Cake Decoration

Shipley College offers a Cake Decoration course that is perfect for beginners and intermediates looking to expand and develop their skills. Over the ten-week courses, you will learn various techniques that will enable you to produce a professional-looking cake. The course will provide you with fresh ideas and inspire you to be creative, allowing you to push yourself further than you thought possible.

This course is for anyone interested in cake decorating and looking to improve existing skills. By the end of the course, you will have the confidence to work on your own cakes, explore different decorating ideas and make cakes for friends and family with ease. It could even lead to a start in commercial cake decorating.

Autumn Term - A festive royal icing flood filled church with over piping and stained-glass windows. Complemented with winter flowers, pinecones and holly for a stunning centre piece cake.

Spring Term - A chocolate cake with chocolate roses, leaves, and butterflies. We will explore piping in chocolate, making a collar and other techniques.

Summer Term - A garden cake with vegetables and flowers. With beds and boxes. We will make garden tools including a watering can, trowel, and plant pots. We will also make some cute mice.


Unfortunately, no reduction in fees is available for this course. Once enrolled, you will need to pay by clicking on a link sent by email. We will direct you to Ticket Tailor in order to pay.

EQUIPMENT LIST FOR CAKE DECORATION

Here are a few useful tips for equipment you may need. But do not think you need to get everything as I
will talk though equipment list in week 1.
For Week 1
A nylon board to work on. (A smooth table mat is a good substitute)
Florist wire 24g & 26g in green
Petal/flower paste or modeling paste (White) other colours to be discussed
Corn flour
Edible glue
Florist dry oasis covered in cling film to stick berries etc. in
Following Weeks
Poinsettia cutter set
A grooved nylon board
Craft frilling/cell stick (small)
Ball tool medium (metal)
Dresden tool
Small scissors
Piping nozzle’s 1.5 best or 1 and 2 or 3
Sugar paste/ready to roll icing (ivory/white, burgundy &other colours of your own choice)
Gold edible dust
A cake smoother
Selection of good paintbrushes
Cutters as discussed in class
You can buy equipment cheaply from eBay and other internet sites. Sometimes they are supplied from
oversea and can take a while to arrive and are of inferior quality.
Other suppliers are.
Squires Kitchen, Wilton, PME, FMM and Amazon.