Learn to design and decorate your own celebration cakes, using sugar paste, flower paste, icing and marzipan. These practical courses will allow you to develop the skills and knowledge required to ice and decorate your own cakes with a wide variety of creative and handmade decorations to a professional level.
Are you inspired by the great British Bake Off, would you like to learn how to decorate your child’s birthday cake in a professional way or are you interested in being self-employed?
Learn to design and decorate your own celebration cakes, using sugar paste, flower paste, icing and marzipan. These practical courses will allow you to develop the skills and knowledge required to ice and decorate your own cakes with a wide variety of creative and handmade decorations to a professional level. You will work with simple projects from cupcakes to family birthday cakes up to much more challenging projects.
We aim to help you to develop:
- skills in cake decorating
- the underpinning knowledge of the decorating process
- your knowledge of enterprise and opportunities for employment in the creative sector
- the skills to progress to further learning
On these courses you will:
- develop a portfolio of work
- use materials, tools and equipment correctly and safely
- develop research skills
- evaluate your own work and develop ideas
- develop an understanding of health and safety in the classroom
You can follow an interest, progress to qualifications and prepare for employment or self-employment in the creative industries. So, why not take this chance to learn new skills and develop your creative passion.
Teachers have experience of working in the industry and we offer courses at all levels from complete beginners to Level 2.
There may be options to take additional work-ready qualifications such as food hygiene alongside your main course, just ask your teacher for details.
These courses will help you to think creatively, solve problems and provide you with the transferable skills useful for everyday life and for any job. Cake decorating related jobs may be in self-employment or in employment as a cake decorator, bakery assistant, pastry chef, kitchen assistant, urban street food trader or teacher and much more.
We offer enrolment on many courses at different times throughout the year and also deliver courses at community locations across the city.
You can apply for a course in the following ways:
- Apply for a course online
- Call us 01902 558180
- Attend an Open Day
- Visit our Foyer Building where we can advise you further
Find out more about how to enrol here.
