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Clean & Simple Birthday Cakes

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Overview

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Description Join cake designer Jessica Harris to learn inventive, transferable techniques as you make three imaginative birthday cakes. Discover how Jessica uses rice cereal treats to easily sculpt impressive cake structures. Create the Big Top Circus Cake, complete with stripes, curtains, train cars carrying adorable animals, flagpoles, and bunting. Take a spin through Jessica’s Carousel Cake: add a border with the waxed-paper transfer method, and bring the carousel to life with cute horses. Construct the Hot Air Balloon cake featuring a beautiful ombré wave pattern and finishing details like sailboats, clouds, and airplanes. Plus, find out how to use cutters, molds, and approachable hand-painting techniques to create fabulous custom lettering. Decorate birthday cakes that are the talk of the party!

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Overview & Getting Started
  • Sculpting with Rice Cereal Treats
  • Big Top Circus Cake: Foundations
  • Big Top Circus Cake: Finishing
  • Carousel Cake: Foundations
  • Carousel Cake: Finishing
  • Hot Air Balloon Cake: Foundations
  • Hot Air Balloon Cake: Finishing
  • Bonus Lesson: Customizing Your Templates

Taught by

Jessica Harris

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