Creative Buttercream Cakes: Sharp Corners to Modern Textures

Whether you’re a seasoned cake decorator or a new baker, learning to work with buttercream is so important to achieve professional looking cakes. That is exactly what will be covered in this course.

Alexandria is the owner of Finespun Cakes which specializes in elegant and timeless cakes with a modern spin. 

She will not only show you the basics for creating a sleek, clean canvas for your designs, but also how to make artful and modern buttercream cakes simply with a few different colours and techniques.

In this class you’ll learn how to:

• Make fool-proof Italian Meringue Buttercream
• Flavour and colour your buttercream
• Easily assemble and crumb coat your cake
• Mask your cake with sharp edges and trendy unfinished edges
• Create a watercolour finish on your cakes
• Create palette knife textures on your cakes

You’ll be creating a modern buttercream cake with your own artistic spin from this class.

Even if it’s your first time making a cake, Alexandria will take you through the tips and techniques for all levels to ensure everyone can master buttercream, meltdown-free.

• Introduction
• Project: Make Your Creative Buttercream Cake!
• Making Italian Meringue Buttercream
• Flavouring & Colouring Your Buttercream
• Slicing, Assembling & Crumb Coating Your Cake
• Masking Your Cake
• Perfecting Your Buttercream Finish
• Palette Knife and Watercolour Textures
• Happy Caking!