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Cake Decorating - Modeling in sugar

Learn the art of moulding in sugar paste, creating comic and cartoon characters in sugar. By the end of this course you will be creating delicacies for the table and delightful party decorative ideas so you can deliver the prefect character cake.

Entry Requirements

None.

Student Instructions

Please bring following items to first lesson:
Apron, washing up cloth, drying towel, plastic dinner mat- no design, small glass mixing bowl, small butter spatula or palette knife, 1 egg white, 250g icing sugar, Ready made Mexican paste recipe available on the sugarcreations website
Plastic wrap, notepad and pen, spaghetti, marzipan, suckers on sticks, small grater, slurpy straw, confectioners glaze for cake decorating, toothpicks, pettinice, frymaster or copha, cornflour, powder colours, plastic ziplock bags, 8” cake board, embroidery scissors or fine sharp scissors, clay gun, thin small sock needle, basic tool set including balling tool and veining tool, small rolling pin tool like an inside of a fax roll about 15 cm long-bathroom rail is also very good, bubble sponge 10” piece or rippled sponge, flat ended paint brushes soft nylon , No 2 and 000 fine paint brush, miniature jam container or empty nail polish bottle, hardened plastic tile for rolling out on i.e. rolling out cake decorators board nylon stocking or muslin cloth, cornflour, shoe box, Non-skid mating, white tissues
Calyx and blossom cutters, required metals cutters to be used in course – all available for purchase in the class. Please bring the cutters you have already.
Tylose powder (available for purchase at the class) please purchase this at class as there are different grades. You can also purchase the superior grade at the listed shops – It is called Tylose C1000P Superior grade from Sugarartcreations.

Equipment Suppliers on the Gold Coast

• Spotlight – Nerang-Southport Rd, Ashmore
• Sugarartcreations – 0406–110-803- Helen Dissell

Topics

Modelling fairies, people, marzipan fruit, bass relief pictures and pictures or lollies in paste with characters.

Career Prospects

Yes, the skills gained are used in hospitality

Delivery Style

Hands-on tuition.

Outcomes

Personal development and skills growth understanding the fundamentals in modelling in sugar paste creating comic and cartoon characters and in sugar. Creating delicacies for the table and delightful children’s party decorative ideas.. This course will give you all the knowledge you need in delivering the perfect character cake.