Cake Decorating - Wafer Paper Designs and Flowers

About this course

The course introduces wafer paper as a medium for contemporary cake decoration. Participants explore how to condition and colour it using food colours, lustre dusts and airbrushing, then form decorations including ruffles, bows, fans and butterflies. The class also covers making lightweight, realistic flowers and arranging and attaching wafer paper designs to cakes. Teaching includes observation and developmental feedback from the teacher, with an emphasis on applying the techniques to decorative cake designs such as wedding cakes.

What you'll learn

• Select and condition wafer paper for cake decoration
• Apply food colours, lustre dusts and airbrushing techniques
• Form wafer paper into ruffles, bows, fans, butterflies and other shapes
• Create lightweight, realistic wafer paper flowers
• Arrange and attach wafer paper decorations to cakes

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for creative adults at all levels, including those with no previous cake-decorating experience. Participation is practical, with learners developing wafer paper decorations and receiving observation-based developmental feedback during the class.

• No previous cake-decorating experience is required
• Suitable for learners at all levels
• Teacher observation and developmental feedback are included

Before you go

• The teacher will contact participants with details of ingredients to bring before the first session.