Cake Basics

The perfect cake and cupcakes recipe:

• How to get a nice levelled cake by using the correct recipes and methods,

• Includes tin preparation and baking and cooling time.

Icing:

• Perfect buttercream recipe,

• How to level and stack cake,

• How to ice your cake perfectly.

Covering a cake with fondant:

• About fondant and how to work with it,

• Covering your cake smoothly, getting a beautiful finish,

• Covering your board.

Demonstration: Decorating

• Ideas for decorating your fondant covered cakes (please note that the practical side of this will be dealt with in a future class, this is only demonstrated in this class).