Learn to create stunning buttercream flowers using a variety of different piping nozzles for cakes and cupcakes
Do you want to master creating beautiful buttercream flowers for cupcake bouquets and cakes?
What you’ll learn
- Best stable buttercream recipe for piping flowers.
- Understanding tools required for piping flowers including different nozzles, flower nails, bags & couplers.
- In depth explanation of how Russian nozzles work with examples and trouble shooting.
- Learn freehand piping techniques to create alliums, chrysanthemums, sunflowers and English roses.
- Build dimension and realism with two tone flowers.
- How to incorporate “stand alone” buttercream flowers on a large cake.
- Learn to create filler leaves to build out your floral design for a complete aesthetic.
- Understanding how to price your work.
- Transportation tips.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 2 lectures • 15min.
- The Different Types of Flowers –> 6 lectures • 1hr 14min.
- How to decorate a cake with standalone flowers and leaves –> 2 lectures • 11min.
- Final Tips & Extra Video Perk! –> 2 lectures • 19min.
Requirements
Do you want to master creating beautiful buttercream flowers for cupcake bouquets and cakes?
In this course we guide you step by step through the process – starting with understanding the different types of nozzles and the additional tools you will need. You will be surprised how many different flowers you can create from just a few nozzles! We share our trusted buttercream recipe and tips on how to get the smoothest colour application.
Your guest tutor Rachel is a buttercream florist specialist who has been teaching cake design for the past 15 years. You are in very safe hands!
If you are a beginner to piping buttercream flowers, Russian piping nozzles are a brilliant way to get started with pre-formed flowers. Rachel shows you how to go about applying them to create quick bouquets with minimum fuss.
If you are ready to get to the next level we now delve into freehand buttercream flowers. Learn a selection of favourites such as roses, sunflowers and chrysanthemums along with how to add filler leaves for a full bouquet.
Finally we show you how to create stand alone flowers that can be applied as decoration to cakes at a later date.
Rachel will also share her advice on how best to price your work should you wish to commercialise your efforts, and tips on best practice and transportation.
Buttercream flowers are a fantastic and relatively quick way to get maximum effect in cake decorating. This technique is particularly useful for creating stunning cupcake bouquets which make the perfect Mother’s Day, teachers or birthday gifts. Equally if you have bigger ambitions for a cake decorated with buttercream flowers this class will share everything you need to know.
By the end of this course we are confident, ,even as a beginner you will be able to create beautiful buttercream flowers to take your cakes to the next level.