Cake Decoration for Beginners - Part-time

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Community courses are “first steps” for adults to learn new skills, develop confidence, meet others in welcoming classroom. The purpose of courses is to support students into further learning or employment (paid or voluntary).

This course is perfect if you want to make and decorate cakes, cupcakes for sale or family and friends.

You will learn easy techniques to produce beautiful items. You will learn from the tutor and the more experienced students in the class. All projects will be seasonal.

You will learn the skills how to decorate easy cakes and learn how to bake them for sale and your family and friends, as well as learn how to make and decorate cakes of your choice with basic buttercream techniques and to piped and sugarpaste flowers that transform ordinary cakes and cupcakes into beautiful designs.

Students will need to have tools and equipment needed for the course. Students will be making cakes for projects and therefore will need ingredients. For the first lesson you will need to bring with you sugarpaste, fondant and tools, rolling pins, ball tools, craft knife.

You should attend regularly and arrive on time to make best progress on course.

You will complete a short diary weekly in class time, to record your progress and receive written tutor feedback.

You will use Microsoft Teams whilst on the course. Microsoft Teams is a free, safe online app used by Nottingham College for tutors to contact students.

Using Teams will also enable you to develop and feel confident using digital skills.

For more information on using Microsoft Teams and the induction process, please visit our Induction Information for Community Students page.