Learn how to create and assemble a 2-tier stacked cake as well as making lots of beautiful flowers to decorate.
We bake you a rich fruit cake and a Madeira cake. Over 4 lessons (1/ week) you will learn to professionally split, fill and crumb coat a Madeira cake and how to marzipan a fruit cake. Learn to cover your cakes flawlessly with sugarpaste including sharp edges. You will ice a board and learn how to bake it for the most professional finish. Learn to stack and assemble your cakes with dowels.
Using your choice of colours learn how to make a range of delightful unwired flowers and how to arrange these on your cake to create the best possible effect.
How to:
- layer cakes
- fill cakes
- crumb coat
- marzipan a cake using the panelling method
- ice with sugarpaste to achieve a flawless finish with sharp edges on both a maderia cake and a rich fruit cake
- ice a cake board including baking technique
- stack a cake using dowels
- attach ribbon to a cake
- attach ribbon to a cake board
- make a range of unwired flowers using flowerpaste
- create a range of flower centres using moulds and edible pearls
- use a range of shaping techniques to create a variety of flower designs all from one cutter
- use cake top marking templates to assist with even spacing of your flowers
- secure flowers to your cakes
- transport your cakes
Includes tutorial: all about colour
4 x 2.5 hour lessons, Friday mornings: 2/5, 9/5, 16/5, 23/5
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