About our cake making courses
Sweetie Darling Cake Decorating School was created from my passion for sugarcraft and my desire to share this passion with those who also love cake decorating.
All of our courses are run in our teaching room near Canterbury and we offer only 8 places per course so that we can ensure, that if needed, you get the one to one tuition to make you as confident as possible in creating your masterpieces!
The price of each course includes all the icings and edible materials, buttercream, and the use of all the equipment needed.
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An unusual instrument themed cake request… I see lots of guitars, the odd drum kit, maybe even a piano, but this was my first ever accordion so naturally I was thrilled to make one from sugar! The cake inside is classic vanilla sponge with a filling of raspberry jam and luxurious vanilla buttercream. The cake [...]
With Halloween just around the corner I thought I’d put together a selection of my favourite Halloween cupcakes by talented decorators across the globe. Have a look at the photos below for some Halloween-spiration (sorry!) Billie x First from Not Quite Nigella are these Haunted Mansion Silhouette Cupcakes. I thought these were an unusual idea [...]
My first go using the mat and I thought I’d document it to show you it doesn’t need lots of practice to master! “The Mat” is made by Streetwise and eliminates the need for cornflour. It is completely non-stick and food-safe and makes covering a cake with sugarpaste much more simple reducing the risk of [...]
To level your fruit cake First you must level your fruit cake. Place your fruit cake upside down centrally on your cake drum. Use “door-wedges” of marzipan to level your fruit cake checking each side is level, using a small spirit level if necessary. Fill in any gaps around the base of the cake with [...]
To ice a sponge cake Once you have filled your cake with buttercream, cover the whole outside of the cake with a thin layer of buttercream. This is called a crumb coat and will prevent crumbs from getting into the icing and will also act as an adhesive for the sugarpaste to stick to. Knead [...]