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Part Time Cake Decorating & Sugarcraft-Improver

Course Code

HOSP001B.FC
HOSP001B.FC
HOSP001C.FC

Start Date

24/04/2025
23/04/2026
29/01/2026

End Date

03/07/2025
02/07/2026
29/04/2026

Location

Broxbourne Campus
Broxbourne Campus
Broxbourne Campus

Study Mode

Part Time

This course is intended to improve your cake decorating skills further. You will be able to make various shaped cakes, novelty cakes and sugar flowers. You will learn various techniques, including stacking, run-outs and piping.

The course includes tiered cakes, chocolate work, how to create a spray of wired flowers, lace and novelty cakes.

How to book

Bookings for our short courses and workshops can be made via our online payment portal at HRC Online Shop/Part Time.

Please click here to be taken directly to the workshop page on our online shop, .

Please add the workshop to your cart before making payment via your online shop account, ensuring you fully complete the checkout process.

If you have not used our payment portal before, please click here and select “Register for an Account”. You will only need to register for an account once.

For further details regarding the booking process, please see the FURTHER INFORMATION section below.

What will I be doing?

Make and work with soft icing and includes novelty cakes . You will also learn how to make sugar flowers and models to decorate your cakes , how to decorate cupcakes, and using royal icing and modelling . You will need to bring your own ingredients to class Starting with the basic techniques to enable you to produce beautiful edible creations for friends and family. The course includes covering a cake with soft icing, iced biscuits, cupcakes, piping, modelling and simple flowers. The last few sessions will include decorating a cake in time for Christmas.

How will I be assessed?

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What do I need to bring?

Ingredients for each class The courses does not include tools and equipment, these must be purchased separately. The tutor will supply you with an equipment list on enrolment. Please email the tutor Lisa Braxton-Jones on lbraxton-jones@hrc.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Entry Requirements

Our improvers course is designed for those who have completed our beginners class, or those with other previous cake decorating or sugar craft experienceThe course will assist you to make and work with soft icing and includes novelty cakes. You will also learn how to make sugar flowers and models to decorate your cakes, how to decorate cupcakes, using royal icing, and modelling. You will need to bring your own ingredients to class. How to bookBookings for our short courses and workshops can be made via our online payment portal at HRC Online Shop/Part Time.Please click here to be taken directly to the course product page on our online shop.Please add the course to your cart before making payment via your online shop account, ensuring you fully complete the checkout process. If you have not used our payment portal before, please click here and select “Register for an Account”. You will only need to register for an account once.For further details regarding the booking process, please see the FURTHER INFORMATION section below.

Fee information

The course starting May 2024 is a five week course running for three hours a week. The cost of this course is £90.00.The courses starting January and April 2025 will be two hours per week over ten weeks and will cost £150.00 per ten week block.

Added Extras

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What can I do next?

Improvers and Advanced cake decarating. The Spring term course includes piping with buttercream, novelty cakes, wired flowers and further modelling projects used to decorate special occasion cakes . The Summer term course is to develop skills further and includes tiered cakes, chocolate work, how to create a spray of wired flowers , lace and novelty cakes.

Further information

How to enrol

To enrol on any of our part time courses please contact our Information Centre on 01992 411411.

For further information please contact info@hrc.ac.uk

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