | ||
Piping the Wildflowers | 00:04:00 | ||
Piping Little Leaves | 00:03:00 | ||
Piping the Crown | 00:03:00 | ||
Finishing Touches | 00:04:00 | ||
Piped Flowers | |||
Piped Flower Design | 00:05:00 | ||
Tools for Piped Flowers | 00:03:00 | ||
The Rose | 00:06:00 | ||
Peony Buds | 00:03:00 | ||
The Dahlia | 00:09:00 | ||
The English Rose | 00:04:00 | ||
Piped Leaves | 00:05:00 | ||
Piped Flower Cake | |||
Building the Cake | 00:05:00 | ||
Placing Flowers | 00:07:00 | ||
Trailing Stems | 00:02:00 | ||
Berry Clusters | 00:03:00 | ||
Adding the Leaves | 00:04:00 | ||
Final Touches | 00:04:00 | ||
Conclusion | |||
Thank You! | 00:02:00 | ||
Resources | 00:01:00 |