Check out this variety of Cake Classes we have for you, taken from our magazine feature!
KOI CLASS
4th November, £250
Meriden, UK ( near NEC Birmingham )
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PEONY CLASS
5th November, £250
Meriden, UK ( near NEC Birmingham )
Everything is piped with royal icing on this creation, nothing is painted.
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PEACOCK CLASS
6th November, £250
Meriden, UK ( near NEC Birmingham )
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Textured Tiers Class with Good Cake Day
22nd September, £330
Caius House Youth Centre,
2 Holman Road,
London
SW11 3RL
Do you want to add new techniques to your buttercream repertoire? Are you tired of creating the same old designs? This could be the perfect class for you. You will need some experience of cake decorating to fully benefit, but if this will be your first time working with buttercream, do not despair. It’s ideal for buttercream newbies too. This class is taught by Andy Mueller, from the UAE, so she knows a thing or two about making buttercream in hot climates! She is a certified Wilton instructor as well as being certified by the Global Flower and Design Association. You will learn a range of techniques such as how to make French buttercream super silky and stable, fill, layer and cover 6″ and 8″ tall cakes, colour buttercream, create an aged effect using buttercream, work with chocolate and more!
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Video Bundle Course: Wafer Paper masterclass with Jessica MV
$109.99
World-renowned cake artist and instructor, Jessica MV, who won the prestigious Best Wedding Cake Award at the 2017 Cake Masters Awards, has her own method of treating wafer paper to turn it from a fragile, hard to use medium into something different. Pliable, soft, smooth and super white, this totally changes the nature of what wafer paper appears to be and makes it an interesting medium for realistic, fluffy and soft looking flowers. You will learn how to make an open peony, classic rose, hydrangeas and winter blackberry leaves with techniques you can use on flower paste from basic to intermediate, from colouring and painting to veining, texturing, shaping and dusting. Jessica MV will guide you through three cake designs with tons of techniques.
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Commercial Carving Masterclass with Dinkydoodle designs
18th-19th January, £250 (with a £25 discount if you mention this Cake Masters feature before booking)
In this masterclass, Dawn will take you through all her secrets to carving the perfect cake and how to use modelling chocolate as not just a covering medium, but also how it can structurally support a carved cake. Not only will you learn all the elements of carving a peony vase design but also how to precisely and delicately airbrush the flowers on the vase without overspray, and then make matching wafer paper peonies, also airbrushed.
As this class is run from Dawn’s home, it will have a maximum of four students and will include a delicious home cooked lunch on both days.
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Indian Bride Sculpted Bust
18th & 19th July, £300
Renshaw Academy
Liverpool
UK
Get set for a 2 day spectacular with the award-winning Emma Jayne this July! An excellent choice for the experience cake decorator looking to refine and enhance their skills, you’ll learn a broad range of transferable advanced modelling techniques to create a flawless realistic looking model. You’ll discover how to make an internal structure using RKT to build the base of your design. In addition to utilising the Renshaw range of sugarpaste, including both the Belgian Milk & White Chocolate Modelling Pastes, to build proportions and sculpt the facial features you’ll also use the Rainbow Dust Powder & ProGel range to bring your design to life.
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Abstract Concrete and Watercolour Fiesta
13th July, £450
Dawn Welton Cake School
Bermondsey
London
UK
Dawn Welton welcomes back Thao from Don’t Tell Charles in Melbourne, Australia. During these one day masterclasses, Thao will teach you how to recreate her signature concrete and watercolour cake, with razor sharp edges as well as her new abstract buttercream painting technique, and how to create isomalt sails and chocolate Mexican fiesta themed decorations.
email dawnwelton@icloud.com to book
Dragon Class from Dinkydoodle Designs
15th September
Patchwork Cutters,
Upton
Wirral
UK
29th September
Angels Kitchen
Cheddar
Somerset
UK
£195
Whilst Dawn Butler is known for pushing the boundaries of cake, going further than one decorator dares with lights, movement and levitation, this year sees Dawn take things back to basics. She is very passionate about carving cake and teaching skills that will not only give you confidence to make great novelty cakes but also ones that make you money. This one day dragon class is a perfect example, and it’s all cake.
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Professional Master Diploma in cake baking & decorating from Rosalind Miller Cake School
From 29th July, 30th September, 11th November, from £595 for individual modules and £5555 for full Master Diploma
Rosalind Miller Cake School
London
UK
Learn all the skills and industry know-how from our team, developed by Rosalind’s experience of over 20 years in the design industry, on the Professional Master Diploma. Take the full diploma or choose individual modules.
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Sugar Flower Botanical Cake Decoration and Photography
18th & 19th May, £695
Dawn Welton Cake School
Bermondsey
London
UK
During this masterclass, you will learn how to create Natasja from Cake Atelier Amsterdam’s signature sugar flowers. She will share her recipe for gum paste as well as instruct you in the intricacies of colouring with paste and dust colours. Natasja will also advise on styling and photographing your floral masterpiece.
email dawnwelton@icloud.com to book
Cake Popsicles, Fortune Cookies and Ray’s Signature Tiered Cake
21st – 23rd June
Dawn Welton Cake School
Bermondsey
London
UK
This June, Dawn Welton Cake School welcomes Raymond Tan, famous Instagram chef, Rymondtn, otherwise known as Ray Ray, from Melbourne, to teach these amazing new masterclasses
email dawnwelton@icloud.com to book
Gold Leaf Stacked Cake Masterclass
26th May, £125
ETNA Centre
Twickenham
London
UK
Learn how to create an on-trend almost naked stacked cake, set off beautifully with accents of gold leaf and fresh blooms. Using icing, gold leaf, real cakes and lots more techniques in this popular mould and interactive class!
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Buttercream Dreams
30th May, £160
Renshaw Academy
Liverpool
UK
Throughout the day, you will discover how to create your very own simple buttercream, stack, fill and cover a sponge cake properly for an even smooth base for your design. You will also learn to use Swiss meringue for different cake decoration applications using a range of Rainbow Dust ProGel colours to bring your design to life! Reva Alexander-Hawk will then guide you through the process of using transfers to create a beautiful floral pattern as well as piping edging scrolls. Finally, you will finish your creation by learning to pipe a range of buttercream flowers.
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Geisha Class by Karen Portaleo
19th June, £299
In this 9 hour class, students will create this beautiful and elegant Geisha! Skills you’ll learn in this class include carving, structure, sculpting a head and body in proportion, sculpting with modelling chocolate, using fondant, painting on chocolate and much more!
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Dragon Class with Dinkydoodle
15th May
The Caketail Club
Hammersmith
London
UK
15th September
Patchwork Cutters
Upton
Wirral
UK
29th September
Angel’s Kitchen
Cheddar
Somerset
UK
This year sees Dawn take things back to basics with awesome Dragon sculpting class. She is passionate about carving cake and teaching a variety of skills. This class will teach you how to carve and mould cake without using structure as well as covering with modelling chocolate, sculpting its features and airbrushing it. Although the two and four day classes have already sold out, there are spaces available on the one day Dragon class.
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Watercolour Hummingbird Floral Cake Masterclass
30th June, £150
ETNA Centre
Twickenham
London
UK
Learn to watercolour paint a hummingbird to nestle perfectly on your double height cake with a cascade of seasonal edible flowers.
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Zombie Collaboration Class
15th & 16th June, £590
The CakeArt Studio,
85b
Long Street
Atherstone
Warwickshire
CV9 1BU
The skills you will learn over these two days will open up a new world and extend your capabilities. Includes carving with RKT, using modelling chocolate and building features, creating realistic zombie tones and what paints to use with chocolate, plus how to light and photography your work!
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Karen Portaleo Dashing Bunny Class at SoFlo
26th April, $339.90
SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo
Aiport Convention Center
Miami
Florida
USA
In this eight hour class students will create a 13″ bust of this handsome fellow! You’ll learn skills such as making a dummy, sculpting an animal head, sculpting with modelling chocolate, painting on chocolate and more!
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Professional Master Diploma in Cake Baking & Decorating by Rosalind Miller Cakes
Starting from 29th April or 29th July, £496
Rosalind Miller The Studio
Unit C
Damsel House
Dragonfly Place
London
SE4 2FN
Learn all the skills and industry know-how developed by Rosalind’s experience of over 20 years in the design industry – take the full diploma made up of 5 modules or take the modules individually.
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Essential ButtercreAM TECHNIQUES CLASS by Richmond Cake School
26th April, £55
ETNA Centre
13 Rosslyn Road
Twickenham
London
TW1 2AR
Come and learn essential buttercream techniques. Before you decorate a freshly baked sponge, you will spend time practising a variety of different buttercream techniques before choosing which to decorate with.
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The Wedding Cake Design Diploma by The Secret Cake Kitchen
6th & 7th April OR 27th & 28th April £199-£299
The Secret Cake Kitchen Workshop
Walton
Liverpool
L9 0HA
OR
The Secret Cake Kitchen
Shoreditch
London
Learn how to create sharp corners, make a beautiful large rose on a floral hoop, marble, sparkle and more in this intensive two day diploma.
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Abstract Floral Pallet Painting Workshop by Sweet Sister-Chic Sister
23rd March, $500
145 Haist Avenue Unit 1
Woodbridge
ON
L4L 5V1
Canada
Using different techniques and tools you will learn to create beautiful and layered abstract floral motifs and textures on your cakes.
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Hyacinth Hippo’s Bathtime Cake Workshop by The Outrageous Cake Company
23rd June, £130
The Suffolk Food Hall
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP9 2AB
UK
Have a laugh while making this comical bathtime scene. Gain confidence in using a wide range of sugarcraft skills, from carving to modelling.
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‘Karla and her puppy’ Modelling Class by Cake & Sugarcraft Boutique
Saturday April 25th, 9:30am-4:30pm, £95
Highfield Business Park
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL19 4BP
Enhance your modelling skills to create this adorable little girl cake topper. Once you have learnt how to use this new skill you will be able to create lots of different characters.
‘Professional Master Diploma in Cake Baking & Decorating’ by Rosalind Miller Cakes
Starting from Monday 18th February, £495 for individual modules, £4330 for the Full Master Diploma
Rosalind Miller The Studio, Unit C, Damsel House, Dragonfly Place, London, SE4 2FN
Learn all the skills and industry ‘know-how’ developed by Rosalind’s experience of 20+ years in the design industry, on our Professional Master Diploma in Cake Baking & Decorating. Take the full diploma made up of 5 modules or choose individual modules to take separately.
‘Luxurious Cakes & Buttercream Techniques with Alissa Wallers’ BY THE FRENCH PASTRY SCHOOL
January 22nd – 24th, 4:00pm – 9:00pm, $525
The French Pastry School, Chicago, IL
Learn all aspects of creating French cakes – from sponges to fillings to buttercreams. You’ll explore cake construction, balancing flavors and textures, and decorating techniques to elevate your design.
‘The French Flower Garden with Nicolas Lodge’ BY THE FRENCH Pastry School
February 11th – 14th, 1:15pm – 8:15pm, $1,150
The French Pastry School, Chicago, IL
In this Professional-level class, Chef Nicolas Lodge will teach you how to create realistic sugar flowers with incredible details such as David Austin Roses, Hydrangea, Lilies of the Valley, Sunflowers, Sweet Peas, and more!
‘Basics of Baking and Cake Decorating with lizzie Harris’ by Renshaw Academy
February 22nd, 9:30am – 5pm, £150
Renshaw Academy, Liverpool
An excellent class for beginners or cake decorators looking to refine their baking skills.
Learn how to prepare, mix and bake a sponge cake using a Kitchen Aid Artisan Mixer. Create fluffy buttercream for layering and masking. Cover using sugarpaste and finish by making a delicate wafer flower cake topper.
‘DIPLOMA MODULE COURSE – ROYAL ICING’ BY RENSHAW ACADEMY
February 4th, 5th and 6th, 9:30am-4:30pm, £450
Renshaw Academy, Liverpool
A 3-day certificated diploma course taking you through a wide range of skills and techniques in the art of Royal Icing.
A fun & friendly hands-on class, designed to guide you through all the basics of Royal Icing in a wide variety of techniques, including making, storing and colouring the icing, piping, stencilling and more!
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