The Online Home of Belanger Confections
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CAKE DECORATING LESSONS Now available, private one-one cake decorating lessons in your home. Areas we will travel to are Mississauga, Brampton Oakville, Burlington and Etobicoke. The courses are available during the hours of 10 a.m. to 4p.m. only. Each students lessons are patterned to reflect what you want to learn. From basic filling and decorating to wired flowers. From how to make your child’s birthday cake with a professional flare, to how to make your own wedding cake with panache. All you need is an electric mixer and the desire to learn. The lessons are divided into 2 hour sessions with the majority of the courses being 6 hours total. This can be on three consecutive days or one day a week for three consecutive weeks. All the equipment required, with the exception of an electric mixer, is supplied by the instructor with the opportunity to buy your own through us. Our instructor is an award winning designer who works with catering companies and wedding planners.
BASIC DECORATING 101 The first session of this course consists of torting and filling an 8 inch round cake (supplied) then covering it with buttercream. Decorating it with piped basketweave design and flowers. The second session of this course teaches how to cover a dummy cake with fondant (sugarpaste) and decorating with royal icing. The third session teaches how to make the top decorations and simple bows and drapes. Cost ..........................................................................$300.00 (payable at registration which can be done by mail) BASIC FLOWERS AND LEAVES This course teaches how to make a variety of flowers in two formats, unwired for placement directly on the cake and wired to form arrangements and bouquets on your cake. The flowers will include roses, daisies, generic blossoms, calla lilies and sweet peas. Session one teaches how to make the unwired flowers from fortified fondant which remains edible for placing on cakes. Session two teaches how to start making the wired flowers and leaves from gumpaste. Making filler flowers, ribbon fillers and berries and rose hips. Includes the recipe for gum paste. Session three teaches how to complete the wired flowers and the colouring of the same. Also, how to arrange your flowers in different ways to adorn your cake. Cost ..............................................................................$300.00 (payable at registration which can be done by mail) Other courses will become available, such as wedding cakes, if inquiries warrant. |