What you'll learn
Learn to create a striking and detailed novelty cake - suitable even for beginners!
Create 2 styles of cute baby booties using templates provided
Work with sugar paste (fondant), modelling paste and flower paste to create cute baby accessories
Learn a total of 16 baby themed modelled accessories - useful for all sorts of cake designs!
Understand best practices for stacking, carving and covering a cake
Learn to set the scene with a decorated cake board, featuring hand painted dog motif
Gain invaluable advice on how to pace your time when working on a cake like this
Impress your friends and family with a professional looking cake ideal for baby showers and baby birthdays!
Requirements
No previous experience needed although some basic cake decorating knowledge helpful.
An understanding of baking, making buttercream and ganache required. This course covers decorating only.
You may need some, not all, of the cake decorating tools used. Full materials list is provided
Description
In this cake project you will learn how to make this fantastic novelty baby bag complete with edible baby accessories! This tutorial is ideal for complete beginners or those who have a little cake decorating experience who want to learn about novelty and carved cakes and also to practice their modelling skills. Guest tutor Nivia will guide you through the process step by step, explaining how to use the templates provided, which pastes are best for which accessories and how to create all the individual baby accessories (there are loads of them!)  as well as carving the cake itself complete with strap and pockets.  And you are in very safe hands - Nivia is the queen of novelty cakes having won multiple awards including the coveted Best in Show at the industry gold stand Cake International.We have also included a tools list for you to use as well as easy to follow templates. In this tutorial you will learn the following:Stacking, carving and covering the cake bagHow to cover and texture a cake boardHow to transfer an image and hand paint cute dog face and pawsUsing templates to create 2 different types of super cute baby bootiesHow to make a baby bottleHow to make 2 different types of rattleHow to make a dummy ( pacifier)How to make animal themed diaper pinsHow to make diapers, blanket and towelsHow to make a tube of creamHow to make a bunny blanketHow to make a brush and comb set How to make a stitched polka dot baby bibHow to adapt your new found skills to other cake designs.Tip: If you don't have a pasta roller ( which Nivia uses to roll her fondant), you can also roll the paste by hand with a sugarcraft rolling pin. 
Who this course is for
Beginner cake decorators who want to learn novelty cakes
Cake hobbyists who want to learn basic carving and modelling skills
Cake enthusiasts who want to learn a cake design suitable for children and babies
Intermediate cake decorators
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