Cake Decorating: Beautiful Buttercream

Why is a flex format positively awesome for baking and cake decorating? 
#1  For best results, learners truly need to work with ingredients in an ideal state.  In live classes a lot of time is spent “keeping the group together.”  Oftentimes this means learners are working with fondant that has dried out of ganache that has cooled because they aren’t able to work at the best pace for them. 
#2  Creative minds typically don’t like to be rushed.  I doubt Van Gogh ever said, “I’ve got 55 minutes.  Let’s knock out some sunflowers!”  I can see precision, detail, and creativity in the work my learners complete because they have the time to really immerse themselves and work at a pace that is comfortable for them. 
#3  The ability to pause and rewind is like being the gift of time travel!  Class participants can manage the pace of the class themselves and customize it 100% to their learning style. 
#4  As a working mom of three homeschooled kids, I completely understand how busy life can be sometimes.  This class is available whenever you are!  Rainy day and soccer is cancelled?  Make your cake!  School holiday?  Make your cake!  Flexibility is a gift in our busy lives!  

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Does your child have an artistic flair?  Love good food?  Love to watch the kids baking championship and other Food Network fascinations?  This class is for them! 

Participants in this class will learn how to make smooth, delicious buttercream that has just the right amount of sweetness!  Then, we will learn how to apply that buttercream to cakes using some of the trendiest design techniques on Pinterest right now.  

This class will focus on decorating techniques more so than baking.  Our first week we will bake a boxed cake mix as a group to lay the foundation for future weeks.  In the subsequent weeks, students will be expected to have a baked cake (6" or 8" round) ready to decorate at the start of class.  They may continue to use boxed mixes or try their hand at Grandma’s secret cake recipes.  Students may use gluten free mixes.  Please message me to discuss any other accommodations prior to enrolling.  

Each week a series of videos will be shared in the classroom providing students with step-by-step instruction for the skills we'll be focusing on.  Students can work at a time that is convenient for them, re-watch the videos, pause while working along... whatever jives best with their creative process.  I encourage lots of classroom discussion throughout class.  Whether you're stuck on something or jumping up and down with success... share!  I love to see it all - from work in progress photos to completed masterpieces.  Students can learn so much through classroom discussions and peer review.  Plus we all love cheering one another's successes in the classroom.  I am available to troubleshoot and am able to hop in a classroom when necessary for the toughest of questions.  Let's create together! 

Week One:
We will bake a box mix cake as a group and learn how to level and crumb coat it.  This will lay the foundation for future weeks when we get into the fancy stuff!  

Week Two:  
Students will learn to frost a cake using the petal technique.  (Design shown in class photo.)

Week Three:  
Students will learn to frost a cake using the ruffle technique.  (Design shown in class photo.)

Week Four:
Students will learn to frost a cake using the rosette technique.  (Design shown in class photo.)


When it comes to cake decorating…. I pretty much do it all!  I can take learners from their very first box mix all the way up to stacking tiers upon tiers of fondant covered edible works of art!  I offer a “skills map” towards the end of each class to help learners identify what skills they may want to jump into next.  Want to see some of the cakes learners have recently completed in classes with me?  Check out this link - https://youtu.be/gm7GTE5aRrc