Basic Course Introduction
Welcome to our Basic Cake Decorating Certificate Course. We hope to give you a more guided set by step experience with this new course to help you work through the basics and start practicing your skills before you move on to other Cake Projects from out seasons past and present. Â
Course Sections
- 1. Getting Started - We review Materials and Equipment Needed, Recipes used for decorating, How to use pastry bags, Setting up your practice board, Tips for baking, and Icing cakes to prepare for decorating.
- 2. Piping Practice - Covers 5 Techniques including: lines, Dots, Stars, Rosettes and Shells
- 3. Piped Flower Practice - Includes 4 Basic flowers and Basic Leaves to help you start making your own floral masterpieces
- 4. Cake Projects- Includes 3 individual Cake projects to practice your skills
How to Work through the Certificate Course?
Watch the first section of videos
Make a batch of buttercream(make more as needed)
Watch and Work on the piped skills section
Watch and Work on piped flowers section
Practice Icing a cake
Use your iced cake to complete one of the cake projects we recommend starting with the Rosette Cake
Complete the other two cake designs for additional practice
Take the quiz
Print your certificate!
Example Curriculum
Welcome
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Section One- Fundamentals
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- information sheet
- Materials and Equipment Used for Mixing and Baking (2:27)
- Materials and Equipment Used for Every Cake (2:35)
- Materials and Equipment Used for Decorating (4:33)
- Food Coloring Shades we Use (4:32)
- Buttercream Recipe (5:47)
- Simple Syrup Recipe (5:19)
- Royal Icing Recipe (4:46)
- How to Make a Pastry Bag (2:28)
- How to Load a Pastry Bag (2:58)
- How to Hold a pastry Bag (4:01)
- Bag Angles we Use When Piping (2:26)
- Clock Positions for Bag Angles and Tip Opening Positions (3:09)
- How to Set Up a Practice Board (3:29)
- Tips For Baking (10:56)
- Leveling Cakes and Creating Extra Layers (3:51)
- Filling Cake and Crumb Coating Cake (10:14)
- Icing Cake (10:02)
- Getting a Smooth Finish on Your Cakes (8:51)
Section Two - Basic Piping Practice
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- Information Sheet
- Practice Session Lines (9:38)
- Technique Explanation Lines (5:20)
- Technique Explanation Stars (3:04)
- Practice Session Stars (5:52)
- Technique Explanation Dots (3:54)
- Practice Session Dots (4:46)
- technique Explication Rosette (3:27)
- Practice Session Rosette (5:27)
- Technique Explanation Shell (3:31)
- Practice Session Shell (3:28)
Section Three- Flower Piping Practice
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- Information Sheet
- Basics of Using Flower Nail (2:59)
- Preparing Templates for Flower Nail (1:59)
- Bags and Tips we Will Use for Flower Section (1:53)
- Technique Explanation Daisy (2:35)
- Piping Daisy on Nail (2:39)
- Technique Explanation Primrose (2:20)
- Review - Putting Techniques Together to Create a Primrose (1:38)
- Piping Primrose on Nail (3:23)
- Technique Explanation Leaves (2:26)
- Technique Explanation Rosebud (2:43)
- Piping Leaves Practice Session on Nail (3:58)
- Piping Rosebud on Nail (1:59)
- Technique Explanation Roses (3:34)
- Review- Putting Techniques Together to Create a Rose (3:50)
- piping Rose on Nail (4:41)
Section Four - Project 01 Rosette Cake
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- Information Sheet
- What You Will Need to Get Started (1:42)
- color Mixing (2:28)
- Technique Review and Practice (1:53)
- Covering Cake with Purple Buttercream (5:49)
- Making Template to Mark top of Cake (1:21)
- Marking Cake and Piping Rosettes (6:03)
- Adding Border on Bottom to Finish Cake (3:39)
- Finished Project (0:42)
Section Four Project 02 Mass Arrangement Cake
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- What You Will Need to Get Started (2:23)
- Color Mixing Light Green (2:23)
- Color Mixing Darker Green (2:10)
- Color Mixing Peach (1:31)
- Color Mixing Yellow (1:30)
- Covering Cake Light Green Buttercream (6:58)
- Piping Flowers Roses (3:25)
- piping Flowers Daisies (1:43)
- Piping Mound For Flower Placement (1:56)
- Placing Flowers and Piping Leaves (6:33)
- Border With Leaves and Rosettes (1:43)
- Finished Cake with Border (0:19)
Section Four - Project 03 Pattern Transfer Cake
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- Information Sheet
- What You Will Need to Get Started (2:30)
- Color Mixing Black (2:04)
- Color Mixing Red (1:37)
- Color Mixing Dark Green (1:06)
- Color Mixing Light Green (1:32)
- Preparing Your Cake (0:30)
- Preparing Your Template (3:06)
- Piping Lines on Your Template (9:49)
- Placing Template on Cake (1:54)
- Removing Template (1:06)
- Filling in With Color (7:58)
- Adding Border to Bottom (2:45)
- Finished Design (1:19)
Quiz
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