Sugarcraft - Beginners

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This course is ideal for anyone interested in learning how to decorate simple celebration cakes. During this course you will be introduced to working with both sugarpaste and flowerpaste and how to colour the icings. You will learn how to ice a round cake and how to ice and decorate a cakeboard using embossing techniques. You will also make a range of decorations including a model teddy bear and unwired roses and be introduced to basic piping techniques with royal icing., , At the end of the course you should be able to:, - colour both sugarpaste and flowerpaste, - ice a round cakeboard and decorate using embossing techniques , - ice a round cake, - make a model teddy bear, - make unwired roses, - demonstrate use of the basic piping techniques, - use all tools and equipment safely, , There is no set 'homework', but you are welcome to practise and do further work at home., There is no qualification for this course., , This course is ideal progression for anyone who has completed our previous Improver courses. You should be confident working with cakes and the different icing mediums. You should also have experience making wired sugar flowers and be familiar with the associated tools and equipment. This course is not suitable for beginners.

Course information

Name: Sugarcraft - Beginners Qualification title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification type: Assessment Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20160412 14:33:12 Updated 20160412 14:33:12

Entry requirements

Please do not buy anything especially for the course before you have checked with the Canterbury Centre, on 03000 412222, about a week before the start, that the course is going ahead. Students will need to purchase their own icings and materials and provide their own cakes and equipment. Each week you will need to bring a notebook, pen, apron, camera/phone camera (if you have one) and anti-bacterial wipes. , Please bring the following to the first lesson:, · 11 inch round cake drum board, 11 inch cardboard cake box, · 1kg sugarpaste (available in most supermarkets), · White flower and modelling paste (available in supermarkets. Tesco and Sainsbury have it at approx. £2.50 at the time of writing), · Icing sugar in a shaker, · Pastry brush, · Long rolling pin , · PME straight edge smoother polisher (If you have one. If not, tutor can provide), · Palette knife (for trimming excess paste from around your board edge), · Small rolling pin (Optional - you can manage with the longer pin), · Piece of foam e.g PME foam pad (for drying decorations on), Equipment required Please do not buy anything especially for the course before you have checked with the Canterbury Centre, on 03000 412222, about a week before the start, that the course is going ahead. Students will need to purchase their own icings and materials and provide their own cakes and equipment. Each week you will need to bring a notebook, pen, apron, camera/phone camera (if you have one) and anti-bacterial wipes. , Please bring the following to the first lesson:, · 11 inch round cake drum board, 11 inch cardboard cake box, · 1kg sugarpaste (available in most supermarkets), · White flower and modelling paste (available in supermarkets. Tesco and Sainsbury have it at approx. £2.50 at the time of writing), · Icing sugar in a shaker, · Pastry brush, · Long rolling pin , · PME straight edge smoother polisher (If you have one. If not, tutor can provide), · Palette knife (for trimming excess paste from around your board edge), · Small rolling pin (Optional - you can manage with the longer pin), · Piece of foam e.g PME foam pad (for drying decorations on),

Provider

Kent Training and Apprenticeship Service / Kent Adult Education (Community Learning and Skills)
adult.education@kent.gov.uk
0845 606 5606
http://www.kent.gov.uk/adulted

Address

Head Office
College Road Town: Sittingbourne County:Kent

Learning aims

Title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing

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