UK Cake Decorating Courses

There is a wide variety of cake decorating courses available, whether you are a complete novice or professional wanting to add a new skill. Courses range from a one off day to a few years and can be part time or full time. The type of courses also range from everything from making and baking the cake, simple piping techniques, sugarcraft flowers or modelling figures. Courses are run all over the UK and more details can be found by following the links below.

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Sugarcraft Skills (part time) @ South Thames College
An introductory course to enable you to develop skills and confidence in basic cake decorating techniques for making a range of easy celebration and party cakes. You will learn how to make and use icings, coat cakes, pipe basic shapes, crimp patterns and use cutters and embossers for classic and novelty designs. By the end of the course you will be able to: -make icings and pastes coat cakes and use simple decorative techniques choose and use equipment correctly use a range of popular cutters describe global and cultural backgrounds to the subject -apply the principles of colour, design and proportion -compile a personal reference file
Qualifications: none      Fee: £115     Duration: 12 weeks    Tel: 020 8918 7777      Location: London, Greater London

Cake Decoration (part time) @ Bury College
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Qualifications: Advanced, 2,1      Fee: On Application     Duration: not given    Tel: 0161 280 8280      Location: Bury, Greater Manchester

Cake Decoration - Improvers (part time) @ Bradford College
In this exciting and engaging course you will consolidate what you have learnt in the previous course on how to decorate cakes, starting with icing techniques and progressing to elaborate over-piping and collar work. Other more sophisticated techniques may be covered. There may be a small charge for any ingredients used whilst on the course - this will be discussed with the course tutor.
Qualifications: none      Fee: £90.00     Duration: 30 weeks    Tel: 01274 436300       Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire

Cake Decorating Certificate (part time) @ West Kent College
These courses are designed for those wishing to learn more about icing cakes with various types of piping and patterns and making fondant and pastillage flowers as decorations.The course is aimed at fancy work for cake decorating for wedding cakes. Create a stunning cake, learn how to Sugarpaste Cake and Board with Inlay and Crimping. Piping techniques will include: Shell Border, Lines, Trellis, Lace Work, Filigree, Lettering and a decorative cake top plaque.
Qualifications: none      Fee: £200     Duration: 10 weeks    Tel: 01732 358101      Location: Kent, Kent

Cake Decoration - Introduction (part time) @ Bradford College
In this exciting and engaging course you will learn how to decorate cakes, starting with the basic icing techniques. This course is suitable for beginners. There may be a small charge for any ingredients used whilst on the course - this will be discussed with the course tutor.
Qualifications: none      Fee: £36     Duration: 12 weeks    Tel: 01274 436300      Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire