Cookie Decoration with Royal Icing for Beginners
A course by VanilleCouture (Lili Cuéllar y Willie Soto)Cookie and Cake Designers
A course by VanilleCouture (Lili Cuéllar y Willie Soto), Cookie and Cake Designers
Learn icing techniques to transform your butter cookies into delicious characters
Learn everything you need to start making decorated cookies from scratch, with Lili Cuéllar and Willie Soto, the founders of VanilleCouture. You may recognize their faces from the Netflix show ¡Nailed It! México, as well as brand collaborations such as KitchenAid, Amazon, Satin Ice, Tiffany & Co, Larousse Cocina, and more.
In this online course, they share all the secrets of royal icing, its different consistencies, and a range of techniques to bring original and adorable characters to life. Bon appétit!
What will you learn in this online course?
19 lessons & 21 downloads
Decorating Tools
7 minutes, 36 seconds
Vanilla Cookie Recipe
17 minutes, 7 seconds
Turning an Illustration into a Cookie
2 minutes, 38 seconds
Frosting Recipe and Consistencies 1
11 minutes, 52 seconds
Practice Sheet 1
15 minutes, 18 seconds
Lollipop-Shaped Cookies
17 minutes, 14 seconds
What's included in this course?
Lili and Willie introduce themselves, show you how they got started in baking, why they decided to open VanilleCouture, and share some of their main influences.
Learn how to make their delicious butter cookies for decorating step by step, including how to cut and how to get the perfect bake. Also discover their royal icing recipe, the process for coloring and preserving it, and how to achieve the ideal consistency for decorating.
Now get inspired to create a set of three cookies! Explore some techniques for improving your precision as well as the use of several different decorating tools. Look at how to transfer images onto your cookies, how to fill and decorate them, and how to make homemade sprinkles, among other delicious techniques.
What's the secret to eye-catching cookies? Willie and Lili show you how to achieve depth effects and fun personalized characters. Finally, they reveal the best way to preserve them and how to present them to sell or give as gifts to your loved ones.
What is this course's project?
Make three cookies decorated with royal icing: a personalized character, a popsicle-shaped cookie, and a cute slice of cake.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone interested in making decorated cookies as a hobby or to start their own business.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is necessary as the teachers guide you step by step through the process of making your cookies.
You do need baking essentials such as a mixer, scales, and an oven, as well as the ingredients to create the dough and icing.
Reviews
- 2 months ago
Me encanto, muy bien explicado y fácil de entender.
- 2 months ago
yeiii super chidouu
- 3 months ago
Gostei muito do curso, os profissionais explicam muito bem.
- 4 months ago
Hola, tengo una pregunta, hace tres años creo,compré el curso principiantes,quisiera saber si caduca o es vitalicio? Porque he querido volver a mirar las lecciones y praticar y no me lo permite. 🤔,les agradecería la atención y respuesta. Dios los bendiga. 🙏😊
- 4 months ago
Me gustó muchísimo el curso, explican muy claro. Lo único es que en la clase 1 de uso de plantillas no estaba en español y en la opción de cambiar el idioma, el resto de las lecciones las pude ver en el idioma original. Por lo demás muy contenta y con ganas de hacer y decorar galletas. Me encanta que traiga guías de práctica, ya he hecho galletas y me cuesta todavía, esas guías son geniales
They have worked on Nailed It México (Netflix) during seasons 2 and 3, and have also collaborated with brands such as KitchenAid, Amazon, Satin Ice, Tiffany & Co., Larousse Cocina, among others. On the other hand, they have taught classes in countries such as the United States, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, and throughout Mexico, as well as being judges in various professional cake design contests.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Us
- Influences
- U2
Preparing and Baking the Cookies
- Searching for Inspiration
- Personal Cookie Stencils
- Decorating Tools
- Vanilla Cookie Recipe
- Turning an Illustration into a Cookie
- Frosting Recipe and Consistencies 1
- Frosting Recipe and Consistencies 2
- U3
Decorating Cookies Like a Pro
- Practice Sheet 1
- Practice Sheet 2
- Lollipop-Shaped Cookies
- Cake Slice-Shaped Cookies
- Cookies of Your Character 1
- Cookies of Your Character 2
- Common Errors
- U4
Conservation, Presentation and Photography for Social Media
- Cookie Storage
- Packaging Cookie Sets
- How to Showcase Your Work on Social Media
- FP
Final project
- Cookie Decoration with Royal Icing for Beginners
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FAQs
You’ll learn baking techniques, character creation, working with royal icing, painting, color theory, visual inspiration, and how to professionally present and sell decorated cookies.
This is an intermediate-level course, perfect for those who already know the basics of baking and want to master advanced cookie decorating and customization skills.
You’ll need ingredients for cookie dough and royal icing, food coloring, cutters, stencils, spatulas, piping bags, tips, a digital scale, a rolling pin with rings, a baking mat, and internet access for digital resources.
Yes, the course includes strategies for presenting, packaging, and marketing your creations to help you start your own cookie and custom baking business.
You’ll learn outlining and flooding with royal icing, painting on icing, using stencils, creating kawaii characters, modeling details, and adding glitter and texture effects.
Yes, you’ll learn how to use Pinterest, Instagram, and other sources to create mood boards, find color palettes, and develop your own design style.
You’ll be able to design custom characters inspired by crochet and kawaii styles, mix hairstyles and outfits, and create illustrated scenes for your cookies.