Summer School -Cake Decorating: Frosty Magnolia – painting, with rice paper decoration

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Course Overview

Course Overview
In this class the student will learn how to:

1. How to cover a tall cake (dummy) with fondant
2. Use different techniques of painting on cake
3. How to transfer an image onto a cake
4. How to make stained glass effect on cake
5. How to paint with edible colours on cake
6. How to implement oil painting techniques on a cake
7. How to work with rice paper and colour rice paper
8. How to make a frosty technique on rice paper
9. How to make a fantasy magnolia flower out of rice paper
Course Overview

Additional Costs

Additional Costs
Contact adultlearningquery@cardiff.gov.uk for more info
Additional Costs

What should I bring to the first lesson?

What should I bring to the first lesson?
Equipment and materials:
1. 1 - 1.50kg white Fondant;
2. 50g gum paste ( flower paste/petal paste/Pasta bouquet)
3. 6’’ diameter – 6’’-8’’ high polystyrene dummy (or two 6’’dameter – 4’’high dummies stuck on top of each other with cocktail stick)
4. 8’’ cake board (drum);
5. 8’’ Cake box or container to transport your project home
6. Parchment/transfer paper; pencil; 4-6 tailor’s pins
7. Rolling pin (for rolling the fondant); Cake smoothers
8. Silicon mat / table protector to roll your fondant on
9. Dresden tool; scissors; scalpel or pizza cutter; florist wire cutting pliers; tweezers
10. Florist wires: 1x 20’’ & 24’’or 26’’; Florist tape – white
11. Edible dust colours – White; Pink -1-2 tones; Peach; Yellow; Light blue; 2 tones Green (leaf/moss/spring green); Black
12. Gel colours – Pink; Black
13. Painting Brushes – 2-3 flat brushes – different thickness – for dry painting (1 make up or fluffy brush); 2-3 oval brushes for painting on the cake (different thickness)
14. Cocoa butter; saucer (small porcelain plate); 1 tea cup; 1 plate (deaper – to soak paper in)
15. Non-stick frying pan (small)
16. Kitchen paper; towel; apron;

First Lesson

Eligibility:

Eligibility:
Those who are not currently in education, training or employment and are in receipt of state benefits or support (excluding state retirement pension). those aged 50 plus who are not in full-time employment.
Those who are not currently in education, training or employment and are in receipt of state benefits or support (excluding state retirement pension). those aged 50 plus who are not in full-time employment.
- To allow us to provide equal opportunities for all eligible learners, please refrain from enrolling on more that three Learning For Work courses at this time. -
- To allow us to provide equal opportunities for all eligible learners, please refrain from enrolling on more that three Learning For Work courses at this time. -

Learner Note

Learner Note
This course is designed for adults with an experience of mental health issues.
This course is designed for adults with an experience of mental health issues.
This course is designed for adults with a learning difficulty.
This course is designed for adults with a learning difficulty.
18/07/2025
18/07/2025
10:00
15:00
4.00
1
Llanover Hall
Zlatina Lewis
£30.00

This course is online only

This course is online only