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Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art

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Overview

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Use cakes as a canvas to capture the beauty of the natural world by creating delicious botanical compositions with sugar
  • Introduction
  • First Steps
  • Creating Flowers, Leaves and Textured Cake
  • Final Composition
  • Final project
For cake designer Cynthia Irani, cakes should be masterpieces. She treats each one like a canvas, exploring organic shapes and colors to create unique works of art. Her creations, which she shares with over 100K followers on Instagram, have also been featured in publications such as Cake Masters Magazine and 100 Layer Cakes.

In this course, Cynthia teaches you how to capture the essence of nature and translate it into edible art. Learn to use the natural world as your inspiration to create delicious compositions made of sugar. Let your creativity blossom with botanical-inspired cake design.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Tools and Materials
  • How to Prepare Your Cake for Fondant With Ganache
  • Introduction to Gumpaste, Floral Wires and Tape
  • Inspiration and Sketches
  • Planning and Mixing the Colour Palette
  • How to Make Your Flowers 1
  • How to Make Your Flowers 2
  • Leaves and Branches
  • Marbled Texture and Cake Wrapping 1
  • Marbled Texture and Cake Wrapping 2
  • Placing the Sugar Elements
  • Tips on How to Take Photos of Your Cake
  • Botanical Cake Design: Craft Edible Art

Taught by

Cynthia Irani

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