Are you ready to transform your love for baking into a professional skill? Our Cake Foundations course is designed to turn your passion into a thriving career.

This is the most detailed and comprehensive course yet, packed with everything you need to become a skilled cake artist.

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What you'll learn:

  • Basic Cake Baking and Decorating: Start with the fundamentals and build a strong foundation.

  • Advanced Techniques: Learn intricate designs, fondant work, and professional finishes.

  • Creative Design: Unleash your creativity with unique and modern cake designs.

Learn Everything from A to Z to Start your Cake Journey

  • Mastering the Essentials

    All about equipment, tools, ingredients, cake filling, icings and essential design techniques

  • Perfect for Beginners

    No experience needed—perfect for beginners and beneficial for professionals.

  • 65+ Detailed Lessons

    Dive deep into the art of cake making with over 65 lessons covering everything from the basics to advanced techniques.

  • Lifetime Access and Support

    Enjoy lifetime access to all materials and continuous support from our expert instructors, so you can learn at your own pace and succeed.

  • Access to Resources

    Get access to a wealth of resources, including recipes, templates, and cake guides that complement the courses.

  • Certification

    Receive a certificate of completion which can add value to your professional portfolio.

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Level up your cake decorating and become a cake artist

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Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction
  • 2

    Food Safety

    • Food Safety
  • 3

    Equipment and Tools

    • Baking Tools

    • Cake Cutting and Stacking Tools

    • Cake Decorating Tools

    • Equipment

    • Tools and equipment suppliers

    • Equipment overview

    • Cake boards

    • Special Discounts from Partner Suppliers
  • 4

    Ingredients

    • Essential ingredients

    • Fondant, Gumpaste, Modelling chocolate

    • Ingredients list
  • 5

    Cake packaging and delivery

    • Cake delivery and repair kit

    • Packaging - boxes

    • Tall cakes delivery solution

    • Cake Delivery

    • Cake Delivery Guide
  • 6

    Cake fillings

    • Basic Vanilla cake recipe

    • Ultimate chocolate cake recipe

    • Caramel cake filling

    • Fruit confit filling

    • Basic syrup

    • Crunchy filling

    • Basic vanilla cream filling

    • Chocolate filling
  • 7

    Chocolate

    • Easy Chocolate Tempering

    • Classical Chocolate Tempering

    • Chocolate Temperature Guides
  • 8

    Cake leveling

    • Trimming and leveling
  • 9

    Cake Icings

    • Basic Swiss Meringue Buttercream

    • Stable signature Ganache
  • 10

    Cake assembly basics

    • Vanilla strawberry cake assembly

    • Chocolate Caramel Crunchy assembly

    • Stacking and Dowelling Cakes Tips
  • 11

    Design 1. Watercolour buttercream

    • Buttercream sharp edges

    • Buttercream watercolour design

    • Berries decoration
  • 12

    Design 2. Marble fondant with flowers

    • Fondant Covering

    • Fresh flowers.

  • 13

    Design 3. Marble buttercream with metal chocolate

    • Chocolate shard

    • Marble buttercream

    • Design assembly
  • 14

    Design 4. Chocolate teddy bear and bubbles

    • Chocolate Spheres

    • Chocolate teddy bear. Mould making basics

    • Decorating

  • 15

    Design 5. Buttercream painting

    • Flower painting with buttercream
  • 16

    Design 6. Architectural elements on ganache.

    • Mould making

    • Special Ganache recipe

    • Making of architectural element

    • Rice paper flowers making

    • Flowers wiring

  • 17

    Design 7. Fondant ruffes and Gold Foliage

    • Preparing ruffles

    • Ruffles decorating

    • Golden leaves decoartion

    • Tools for design
  • 18

    Design 8. Square cake abstraction.

    • Square cake ganache tips

    • Abstract decoration. Abstract techniques

    • Technique 2

    • Application

    • Tools for design
  • 19

    Design 9. Basic wedding cake.

    • Cake dummies

    • Stenciling on the cake

    • Decorating with dry flowers

    • Tools for design
  • 20

    Design 10. Tiered cake.

    • Cake fondant covering

    • Tiered cakes structure and stability basics

    • Simple Wafer paper flowers

    • Cake decoration with wafer flowers

    • Tools for design
  • 21

    Cake orders, order blanks, cake systematisation

    • Ordering System

    • Cake portions

Learn 10 Cake Designs

with Different Cake Techniques

Design 1 and 2

- Watercolour Buttercream: Learn how to sharp edges, and adding watercolour design
- Marble fondant with flowers: Basic fondant covering and make marble fondant look

Design 3

Marble Buttercream with Metal Chocolate

Design 4

Chocolate Teddy Bear and Bubbles

Design 5

Flower Painting with Buttercream

Design 6

Architectural Ganache and Rice Paper Flowers

Design 7

Fondant Ruffles Cake with Golden Foliage

Design 8

Square Abstraction Cake

Design 9

Basic Wedding Cake with Stencil Pattern and Dry Flowers

Design 10

Tiered Wedding Cake Structure and Wafer Paper Flowers

Students' Testimonials

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@gudsugar

Your Cake Foundations is great for veteran bakers, too! 🙌

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Online Student

Hi! Enrolled in your foundation class. Very informative and very worth it!

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  • Is your course live or pre-recorded?

    All courses are pre-recorded using 4 HD cameras to ensure you see every detail of te work. You can watch videos as many times as you wish.

  • How long are the video lessons?

    We want you to spend your time efficiently so we have made videos short and informative so you can master each technique and go back to it easily using the navigation menu. Each video is 5-15 minutes.

  • What tools and ingredients I will need for the course?

    After enrolment you will have an immediate access to all tools and ingredients lists. We try to use the ingredients that are accessible anywhere in the World or offer suppliers online.

  • Do you have Money Back guarantee?

    Unfortunately we don't offer return policy. At the point of purchase, you are confirming your express consent to receiving the videos and written information for your sole use and lose your right to cancel and your right to a refund. Please read the bundle description carefully to make sure that it is right for you before purchasing.

  • Can I upgrade to a bundle after purchasing one course?

    We are so pleased you enjoyed your training and willing to learn more. We will be happy to offer an upgrade. Please email us at [email protected] to arrange an upgrade and save $$

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