The program is chosen for commercial requirement as well as domestic hobby healthy homemakers needs. You shall be taught to prepare above mentioned products yourself in the institute. Classroom theory and demonstrations shall be followed by the IIB sessions.
The course will enable you to understand the importance of:
- Sugar Paste
- Rules for preparing perfect sugar paste
- Essential elements of decorating cakes with sugar paste
- Fundamentals of cake design & decoration
- Preparing fondant & gum paste icings
You will learn the technical details of cake production in morning lecture sessions. Then get hands-on experience in IIB’s lab during afternoon workshops. Participants also receive a comprehensive course booklet/DVD for future reference.
The program provides participants with the elements of art and principles of design while decorating a cake.
In the programme, you will know about:
Cake Decorating: What are Frostings, Icings & Glazes, What are the rules for preparing perfect frostings, How to match frostings and cakes, What are the main types of sugar paste icings, Opportunities in cake decorating, Fundamentals of cake decorating, Fundamentals of cake design, Essential elements of decorating cakes with sugar paste icing, Guidelines for decorating a cake, What are cake decorating embellishments, Briefing of Creativity, Proportion & perspective.
- Ingredients for sugar paste icings
- How to match frostings and cakes
- What are the main types of sugar paste icings
- The opportunities in cake decoration
- Guidelines for cake decorating
- Troubleshooting
You’ll recognize troubles in decoration and devise strategies for elegance in cake decoration. In the lab you would attempt decoration of cakes with different types of sugar paste icings:
Who Should Attend?
The program is designed to meet the various needs of all people who could benefit from understanding the basics of cake decoration – new decoration personnel, sales and marketing representatives, purchasing agents, technical service representatives, and people who work in allied industries. Also the aspirants to move abroad and the housewives and students.
Detailed Agenda Agenda is subject to change
Day 1
10:00 a.m. Welcome & Course Introduction
Introduction to Sugar Paste Icings
Icing ingredients for sugar paste
Effect of Colouring Icing
How to tint the gum paste icings.
Preparing Gum Pastes
- Mixing gum paste
- Handling and storing gum paste
- Preparing gum paste adhesive
Noon Lunch at your own
Hands-on-workshop:
- Preparing gum paste
- Working with Gum Paste
- Tinting gum paste
- Rolling gum paste
- Using florist wires
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day 2
10:00 a.m. Review
- Change in gum paste characteristics due to variations in conditions.
Basic Principles of Floral Cake Design
- Size & Proportion
- Colouring
Noon Lunch at your own
Hands-on-workshop:
Creating Blossoms
Creating Gerbera Daisy
Creating Sweet Peas
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day 3
10:00 a.m. Review Previous day activities and Troubleshooting
Discuss previous day activities and the trouble shooting guide for decorator bakers.
Creating Leaves & Petals
How to use the reference materials while practising making of leaves & petals etc.
Noon: Lunch at your own
Hands-on-workshop: Creating flowers
Create Ivy Leaves
Create Lily Leaves
Create Lily Petals
Create Briar Rose
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day 4
10:00 a.m. Review
Discuss the details of the techniques learned on the previous day
Covering cakes with Sugar Paste
What are the guidelines for cake covering with sugar paste.
How to use flower spikes
Noon: Lunch at your own
Hands-on-workshop: Sugar paste art
Create calyxes for sweet peas & stephanotis
Create Stephanotis Bud
Create Stephanotis
Create Sweet Pea
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day 5
10:00 a.m.
Helpful hints on painting sugar paste painting
Hands-on-workshop:
Assemble Blossoms, Leaves & Bouquets
Noon: Lunch at your own
Discussions on the five days activities and clearing of doubts.
Distribution of certificates
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
