Floral Cake Design: Paint with Cocoa Butter

Learn how to paint striking tropical flowers onto sugarpaste using colored cocoa butter to create spectacular cake designs

• Introduction
• Preparation before Painting
• Painting the Cake
• Creating Real Wedding Cakes
• Final project

Cakes are often the centerpiece of any memorable celebration, whether it’s a wedding, a birthday, or a baby shower. Designer Emily Hankins has taken advantage of this opportunity to push the boundaries between baking and art, creating beautiful masterpieces that are meant to be as ephemeral as the moments they symbolize. With delicate hand-painted florals, her cakes have witnessed endless milestones and been featured in well-known publications like Cake Masters Magazine.

In this online course, learn to create unforgettable cakes with stunning, hand-painted flowers. Emily walks you through the entire process, from the initial design to the final delivery, showing you how to use cocoa butter to paint your artwork onto a sugarpaste base. Turn cakes into your canvas and craft sweet memories with bold floral compositions.

• About Me
• Influences
• Materials
• Researching the Idea and Sketching Out the Design
• Covering the Cake and Creating the Canvas 1
• Covering the Cake and Creating the Canvas 2
• Transferring the Design onto the Cake 1
• Transferring the Design onto the Cake 2
• Mixing the Cocoa Butter Paint
• Painting the Largest Flower: The Hibiscus 1
• Painting the Largest Flower: The Hibiscus 2
• Painting the Largest Flower: The Hibiscus 3
• Painting the Medium-Sized Flower: The Alstroemeria 1
• Painting the Medium-Sized Flower: The Alstroemeria 2
• Painting the Filler Flowers: The Gloriosa ‘Flame’ Lily
• Painting the Foliage 1
• Painting the Foliage 2
• Doweling, Boxing, and Delivering the Cake
• Real Client Brief
• Floral Cake Design: Paint with Cocoa Butter