What you'll learn

  • 🎂 Master the art of building and frosting cakes with sharp, smooth edges for square and rectangular designs.
  • ⭐ Develop reusable decorating surfaces to perfect your cake artistry skills.
  • 🎨 Learn to pipe and brush buttercream to create stunning embroidery effects.
  • 📐 Discover techniques to transfer intricate designs onto buttercream cakes seamlessly.
  • 🖌️ Explore the world of buttercream painting using vibrant color gels.
  • 🌿 Create lifelike scenes by mastering the skill of layering with buttercream.
  • 🌸 Pipe beautiful buttercream flowers in various sizes, from small to large.
  • 🌱 Enhance cakes with realistic leaves, stems, berries, and buds using buttercream.
  • 🌈 Achieve rich, deep icing colors with the finesse of Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
  • 🧁 Craft unique cake shapes to artistically showcase your buttercream floral creations.

Course Content

Introduction- Welcome!

3 lectures
Welcome to the Course!

Thank you for enrolling!

Preparation

A short guide to important preparation and information for the course.

Practice Surfaces

Create your own surfaces to practice your buttercream skills on.

Building Rectangular or Square Cakes

3 lectures
Building

Learn the importance of taking your time and properly layering square or rectangular cakes.

Crumb Coat

This lesson shows you how to easily put a crumb coat on the cake.

Frosting Smooth

Square and rectangular cakes can be the most difficult to get really smooth.  This lesson will show you how, with patience and practice, to get smooth sides and sharp corners.

Brush Embroidery Cake

5 lectures
Practice

Use your practice surface to learn the technique before starting on your cake.

Pattern Design

How to choose a pattern and adjust it to make it your own.  Also learn about copyright and cakes!

Transfer the Design

There is a template provided at the end of the course.  You can print it for your cake or create your own pattern.  In this lesson you will see how to then transfer the design onto the cake.

Piping on the Cake

Learn how to achieve the desired look on an actual cake.

Finishing Touches

Sometimes, in cake decorating, you will choose to add an element of decor at the end that will really complement the overall style of the cake.  In this lesson I show you how to frame out the design with a delicate bead border.

Wildflower Cake

10 lectures
Misty Watercolor

Learn how to achieve a misty look with the buttercream watercolor technique.

Green Meadow

Lay the foundation of the dark green meadow using swiss meringue buttercream and a paint brush.

Painting Trees

Using high proof alcohol and icing color, you can create the shapes of trees in the distance.

Adding Luster

This step is optional, however the use of the luster spray adds another level of dimension to the design.

Painting Flowers

It's time to add some color to the cake!  In this lesson you will see how to use two types of brushes to create different floral looks.

Piping Stems

Now that the background is complete, you will discover how to bring the design into the foreground.  This lesson will show you how to pipe stems as the base for the piped flowers.

Piping the Wldflowers

Learn how to pipe royal blue lupine and bright orange poppies.

Piping Little Leaves

Discover how to pipe very small leaves with a tip that is used to pipe medium-sized leaves.

Piping the Crown

The cake would be beautiful with just the design on the sides, but a wildflower crown really sets it off!  Learn how to pipe the foundation for the crown in this lesson.

Finishing Touches

Finish the design of the cake with larger piped wildflowers, leaves, dragees, and some extra luster!

Piped Flowers

7 lectures
Piped Flower Design

It's important to plan ahead when creating piped flower cakes.  Learn about color and design matching in this lesson.

Tools for Piped Flowers

This lesson briefly goes over the tools that will be the most useful for piping flowers.

The Rose

Learn how to pipe a two-tone rose for depth and character.  You will see how to fill the piping bag and create a large open rose as well as a small closed rose.

Peony Buds

Learn how to pipe peony buds as they are starting to open.

The Dahlia

Create two tone dahlias with incredible detail and many petals.

The English Rose

The English rose is different from the traditional piped rose.  Learn how to make them in a lovely light pink color.

Piped Leaves

This lesson goes over to how to pipe larger leaves ahead of time for a more realistic look.

Piped Flower Cake

6 lectures
Building the Cake

A flat top on a cake doesn't give much dimension with buttercream flowers.  This lesson will show you how to build up the center of your cake for added interest.

Placing Flowers

Now it's time to move all of the beautiful piped flowers onto the cake.

Trailing Stems

In this lesson, learn how to add trailing stems on the sides of the cake.

Berry Clusters

Add some navy blue berry clusters as a filler and for contrast.

Adding the Leaves

Placing the piped leaves will really bring the whole together.

Final Touches

Finish up the piped flower cake with multi toned leaves.

Conclusion

2 lectures
Thank You!

Thanks so much for taking the course!

Resources

Use these resources to practice the techniques in the course.

Description

🌹 Remember that thrilling moment when you piped your first buttercream rose? The pride, the excitement, and the eagerness to learn more! 🌟 This course is here to give you that sensation again.

🎂 Dive into the world of floral cake designs with Swiss Meringue Buttercream! From learning a variety of techniques to decorating beautiful botanical cakes, this course is the perfect opportunity to enhance your skills. If you can already frost a cake, pipe borders, and work with colors, you're in the right place!

🌟 What you'll discover in this course:

  1. 🔲 Building and frosting square or rectangular cakes.
  2. 🎨 Achieving vibrant colors with Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
  3. 📑 Creating and transferring templates onto a cake.
  4. 🖌 Brush embroidery techniques using buttercream.
  5. 🖌 Painting with buttercream and gel colors.
  6. 🌟 Working with spray luster for that extra shine.
  7. 🌷 Piping delicate flowers, stems, and leaves.
  8. 🌺 Piping and arranging large flowers on a cake.
  9. 🍰 Building a visually appealing cake with piped flowers.
  10. 🎨 Concepts of design and color matching.

By the end of this course, you'll be adept at drawing inspiration from floral images, real-life scenes, and event designs to craft stunning edible art. 🎨✨

📚 You'll have access to a downloadable resource guide and Swiss Meringue Buttercream recipe! Plus, discover favorite suppliers for specialty equipment and ingredients. Any questions? Reach out, and I'll respond promptly. 💌

This course will enhance your existing skills and introduce modern techniques to elevate your cake designs. 🚀 Are you ready?

👥 Who this course is for:

  • 🎓 Students wishing to add to their basic decorating skills.
  • 👩‍🍳 Cake decorators eager to learn new techniques.
  • 💼 Business owners aiming to expand their offerings with new looks.
  • 💼 Aspiring decorators looking to boost their portfolio.
  • 🎨 Intermediate level decorators. Note: This is not for beginners.
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Course Reviews

  • 😀 Afton Wynne
    5
  • 😀 Mariam
    5
  • 😀 Martha Racer
    5

    Easy to understand

  • 😀 Kalunga Kisitu
    3.5
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    3
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    4
  • 😀 Cheryl Cabral
    4.5
  • 😀 Erika Buchanan
    5

    I did not realize to level each center buttercream layer or to use a ruler. I also appreciate the tips on embroidery and transferring designs to a cake.

  • 😐 Margaret Jones
    2

    I felt she talked too slow and found it pretty boring so far

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  • 😀 Debby
    4.5

    I enjoyed this course! Especially how Amy makes creating Dehlia's look so easy! ugh! I need to practice those! And I appreciated the tips regarding what to do if your buttercream begins to soften . . . I was beginning to think it was just me! Thank you Amy! for an enjoyable cake decorating course!

  • 😀 Elie Harb
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    5
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  • 😐 Lucy Talei Al-Madani
    2

    Its a bit sloppy I was expecting more intricate floral piping. I thought this would be a more detailed approach to floral piping not filling and stacking cake again.

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  • 😀 Linda Roman
    4

    yes

  • 😀 Cory Pearson
    3.5
  • 😀 Sandra Davis
    5

    Another fantastic course! Can't wait to try these new flowers!!

  • 😀 Saira Saad
    4.5

    excited to learn. so far quite interesting

  • 😐 Anushka Jindal
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  • 😀 Olavy Rodriguez
    5

    Thanks! It was a great Job.

  • 😀 Aarti S
    4.5

    The course was great and well explained. Learnt a lot in just one hour. I wished it had included American buttercream too but the instructor responds to queries swiftly so im not complaining !

  • 😀 Deborah Miracle
    5

    very professional looking cakes

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    5
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    5
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    4.5
  • 😀 Mrs Naheedsheramkhan
    5

    its very good thanks i learn a lot

  • 😀 karina Franco
    5
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    5
  • 😀 Andreja Crnic
    5

    Clear, neat, professional! Thank you Amy!

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    4.5
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    5
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    5
  • 😀 Tony Castanho
    4.5

    I enjoyed the course and learned what i wanted to learn. Thanks so much

  • 😀 Laura Harbert
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    4
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    5
  • 😀 Jymmie Turner
    5

    I learned lots of techniques that will help as I continue reviving my interest in cake decorating. I enjoyed all of the demonstrations. This weekend I plan to start putting some of what I have learned to practice. I have gathered most of the tools I need to get started. Absolutely, loved the class!

  • 😀 Debbie Chamberlain
    5

    This course was ideal for me and I'm really enjoying it.

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    5
  • 😀 Cheryl
    5

    I have found that Amy's courses are easy to follow, very helpful and user friendly on the site. Love them.