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Cake Decorating Classes

 

To all Keen Cake Decorating Enthusiasts

 

With practice and patience, cake decorating can be learned.  This course starts you out with the basics from designing your work space, cake baking, decorating tools, prepping a cake for decorating and many tips of the trade to help you create delectable cakes, icings and fillings. 

 

Our Cake Decorating Classes are packed with lots of fun and creativity.  We aim to encourage you to constantly improve your cake art.  At Cakes by Me we will help you start building your skills.

 

Whether you're looking to start a cake decorating business or just make cakes for family and friends, Cakes by Me will teach you all you need to know to turn out professionally decorated cakes. You'll develop techniques practiced by professional cake decorators such as applying buttercream icing, how to make a rose, level a cake, pour ganache and master a piping bag.

 

Most of all, we want you to enjoy your cake baking experience.

 

You will be taught the basics of Cake Decorating, leaving it up to you to personalise and create your own style.  For those who are serious about cake decorating and have limited experience I advise you to start with the Basic cake Decorating course of 3 weeks as laid out below.  After the Basic course you may want to go on to the more advanced classes.

 

All classes are fully hands on and your involvement is vital to your successful completion of the lesson.  You will take your finished cake home with you and will be given a fact sheet describing the techniques you learnt during the day so you can refresh your mind next time you decorate a big cake.  The classes are held at my premises in Centurion.

 

Below, is a brief overview of the classes.  There is so much to know about Cake Decorating which makes the learning process endless, however, I have included the most popular “themes” which will lay a fine foundation for future decorating.

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Basics of Baking & Decorating

Basic Cake Decorating Class 1:  Principles of Baking Cakes & Sugar Paste:

 

In this class we will cover the basic principles of cake baking.  Nothing will be left out in order for you to successfully bake your cake from scratch.

 

You will start the class being taught how to make beautiful and delicate decorations to top your cupcakes or cakes in every colour you can imagine.  These include: flowers, hearts, stars, shoes, bags etc. All flowers and other cupcake decorations are made from sugar paste or florist paste so are entirely edible.  We will teach you how to colour the pastes, what you add to make them pliable and non-sticky with a glowing finish and how you work with them to achieve the best possible result.

 

We will also do some free hand modelling.  This class is a pre-requisite to the flower classes.

 

Basic Cake Decorating Class 2:  Buttercream Icing on Cakes & Cupcakes:

 

In this class we will learn how to cover and ice a big cake with buttercream icing.  How to pipe borders and sides of cakes.

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Our Cupcake Basics class is a 3 hour class where you will learn all the

secrets that will enable you to decorate perfect little cupcakes. 

 

You will be amazed at how much you will learn in just a few hours and the

cupcakes you make  will really impress your friends and family and may

even start you on the road to setting up your own cupcake empire!

 

We will decorate cupcakes the informal way (kids birthday cakes) and for the

more formal occasions such as christenings and weddings.  The decorations

from the Sugar Paste Class and the icing techniques used in the buttercream icing class will be used here.  (Basic Cake Decorating Class 1, 2 and 3 is a pre-requisite to this class).

 

In this class you will be required to bring baked cupcakes which we will decorate.  You will be taught various ways of decorating them.  

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Basic Cake Decorating Class 3:

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You will learn how cover a cake with fondant and  how stack a tiered cake.  You will decorate your cake with your own design.  You will take home a covered and decorated 2 tier cake.

Cupcake Class

We offer a one day cupcake class on a Saturday 

 

During the class you will learn the following:

 

  • You will learn how to decorate cupcakes with buttercream icing and fondant.  You will take your 10 decorated cupcakes home with you.

  • You will also make your own decorations from sugar paste to decorate your cupcakes.

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Covering and Stacking Cakes: 

Have you ever wanted to put together and decorate a stacked celebration

cake?  Come along to this hands-on class where you will pick up

everything you need to know about putting together a 2-tier cake.

 

In this Saturday class you make your own two-tiered cake with the various themes.  I provide the cakes, butter icing and modelling paste to form your cake.  We cover the cakes, stack them and then decorate it completely.

Topsy Turvy Cake (Madhatter/Whimsical Cake): 

  • Topsy Turvy Course:  Class 1 of 2

  • Topsy Turvy Course:  Class 2 of 2

 

This unique, beautiful two tier cake (wonky, lopsided) cake is a

challenge but so much fun.  You will learn how to cut and decorate

this cake with buttercream and fondant icing.  It gives a cake a

more informal, funky look than the traditional way of stacking cakes

symmetrically.  You will be require dto bring a cake board and coloured fondant

 

 

Chocolate Workshop 

 

  • This decadent class will teach you how to create a stunning chocolate cake.

  • Learn how to make chocolate shavings and décor.  We will also make our own truffles.

  • we will make chocolate collars, homemade chocolates and more.

  • You will take home a beautifull decorated chocolate cake.

Sugarpaste Class

 

  • In this class you will learn how to work with sugar paste.  You will make a figurine, learn how to work with cutters and moulds and make all your sugar paste decorations.

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