Wilton Method Class Resource Center

Great News!!

Use the Resource Center to get the most out of Decorating Basics, Flowers and Cake Design and Gum Paste and Fondant Wilton Method Courses.

Now you can have access to:

• Review techniques
• Additional ideas to decorate your cakes
• Frequently asked questions
• hints and advices
• What to bring to your next class
• Practice sheets
• and more.......

I will see you in your next cake decorating class.

Happy Cake Decorating!!

Gum Paste and Fondant Wilton Method Course

After completing Decorating Basics, Gum Paste and Fondant is one of two additional Wilton Method courses you can choose. In Gum Paste and Fondant you’ll discover one of the most exciting and satisfying ways to decorate a cake.

We will lead you every step of the way as you create amazing handshaped flowers, beautiful borders and bold accents using these easy-to-shape icings.

As you learn each technique – an artful bow, mum, rose, carnation, calla lily, rosebud, daisy, and embellished borders – you’ll be closer to your crowning achievement: A Final Course Cake that showcases your skills.

The confidence you’ll gain as you decorate with gum paste and fondant will enable you to create cakes that will add excitement to your family celebrations for years to come.

Topics covered in Gum Paste and Fondant include:

• Gum Paste and Fondant 101
  Bow Loops
  Mum Base, Rose Base
  Carnation Base
  Assembling a Bow
  Tinting Gum Paste and Fondant
  Basic Principles of Floral Cake Design
  Calia Lily
  Rosebud and Rose
  Carnation
  Calyxes and Leaves
  Assembling the Calia Lily
  Daisy
  Mum
  Covering a Cake Board with Fondant
  Elements of Fondant Cake Design
  Creating Geometric Designs Using Cut-Outs, Overlays, and Inlays
  Eyelet, Ruffle, and Ball Borders

For more information visit http://www.wilton.com/classes/gum-paste-and-fondant.cfm

Flowers and Cake Design Wilton Method Course

After completing Decorating Basics, Flowers and Cake Design is one of two additional Wilton Method courses you can choose. In Flowers and Cake Design, you’ll explore sophisticated ways to bring your cakes and desserts to life!

We will teach you to create breathtaking icing flowers such as pansies, lilies and the famous Wilton Rose. Then, you’ll discover the secrets of arranging them in a beautifully balanced cake-top bouquet.

Your amazing flowers will be framed by an impressive boarder treatment or basketweave design. With the skills you learn here and your ability to make flowers in advance using gum paste and fondant or royal icing, you can create beautiful blooms at your convenience, ready to place on any cake.

Topics covered in Flowers and Cake Design include:

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  Basic Principles of Cake Design
  Gum Paste and Fondant 101
  Button Flower
  Pansy
  Making Royal Icing
  Making a Parchment Bag
  Flower Nail
  Rose Base, Rose Center
  Apple Blossom, Primrose
  Rosebud
  Daffodil
  Violet
  Using the Lily Nail, Lily
  Making Stems
  Guidelines for Flower Arrangments
  Floral Cake Design
  Reverse Shell
  Basketweave
  Wilton Rose

For more information visit http://www.wilton.com/classes/flowers-cake-design.cfm

Decorating Basics Wilton Method Course

The Wilton Method® Decorating Basics Course is the perfect place to start! We will show you the right way to decorate, step by step, so that you experience the excitement of successfully decorating your first cake.

You’ll understand how to bake a great cake, see how to make and color icing and learn the best way to ice the cake. You will also practice the three fundamentals of decorating, enabling you to approach each technique the right way for great results.

Along the way, you’ll learn to create icing drop flowers, rosettes, shells, pompom flowers, leaves, shaggy mums, and the ribbon rose. You’ll also decorate cookies, cupcakes … and of course cakes!
Not only will you quickly learn just how easy it is to create the perfect dessert for any occasion but you will also get to share the fun with other students, who encourage you along the way.

Topics covered in Decorating Basics include:

• How to Bake a Great Cake
  Buttercream Icing
  Using Decorating Bags and Couplers
  Icing the Cake
  Leveling and Torting the Cake
  Using the Star Tip
  Drop Flower, Rosette
  Dimensional Decorating
  Shell
  Pompom Flower, Leaves
  Filling and Icing a Cupcake
  Guidelines for Elementary Cake Design
  Printing, Writing, Rose Base
  Piping Gel Pattern Transfer
  Ribbon Rose
  Guidelines for Decorating Your Cake

For more information visit http://www.wilton.com/classes/decorating-basics.cfm