Wilton Cake Decorating Classes
The Bake and Brew Shop is proud to be an accredited Wilton Cake Decorating Store.
We will be regularly offering Wilton certificate Cake Decorating Classes in-store along with specialty classes by demand. Keep visiting this page regularly to check our current course offerings. For details of dates of up-coming classes or to add your name to a class waiting list please email sales@bakeandbrew.com.au .
Course 1 - Decorating Basics
The Wilton Method® Decorating Basics Course 1 is the perfect place to start! Learn the right way to decorate, step by step, so that you experience the excitement of successfully decorating your first cake. Understand how to bake a great cake, see how to make and color icing and learn the best way to ice the cake. You will also practice the three fundamentals of decorating, enabling you to approach each technique the right way for great results. Learn to create icing drop flowers, rosettes, shells, pompom flowers, leaves, shaggy mums, and the ribbon rose. You'll also decorate cookies, cupcakes ... and of course cakes!
Course 2 - Wilton Flowers and Cake Design
After completing Decorating Basics, Course 2: Flowers and Cake Design is one of two additional Wilton Method courses you can choose. In Flowers and Cake Design, you'll explore sophisticated ways to bring your cakes to life! Your Wilton Method Instructor will teach you to create breathtaking icing flowers such as pansies, lilies and the famous Wilton Rose. Then, you'll discover the secrets of arranging them in a beautifully balanced cake-top bouquet. Your amazing flowers will be framed by an impressive boarder treatment or basketweave design. With the skills you learn here and your ability to make flowers in advance using gum paste and fondant or royal icing, you can create beautiful blooms at your convenience, ready to place on any cake.
Course 3 - Gum Paste and Fondant
After completing Decorating Basics, Course 3: Gum Paste and Fondant is one of two additional Wilton Method courses you can choose. In Gum Paste and Fondant you'll discover one of the most exciting and satisfying ways to decorate a cake. Your Wilton Method Instructor will lead you every step of the way as you create amazing handshaped flowers, beautiful borders and bold accents using these easy-to-shape icings. As you learn each technique - an artful bow, mum, rose, carnation, calla lily, rosebud, daisy, and embellished borders - you'll be closer to your crowning achievement: A Final Course Cake that showcases your skills.