Fail safe recipe
How to adapt the recipe for a variety of flavours
What to do if your mixture curdles
How to check the cakes are perfectly cooked
How to fill your cake
Creating a ‘crumb coat’
How to cover your cakes with icing
The RiGHT way to fill a piping bag
The perfect icing recipe
Piping borders
piping shells
Piping ruffles
Piping swags
Piping roses
During this lesson we will cover step-by-step techniques, which will be fully explained so that you never again need to worry about anything from the mixture curdling to scaling up your recipe for a larger cake. Xanthe will ensure that your every query is covered.
You will learn everything from when it is necessary to sift flour to what kind of sugar you should use and how to adapt the recipe to create countless variations.
While your cake is baking we will show you how to produce a delicious buttercream to fill and ice your cake with.
Once it has cooled you will be taught how to ice it with a ‘crumb’ coating.
You will learn how to make buttercream & learn and practice a variety of different piping techniques. including; ruffles, swirls, swags & roses.
You will also learn how to use royal icing to pipe writing & decorations.
You will then combine all these different techniques to create your own little work of art.
This class will equip you with all the knowledge and confidence that you need to tackle most large and layer cakes.