Nicholas
Lodge (
Nicholas is one of the leading cake decorating instructors worldwide. His knowledge and techniques for life-like gum paste flowers is unsurpassed. Nicholas has also been inducted into the ICES Hall of Fame. He has authored many books and videos. (www.nicholaslodge.com)
Baby
Shower Ideas
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
B Sat.
Class Description: During this class make an adorable baby under a blanket. Many techniques will be covered during this class. Nicholas will explain about making other decorations for baby showers using cutters by FMM, Jem and Patchwork.
Supplies provided by instructor: All
Additional Supplies Required: An 8” box to take your project home.
Gumpaste
Bridal Flowers
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
D Sun.
E Sun.
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS A 2-PART CLASS! You must register for both sessions!
Class Description: During this great class Nicholas will focus on several popular bridal flowers created in gumpaste to include hydrangea, calla lily, dendrobium orchid and stephanotis. Will include appropriate buds and leaves. A great class not to be missed!
Supplies provided by instructor: All
Additional Supplies Required: A ¼ sheet box with toilet paper or
Styrofoam block to take flowers home.
Gumpaste
Flowers For Springtime
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
F Mon.
G Mon.
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS A 2-PART CLASS! You must register for both sessions!
Class Description: During this class you will create several popular spring flowers including the daffodil, violet, cherry blossom and dogwood; including buds and leaves. A great class not to be missed!
Supplies provided by instructor: All
Additional Supplies Required: A ¼ sheet box with toilet paper
or Styrofoam block to take flowers home.
Gary
Silverthorn (Kimball , MI
Jolly Roger Cake
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
F Mon.
Class Description: Each student will make a
mini sheet-cake dummy with a Jolly Roger, treasure map and pirate’s loot. Gold coins, pearls and sparkling gems along
with worn treasure maps and a jolly pirate’s scull and cross-bones make this
cake awesome fun. Perfect for a boy’s
birthday or Halloween. Techniques
include rolled fondant, isomalt jewels, molded fondant and gumpaste decorations.
Supplies provided by instructor: All
Toba
Garrett (
Toba Garrett
is a renowned cake artist, teacher and author for 30+ years. She heads the department of cake decorating
and design at the prestigious
Brush
Embroidery
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
B Sat.
Class Description: Brush embroidery looks like fine lace work seen on the finest linen and napkins. Students will learn how to create this beautiful technique with royal icing, egg whites and a paintbrush.
Supplies Required: 2, 8” round or square cardboards,
3 ounces of meringue powder royal icing, 1 ounce of egg whites, #1 and #3 sable
brushes, #0 and #3 round metal tips, ½ dozen small paper cones, #2 pencil, 2
sheets of tracing or parchment paper, box to take project home.
Modeling
Chocolate Roses with Leaves
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
D Sun.
Class Description: Learn how to create the most beautiful roses ever out of modeling chocolate. Students will also make leaves and hand-shape this confection without the use of cutters.
Supplies provided by instructor:
Instructor will provide modeling chocolate for entire class.
Additional Class Supplies Required: Surface to work
on, x-acto knife, dog bone or ball tool, cell pad, leaf press, small non-stick
rolling pin, Ziploc bag, box to take project home.
Lambeth
Ring Design Cake
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
E Sun.
F Mon.
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS A 2-PART CLASS! You must register for both sessions!
Class Description: Students will learn one of Lambeth’s most exquisite designs, coupled with a modern twist and taught by a modern expert in this area. In the first part of the class, students will be taught how to pipe the “rings”, pipe and flood beautiful collars, and attach the rings to the top shoulder of the cake with a shell border. In the second part of the class, students will pipe “stringwork” around the rings, starting near the top center of the cake and followed through to the outside edge of the rings. Students will then overpipe the rings and then pipe beautiful trelliswork under the rings. Students will attach the flooded collars to the bottom of the cake board and pipe dimensional pipework, which creates a three-dimensional effect on the collars.
Supplies Required: Students will need to bring an 8” x 4” round cake covered in rolled fondant or royal icing. The cake should be attached to a 12” round drum, also iced in fondant or royal icing. Students will need 10 to 12 ounces of egg white royal icing, 4 ounces of “flood” icing, PME “0” tip, #3 and #5 round tips and #18 or 199 star tip. Students also need a pastry bag with a coupler, ½ dozen paper cones, 2, 12” square cardboard covered in plastic wrap or waxed paper and taped tightly with masking tape, and an angular tweezers. Students may also bring a tilting turntable or objects to place under the cake for piping at steep angles.
Australian
Stringwork
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
G Mon.
Class Description: Classic to
Supplies Required: 8” round Styrofoam (covered in rolled
fondant) and attached to a 10” found drum also covered in rolled fondant, 6 oz
of egg-white royal icing, 24 inches of adding machine paper, X-acto knife, #0,
#3, #5 round tips, #1 sable brush, 1 oz egg whites, small ruler, 1 oz of flood
icing, round plastic cup, extra 10X powder sugar, small off-set spatula, #2
pencil, a few stickpins, a quilting wheel, a box to take project home.
Michaelle
Stidham (Pontiac , MI
Michaelle
Stidham CWPC has been teaching classes for over 17 years and is currently an
instructor at
Gelatin Flowers
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
D Sun.
Class Description: Students will complete an arrangement of gelatin flowers & butterfly using an amazing new technique.
Supplies provided by instructor: All
Additional Supplies Required: Pen & paper for notes.
Connie
DiTommaso (
Connie has been decorating over 20 years,
and has recently become more involved in teaching. She has entered several cake
competitions, earning a gold medal and Best of Division at the 2008 Mid
Atlantic Cake Show. Also in 2008 at OSSAS in the wedding cake division she earned
a silver medal and her cake was chosen to be featured in Brides magazine.
In 2009 she won
Gelatin
Bows
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
A Sat.
Class Description: Learn
to create a beautiful gelatin loopy bow on a gumpaste plaque. We will enhance
your bow with a gelatin daisy and a fluttering butterfly!!
Supplies Provided by Instructor: All
Pillow
Cake with Crown
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
D Sun.
Class Description: Create a fondant-covered sculpted pillow style cake with a crown topper.
Supplies provided by Instructor: Crown toppers.
Supplies
Required: (2) 8” square cakes (stacked
& crumb coated), 2 C butterceam, 2 lbs fondant (color of your choice), 4”
square covered board, 24” square vinyl mat, small empty coffee can, serrated
knife, toothpicks, small angled spatula, fondant smoothers, large rolling pin,
pizza cutter, ruler, cornstarch puff, small paintbrush, vinyl placemat,
turntable, pearl dust, large make-up type brush, 12” square covered cake board,
12” box to take your cake home.
OPTIONAL: clay gun, button or
lace molds (I will have some on hand to share.)
Betty Van Norstrand (Poughkeepsie , New York
Chef Betty Van Norstrand has over 45
years of decorating experience, making her one of the Grande Dames of the
art! She has taught at the Culinary
Institute of America, The International Pastry Arts Center, and the
Victorian
Ribbon Flowers
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
D Sun.
REPEAT
CLASS:
F Mon.
Class Description: An arrangement of textured flowers in the style of Victorian ribbon flowers and foliage.
Supplies provided by instructor: Gumpaste, plaques, texturing materials,
colors, flower centers, gum glue, handouts, hot glue gun & glue pots.
Additional
Supplies Required: Placemat, 12” ruler, pizza wheel, small scissors, X-acto knife,
ruffling tool, small rolling pin, offset tweezers, stitching wheel, small gum
glue bottle with brush, cornstarch bag, piping bag & coupler, #4, #14 or 16
tips, 10” cake box. Pasta machine if
possible.
Trumpet
Flowers and Fillers
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
E Sun.
REPEAT
CLASS:
G Mon.
Class Description: Flowers with trumpet or extended backs – cleome, pinecones, begonia, lily of the valley, small orchid,
forget-me-not.
Supplies
provided by instructor: Gumpaste,
trumpet flower boards (will also be available for purchase), colors, stamens,
gum glue.
Additional
Supplies Required: Placemat, small rolling pin, small & medium ball tools, pointed
veiner, green & white Mexican flower pad (available from Beryl’s, #PCMP),
FMM 004 blossom cutter set (also available from Beryl’s), any small leaf
cutter, #451 Tinkerteck (from Beryl’s), small scissors, small rose cutter
(approx ¾”) for pine cones JEM sizes PD61-62-63, small bottle with brush for
gum glue, box to take project home.
Elizabeth Parvu (
Elizabeth
Parvu is the owner of Sugarpaste, LLC and co-owns Crystal Colors LLC with her
husband Ron. She is recognized around
the world for her sugar flowers and award winning cake designs. She is an ICES demonstrator and approved
scholarship teacher. She has traveled to
9 Flowers From One Cutter Set
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
B Sat.
Class Description: Make 9 flowers, including: pansy, stephanotis, rose bud, dogwood, trillium, buttercup, calla lily, carnation, cherry blossom
Supplies provided by
instructor: Colors, wires, tape,
gumpaste, veiners (for class use)
Additional Supplies
Required: Basic gumpaste tools: dusting brushes, ball tool, wire cutters, floral
tape, facial tissue, non-stick rolling pin, non-stick board, palette knife, gum
glue.
Pansy cutter set will be available for
purchase.
Lilies
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
C Sat.
Class Description: Learn to make calla lilies, Easter lilies & Stargazer lilies.
Supplies provided by
instructor: Lily veiner, colors, wires,
gumpaste, veiners (for class use)
Additional Supplies
Required: Basic gumpaste tools.
Jennifer Dontz (Manistee , MI
Jennifer has
been thrilling her customers with her creations for over 35 years. She now also travels and teaches throughout
the
Awesome Alstroemeria
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
A Sat.
Class Description: Learn to create this awesome popular wedding flower using the soft method.
Supplies provided by
instructor: Paste, dusts, wires, cutter
& veiners for class use.
Additional Supplies
Required: Basic gumpaste tools (cel
board, cel pin, etc.)
Fun With Fondant/Pearl Clay
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
B Sat.
Class Description: We will cover an 8” dummy with white chocolate fondant; then add as many beautiful embellishments as time allows, including quilting, white choc pearls, pressed lace, drapes, etc.
Supplies provided by instructor:
White chocolate fondant/pearl clay.
Additional Supplies Required: 8” cake dummy, 12” cake board, basic fondant
tools. Cake dummy will be supplied for
the first 9 students to register.
More supplies will be added to list at a later date.
Ximena Sempertegui (
Ximena (Hemena) has been
teaching and demonstrating for the past 15 years. A former
Baby Shoes
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
B Sat.
Class Description: Learn how to make 4 different kinds of shoes for babies to decorate a cake in no time!
Supplies provided by instructor: Shoe cutters and shoe formers to be used in class.
Additional Supplies Required: 1 lb gumpaste, rolling pin, cornstarch puff, placemat work surface, food colors of your choice, toothpicks, cotton balls, Styrofoam and box to take home finished project.
Wonderful Wings
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
C Sat.
Class Description: A new “decoupage” technique that will amaze you and your customers.
Supplies provided by instructor: Set of cutters to be used in class.
Additional Supplies
Required: 1 lb gumpaste, small rolling pin, cornstarch puff, placemat work
surface, colors of your choice, gum glue, glitter (aka pixie dust), several
brushes in different thickness (18x0; round; flat)
Modern Pram
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
F Mon.
Class Description: Create a lovely baby carriage!
Supplies
Required: 1 lb gumpaste, cornstarch
puff, place mat work surface, cooler of your choice (be sure to include a flesh
tone), toothpicks, parchment or wax paper (8 x 11), ½ cup royal icing in bag
with tip #3, white florist wire 20 or 18 gauge (2 18” pieces), small wire
cutters, 18/0 brush for painting features, cardboard and box to transport your
project.
Carol Lowe (
Carol had been teaching
fondant and gumpaste for several years in
Funny Fondant Clown Topper
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
E Sun.
Class Description: Model a funny little clown out of fondant to top a cake for any lucky child.
Some supplies provided.
Additional supplies required: Small rolling pin, ball tool, #8 & #12
round piping tip, small brush for gluing, cornstarch puff, place mat work
surface, palette knife
Julie Bashore (Ephrata , PA
Julie Bashore,
Master Confectioner, is a native of
Sugar Veil Techniques
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
A Sat.
Class Description: Sugarveil – the NEW sugar art! It’s a “fabric sugar”, pliable, vinyl looking, and a perfect medium for decorative bows. Pipe with it, make lace with it, and create amazing monograms.
Supplies provided by instructor: Sugar Veil, mats, punches, scissors
Additional Supplies Required: Each student to bring a mixer & bowl
(hand mixer OR stand mixer). Also a
fondant smoother & damp cloth.
Novice Fondant Techniques
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
C Sat.
Class Description: Learn
to cover a cake in minutes without the drying effect of cornstarch or powdered
sugar, ribbon insertion and unusual crimping techniques, making your own pearls
in minutes, edible dual colored ribbons.
Supplies provided by instructor:
All tools & fondant mats; all fondant & gum paste.
Additional Supplies Required: 10”
cake dummy on 12” round board, large rolling pin, small rolling pin.
Advanced Fondant Techniques
Class
Session # Day
Time Fee
E Sun.
Class Description: Swags,
drop swags, fabric roses, embossing with pixie glitter and iridescent colors,
side designs, ruffles and frills with JUMBO garrett frill cutter. Discussion of marketing and pricing your
work.
Students need only bring a 10” round cake attached to a 12” round
board, a large rolling pin, and a small rolling pin.
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