Beginner Novelty Cakes – 32 hours
This is also a great starting point for a beginner cake decorator and includes:
- Basics of piping
- Basics of sugar flowers and working with gumpaste
- Carving and covering a 3D cake
- Basic figurine modelling
- Basic chocolate work, including chocolate roses, leaves, chocolate collars and working with ganache
- Working with butter icing, naked cakes and drip cakes
- Basics of business, costings, marketing and running a cake decorating business
- A project of your choice
Syllabus
Class 1
Practical: Make royal icing
Basics of piping including borders
Make a display board
Theory: Tools and ingredients needed
Suppliers
Class 2
Practical: Make sugar roses and other flower (leaves, filler flowers etc)
Theory: Recipes (vanilla, red velvet, moist chocolate, carrot cake etc)
Fruit cakes (recipe and how to cover)
Alternate fillings eg mousse etc with recipes
Class 3
(with Kerry-Anne Molema)
Practical: Carving 3D cakes
Cover cakes with fondant (real cake)
Class 4
Practical: Make chocolate ganache
Chocolate collars
Piping with chocolate
Sharp corner ganache method
Chocolate modelling paste
Chocolate leaves
Class 5
Practical: Fondant décor (bows, marbling, draping, lettering etc)
Theory: Meeting with your customers
Initial meeting, understanding their needs, and designing your cake
Dealing with difficult clients
Keeping records of discussions
Roleplaying exercise
Class 6
(with Kerry-Anne)
Practical: Figurine modelling
Class 7
Practical: Naked cakes, drip cakes and working with fresh flowers
Working with butter icing
Piped butter icing effects and flowers
Preparation for project cakes (your design)
Theory: Marketing
Establishing your target market
Trend spotting
Building your portfolio
Creating a contract
Charging for your services
Class 8
Practical: Setting up, and supporting a tiered cake
Project day and graduation