Floral Cake Design: Paint with Cocoa Butter
Researching the Idea and Sketching Out the Design
A course by user4092834 surname4092834 , Wedding Cake Designer
Joined September 2020
Learn how to paint striking tropical flowers onto sugarpaste using colored cocoa butter to create spectacular cake designs
Joined September 2020
About the video: Researching the Idea and Sketching Out the Design
Overview
“Now I will show you the inspiration behind my tropical floral cake and how I took that inspiration and composed a cohesive design that would flow on the tiers of a cake.”
In this video lesson user4092834 surname4092834 addresses the topic: Researching the Idea and Sketching Out the Design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Floral Cake Design: Paint with Cocoa Butter. Learn how to paint striking tropical flowers onto sugarpaste using colored cocoa butter to create spectacular cake designs.
Partial transcription of the video
“Researching the Idea and Sketching Out the Design In this lesson, I'm going to show you the inspiration for our cake. I'm going to show you the reference material and how I'm going to draw out our design to create an effective template for us to work from. The inspiration for your cake can come from all sorts of different places. I like to look at different flowers and different fabrics and all sorts of different floral designs when I start working on a cake. It's always good to have some sort of starting point. When I was thinking about designing this cake, I wanted to create something tro...”
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Course summary for: Floral Cake Design: Paint with Cocoa Butter
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Category
Craft, Culinary -
Areas
Cake Decorating, Cake Design, DIY, Edible Art, Floral & Plant Design, Fondant, Icing, Painting
A course by user4092834 surname4092834
Emily Hankins is a UK-based cake designer specialized in edible, hand-painted decorations. Originally a graphic designer, she was passionate about illustration and design but eager to express her creativity with a more hands-on craft. That’s when she fell in love with cake design, initially baking for friends and family until she started her own business in 2012.
Besides creating custom pieces for her clients, Emily teaches cake-painting classes nationally and internationally at institutions like Cakeology in India and Cake International in the UK. She was named one of UK’s top 10 cake artists by Cake Masters Magazine, and she regularly writes for Cakes & Sugarcraft Magazine and American Cake Decorating Magazine. She is also one of the co-authors of Designer Cake Decorating, a collection of contemporary techniques.
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