| You might be thinking that cake decorating classes | | | | Advanced courses for cake decorating include |
| can really change your baking. You might think that | | | | stringwork and borders, sugar artistry, building and |
| they will give you a special "edge" when it comes to | | | | decorating tiered cakes, chocolate inspirations, gum |
| starting a cake business. Let's find out if this is true, or | | | | paste flowers, lambeth and Australian methods and |
| not. | | | | novelty cake decorating. Courses at the Wilton School |
| You have seen a decorator at your local grocery | | | | can be taken as a full course of instruction as well as |
| store and think "I can do that as well or better than she | | | | individually. There is a huge number of three day, one |
| does!" You always like to look at books for new cake | | | | day and three hour workshops for the aspiring cake |
| ideas and new decorating ideas. How can you | | | | decorator. |
| translate what you see in the magazines and online | | | | Regular course selections have a $50 registration fee |
| into actual cakes? You could try to take a cake | | | | and a $425 course fee. The three day workshop that |
| decorating class at your local craft store, community | | | | runs from 9 to 4 daily has a registration fee of $75 |
| college or bakery. Some vocational schools offer cake | | | | and a course fee of $525. One day workshops have |
| decoration classes as continuing education to adults as | | | | a registration fee of $25 and a course fee of $100. |
| well as high school students. | | | | Three hour workshops have a $25 registration fee |
| You can also find out if there are any culinary schools | | | | and a $50 course fee. One of the three hour |
| in your local area to see if they offer cake decorating | | | | workshops goes over how to start a cake business. |
| tips for adults to take without having to enter as a full | | | | Knowing that there is such a large variety of classes |
| time student. Wilton makes a huge number of cake | | | | available for cake decorating you should be able to |
| decorating accessories and tips to make all kinds of | | | | find a class that will give you some techniques that |
| special effects. Wilton offers classes for cake | | | | you can use in your own personal baking or even for |
| decorating at the Wilton School of Cake Decorating | | | | your cake business. If you are ever traveling in the |
| and Confectionary Art. Some of the standard classes | | | | Chicago area you will need to check the workshop |
| include artistic gelatin, creative confections, figure piping | | | | schedule and see if you can add a class to your travel |
| and fondant modeling, gum paste, isomalt design, rolled | | | | schedule. |
| fondant and sugar artistry. | | | | |