Cake and Candy Class Descriptions
Cake Art 1 - Building Butter Cream Skills
This 4-session class is the perfect beginning to your new Cake Decorating experience. First lesson, your Instructor will each you how to make Decorationg Icing, color your icing, then prepare and fill your decorating bags. You'll learn a few techniques and use those to decorate the cookies you bring. In the subsequent lessons you will learn to level, torte, fill and frost a cake, learn to decorate cupcakes and several nice borders. Shells, Stars, Ribbon Roses and more. Practice at home between class sessions is vital to mastering the techniques. This class is a prerequisite for most of our classes.
Total Cost: $124.99 - Includes Tuition, Course Book, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: (4) Two Hour Sessions
Pre-Requisite: None
Cake Art 2 - Flowers and Cake Design
The latest version of Wilton’s Course 2 brings back some wonderful techniques and adds some new ones. This class is all about piping – a real must for any serious cake decorator and wonderful flowers for those just wanting to provide their family and guests with flowers you can’t get just anywhere. The Classic Wilton Rose is accompanied by Rosebuds, Pansies, Violets, Lilies and More We are so excited about the Succlents we'll be adding to the class this year. Basket-weave, Rope and Reverse Shell Borders. All of this in the fun environment of our Cake Art Classroom makes this a class you won’t want to miss! Our price includes your course kit, lesson plan PLUS edible glitter, parchment triangles that you will need for class. Prerequisite: Wilton Course 1
Total Cost: $99.99 - Includes Tuition, Course Book, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: (4) Two Hour Sessions
Pre-Requisite: Wilton Course 1
Cake Art 3 - Fondant and Gum Paste
So much to tell you about this class – We’ll start with learning how to handle, store and color fondant and gum paste. Make 2 different bows and learn the basics of the art of Quilting. The gum paste flowers you learn are Roses, Daisies and Calla Lilies and a Leaf to go with them. Covering a cake board and applying appliques will both be great additions to your repertoire. Ultimately you will cover a cake with rolled fondant, learn cool borders as well as overlays and inlays.. Our kit includes 1 lb. of Gum Paste and 32 oz. of Rolled Fondant..
Total Cost: $119.99 - Includes Tuition, Course Book, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: (4) Two Hour Sessions
Pre-Requisite: Cake Art 1
Candy 123
This two hour candy class is a demonstration packed with information. Instructor will discuss how to melt and store our chocolate candies as well as the use and care of candy molds. We’ll teach you how to make molded and dipped chocolates. These include chocolate covered cherries, peanut butter cups and bonbons, painted suckers and packaging of your goodies. You will learn how to make barks with the various crunches and goodies we sell and each class will include some ideas for any upcoming holiday. At the end of the class, samples will be offered and recipes provided. At $5, this class can’t be beat! Bring friends and family- after the class you can use your discount toward supplies to make these yummy treats at home.
Total Cost: $10.00 Demonstration
Class Length: 2 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Advanced Candy Making - Hands on Candy Making
Our 3 hour Advanced Candy class is a fun, hands-on experience. The beautiful confections we make include both traditional and piped truffles and a lovely 3-D chocolate box with painted details. We will fashion beautiful chocolate roses from candy clay and learn how to make chocolate rose leaves to accompany them. You will learn to duplicate just about any image in chocolate to use for cakes and centerpieces. Each student takes home their beautiful and delicious work as well as the tools they used to make them.
Total Cost: $49.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: Candy 123
Just Cupcakes
This 3 hour class includes discussion of baking cupcakes, flavor ideas and presentation options. This class is a great, low stress introduction to the basic skills of cake decorating. We’ll decorate the cupcakes, featuring many ideas from cupcake books we sell at the shop. Cupcakes are all the rage for every type of event, from birthdays to weddings! We provide the cupcakes, the icing and the fun! A great class to take with a friend - or an older child or grandchild! (12 years and up).
Total Cost: $49.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, Cupcakes to Decorate, and Tax.
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Business of Cakes - Practical Information to Help you Make Money!
This class is for people that want to learn how to make money in doing cakes. Our 3 hour lecture touches on many aspects of your home based cake business. While pointing out the various supplies and equipment you will need in your venture, we also discuss legal issues, advertising, business expansion as well as business plans and sources for education and rejuvenation. While the rules and regulations vary from county to county, we provide you with information to guide you in the acquisition of various permits and counseling that will lead to your business success. Learn guidelines and formulas for pricing your cakes; advertising your business; contracts; delivery, and more.
Total Cost: $30.00 Lecture
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Rolled Fondant - Cover and Decorate a Cake with Rolled Fondant
Rolled Fondant Class Impress your family, friends and clients with a beautiful rolled fondant design! Four hours dedicated to rolled fondant. Our instructor will teach you how to handle the fondant, color it and cover a single 8 inch round cake. Using your fondant molds and various tools we sell at the shop, you’ll decorate your cake with appliqués, borders and more. You can make a beautiful cake without picking up a decorating bag! Other more advanced techniques will be demonstrated. One four hour session plus a 30 minute break. No prerequisites.
Total Cost: $69.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 4.5 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Advanced Fondant - Fondant Tiered Cake with Swags and Bows
This class is for those who have experience in covering cake tiers with fondant, and want to take it a new level. Our class project is a two tier cake, covered in fondant and decorated with various designs; including quilting and double quilting, brush embroidery and the use of lace and appliqué molds. We will adorn our cakes with beautiful bows, tails and drapes that sparkle with pearl dusts. You go home with new skills you can use to duplicate many of the beautiful cakes you see in the bridal magazines or to design your own breathtaking creations.
Total Cost: $69.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 4.5 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Extraordinary Cheesecakes - Make Homemade Cheesecakes
Learn about the various crust types used in cheesecakes, matching the crust to the batter, how to incorporate flavorings such as fruit, peanut butter, liquors, and chocolate. Waterbath vs. dry oven method, times, temperatures, and cooling. How to properly cut a cheesecake, techniques for perfect preparation, and more!
Sign-up for both Extraordinary Cheesecakes and Baking Essentials and save $10.00! (Please note: the $10.00 discount will not show up on your online receipt, but we will deduct when we process your transaction at the store).
Total Cost: $30.00 Lecture/Demo
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Baking Essentials - Make Perfect Cakes Every Time!
In this class you will learn baking with an understanding of ingredients, measuring and mixing methods, various oven temperatures and baking times. Solve all your baking problems and lots of tips and tricks to save you time, and make baking more enjoyable!
Sign-up for both Extraordinary Cheesecakes and Baking Essentials and save $10.00! (Please note: the $10.00 discount will not show up on your online receipt, but we will deduct when we process your transaction at the store).
Total Cost: $30.00 Lecture/Demo
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Airbrushing - Learn the Techniques Used By Professionals
Learn the techniques of free hand airbrushing, making and using stencils, and projectors to create backgrounds and 3-Dimensional looks and more. Instructor will demonstrate use of an airbrush, and allow students to try "hands-on". Students receive a 20% discount on the purchase of an airbrush or projector on the day of class!
Total Cost: $10.00 Lecture/Demo
Class Length: 2 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Sculptured Cakes - Learn to make a 3-Dimensional Playful Puppy
This 4 hour class is just plain fun! We will make a cake shaped like a puppy or other animal that is 100 percent edible. You provide the cake layers, we provide the icing and crisp rice treats. After completion of your adorable animal, we will bring it to life using air brush color, also provided in the class. The techniques learned in class can be used to make all kinds of sculptured cakes for different occasions. Your 3 dimensional cakes will be in great demand.
Sign-up for the Sculptured Cake class and the Airbrushing class is free!
Total Cost: $69.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 4.5 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Petit Fours - For all those Special Occasions!
Petit Fours means “Little Oven” in French. Petit fours are various shaped mini cakes that are traditionally iced in poured fondant and decorated to suit the occasion. In our 2 hour class, each student will enrobe the little cakes in poured fondant or white chocolate and learn various ways to decorate them. Our kit includes little cakes for each student to decorate. These tiny cakes are so popular for bridal showers, baby showers, teas, and holidays - or just for yourself because they are soooo delicious! Recipes for these cakes, glaze and fondant are provided so you can make them at home.
Total Cost: $49.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, Petit Fours to Decorate, and Tax.
Class Length: 2 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Rose Workshop - Master the Rose!
In this two hour class we will review the Wilton Ribbon Rose and learn many more. Classic piped rose on a nail. Also learn to pipe a rose on a stick, Roses with a chocolate kiss center. The number of roses covered will depend on how much we can cover as a group. Other possibilities include the Wild Rose and a hand molded Tootsie Roll Rose.
Total Cost: $39.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 2.5 Hours
Pre-Requisite: Wilton Courses 1 & 2
Topsy Turvey, Whimsical, Whacky and Wonky Cakes
They have many names and are bring such a dramatic presentation for birthdays, anniversaries, showers and yes, even weddings! Learn hands on in class to cut and assemble a two-tier asymmetrical cake, covered in rolled fondant and decorated with wild colors or beautiful pastels as you prefer. Using diamond patterns, ribbon roses and many other designs, each student brings their artsy or elegant design to reality with terrific tools that come in the class kit, as well as getting to try others you may decide to purchase. . You must complete Course 1 before this class begins and be very comfortable covering cakes with fondant, as there is no time for teaching this aspect in the class.
Total Cost: $99.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: One 7 Hour Session with a 30 minute break
Pre-Requisite: Wilton Course 1 & 3
Decorated Cookie Class - Learn to Create Beautiful Decorated Cookies
In this 5 hour session. We'll decorate cookies with Royal Icing as well as candy coating chocolate and fondant. This class includes candy coating, sprinkles and the tools needed to make more of these goodies for your family and friends.
Total Cost: $69.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, Cookies to decorate, and Tax.
Class Length: 5 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Embossed Butter Cream - Learn to Create Elegant Designs Using Butter Cream
Learn to use different impression mats to create beautiful cakes – as elegant as rolled fondant but all in butter cream! We’ll show how to align, adjust and match patterns for a professional and seamless presentation. Create a spectacular bow out of gum paste for the cake you will make in class. The butter cream techniques learned in this class may also be applied to fondant.
Total Cost: $79.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 4.5 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Pop Treats Class - Learn to make these popular cake treats!
In this three-hour session, includes a demonstration giving you all you need to know on how to prepare these delightful cake, cookie and brownie pops on sticks and cake bonbons too! Then you will dip and decorate pops made of cake, cookie and brownie and some cake bonbons to take home. Your kit will include candy coating, sprinkles and the tools needed to make more of these goodies for your family and friends. A demonstration and sample of push pops is included.
Total Cost: $49.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, Pop Treats to decorate, and Tax.
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Grooms Cakes - Learn Something New & Different for the Groom!
In this class students will learn to make traditional Grooms Cakes as well as ideas for those couples looking for something different and unique. We will show you techniques for different side designs, applying initials or special insignias and themes.
Total Cost: $79.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 4.5 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Sugar Critters - Learn to make Animals, Fruits, Veggies and More!
In this 3 hour class we will make a number of darling animals. A dog, a lion, an elephant, rabbit and a boy or girl will all be completed in class plus instructions will be given for others. You’ll go home with your tools to make more. We’ll use a gum paste fondant blend in class but these classic techniques can also be used with marzipan or modeling chocolate. This class is a great value at only $59.99!!
Total Cost: $59.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Cake Art’s Wedding Cake Class
This class is for those who want to go on to make wedding and tiered cakes. The class includes a number of classic wedding piped designs and borders as well as Bridal laces, garlands and classic bridal flowers. In a lecture, the instructor demonstrates how to assemble your cake with structural integrity. We’ll cover the different methods used to make sure your beautiful cake stays upright. Tastings, contracts, delivery, set up will be covered. In the final session, each student will assemble and decorate a 3 tier wedding cake, with hands on experience in doweling and stacking. We’ll take some pictures of you with your beautiful cake before we help you pack it up to take it home.
Total Cost: $99.99 - Includes Tuition, Course Book, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: (3) three hour sessions
Pre-Requisite: Wilton Course 1 & 2
Embossed Fondant Cupcakes
This fun new Wilton Project Class will take cupcakes to a new elegant level. We’ll use your kit supplies and things brought from home to decorate 6 provided cupcakes. Techniques include embossing, quilled flowers and molded petals on our cupcakes. The tools go home with you so you can make more! Your kit includes cupcakes, rolled fondant and Buttercream required for the class.
Total Cost: $59.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, Cupcakes to Decorate, and Tax.
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
Gingerbread Houses
A wonderful class to take on your own, with a friend.. or bring a group!! Your kit, along with a few basic items you bring from home, will provide everything you need to make your own gorgeous holiday centerpiece. Royal icing, gumdrops and more candies are provided for your chosen design.
Total Cost: $49.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
String Work Project Class
This two hour Wilton Advanced Skills Project Class is brand new. Your instructor will demonstrate various methods of dividing your cakes, how to use the Cake Dividing Mat and the Cake Marker, Using your Deluxe Practice Board that comes in your kit, learn the Art of String Work, Vertical Drop Strings, Multiple Drop Strings and Overlapping Drop Strings can be used in a multitude of ways to create a stunning and elegant presentation. The Deluxe Practice Board includes dozens of pages to use for so many techniques – you’ll find it a helpful tool for many years to come. Kit price includes the Deluxe Practice Board required to for the class.
Total Cost: $59.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 3 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
3-D Purse Class
Come to our 3-D Purse Class with a ¼ sheet cake and go home with a beautiful purse! In 4 hours we will use Buttercream icing, Ganache and Fondant to create a shoulder bag or a 2 handled purse. You can choose your own style and color palette. We’ll various embossing mats, clay guns and other sugar craft tools to make purses that will be amazingly real looking. No prerequisite but familiarity with cake decorating and rolled fondant would be in your best interest.
Total Cost: $49.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 4 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None
3-D Shoe Class
In our 3.5 hour Shoe Class we will make several styles of shoes. A stylish woman’s pump, while small in size, brings great experience to use for future projects of any size. Baby’s Mary Jane, baby’s tennis shoe and classic baby shoe. The class will include a demo on how to use the techniques you’ve learned to make a larger lady’s shoe over several days time.
Total Cost: $59.99 - Includes Tuition, Supply Kit, and Tax.
Class Length: 4 Hours
Pre-Requisite: None