Description
Get a handle on designing handbag cakes, including custom color and texture choices. Sculpt your cake into a fashionable handbag with divots and pleats to form an authentic sense of movement; and create genuine-looking zippers, rivets and buckles from gum paste. Learn new techniques for doweling your cake and applying textured fondant. Develop dynamic sculpting methods; and explore exotic fondant patterns and textures like ostrich, alligator, and giraffe. Make a handbag so cute you could just eat it up.
Overview
Syllabus
- Class Preview
- Introduction
- Cake Template
- Color & Texture
- Sugar Decorations
- Building the Cake
- Sculpting & Spackling
- Piecing the Fondant
- Adding the Soft Details
- Putting It All Together
- Bonus - Fondant Faux Wood
- Bonus - Distressed Leather
Taught by
Elisa Strauss