Cake Decoration - Improvers

This course is very practical and will consist mainly of demonstrations by the tutor, followed by an opportunity for you to practice, with as much individual support as necessary, to achieve success. You will have the opportunity to try out a range of techniques and equipment. You will be learning how to use sugar paste, modelling paste, petal paste and royal icing. You will begin to apply you own design ideas to a mini cake collection in either contemporary and traditional style.

Weekly Plan

1. Introductions. Piped royal iced flowers and leaves. Coloured piped embroidery work.

2. Brush embroidery. Piped filigree motif. Fill out IEP???s

3. Run-out flowers and butterflies. Sugar paste fantasy flowers

4. Patchwork sampler ???smocking, broiderie -anglaise, stencils, ribbon insertion

5. Drapes,bows and edible ribbons. Piped and overpiped royal icing borders. Design and bake minicakes at home

6. Mini cake collection ???cut, cover and decorate 4 mini cakes, including a 2 tier, using techniques learned.



This weekly plan can be adapted as necessary after discussion with students