Online Class: Introduction to Cake Decorating
|  | | | | | Course Cost: 6 Month Subscription Basic Course (no certificate) = $30.00 Course with Certificate & CEUs = $55.00 |
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 Course Description Introduction to Cake Decorating: Why do you want to learn to make great cakes?
- An upcoming wedding (you've seen what a purchased wedding cake can cost)
- Did you agree to be a "classroom mother" and want to make special cakes for the holidays or specific units?
- Is there a baker in the family you're dying to out-do?
- Are you looking for the appeal offered by more traditional domestic skills?
- Are you hoping to enter a local or regional baking competition?
- Are you thinking of baking to earn some extra dough?
- Is your organization looking for new fundraising opportunities like an upper scale cake walk, perhaps?
These are only a few of the reasons that may have attracted you to this course. However, whatever your motives may be, here are the skills you can look forward to gaining in the following lessons: - Equipment, utensils, tools and preparations
- The basics of cake-baking: decorating techniques, lining your tines, working with marzipan and more
- Decorating your cake with butter cream icing
- Decorating your cake with royal icing
- Decorating your cake with sugar flowers
- Creating decorative children's cakes
- Holiday and celebration cakes, as well as
- Cake and frosting recipes
When we're finished, you'll be armed with everything you need in order to create delicious decorative cake designs with the power to make mouths start watering (and other bakers go green with envy). If those are the results you're looking for, let's get started...
Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: Getting StartedLet's make sure we have the right supplies before we start decorating our cake. | Lesson 2: The 411 on Cake Baking BasicsFirst, we need to bake a cake before we can start decorating it. | Lesson 3: Decorating with Butter Cream IcingDecorating with Butter Cream Icing | Lesson 4: Decorating with Royal IcingDecorating with Royal Icing | Lesson 5: Decorating with Sugar Flowers (And Other Gum Paste Creations)Decorating with Sugar Flowers (And Other Gum Paste Creations) | Lesson 6: Decorative Children's CakesDecorative Children's Cakes | Lesson 7: Holiday and Celebration CakesHoliday and Celebration Cakes. | Lesson 8: Cake & Frosting RecipesLearn the recipes for cakes, frostings, and icings, including: classic white layer cake, yellow cake, chocolate cake, butter cream icing, royal icing, marzipan, rolled fondant, and gum paste. |
Optional Certificates Awarded - Certificate of Academic Excellence
Certificates may be awarded by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student merit.
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Official awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers
to verify your achievement).
| | Additional Information | Course Title | : | Introduction to Cake Decorating | | CEU Value | : | | | Course Number | : | 31655 | | Course Type | : | How To | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : |  | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $30 | | | | |
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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