Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
A course by Cynthia Irani
, Cake Artist
Use cakes as a canvas to capture the beauty of the natural world by creating delicious botanical compositions with sugar
- 98% positive reviews (82)
- 2643 students
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
Use cakes as a canvas to capture the beauty of the natural world by creating delicious botanical compositions with sugar
- 98% positive reviews (82)
- 2643 students
- 14 lessons (2h 21m)
- 13 additional resources (2 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
For cake designer Cynthia Irani, cakes should be masterpieces. She treats each one like a canvas, exploring organic shapes and colors to create unique works of art. Her creations, which she shares with over 100K followers on Instagram, have also been featured in publications such as Cake Masters Magazine and 100 Layer Cakes.
In this course, Cynthia teaches you how to capture the essence of nature and translate it into edible art. Learn to use the natural world as your inspiration to create delicious compositions made of sugar. Let your creativity blossom with botanical-inspired cake design.
What will you learn in this online course?
Course table of contents
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U1U1. Introduction
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U2U2. First Steps
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U3U3. Creating Flowers, Leaves and Textured Cake
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U4U4. Final Composition
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FPFP Final project
Begin the course by getting to know designer and artist Cynthia Irani. She talks through the journey that led from her working in the tech industry for over a decade, to creating cake art. Discover the fellow artists that inspire her and influence her work.
Dive into the materials needed for this course, from edible gel to gum paste. Then learn how to prepare your cake for fondant with ganache, taking into consideration things like the ganache ratio and the temperature of your workspace. Cynthia talks you through how to use gum paste, floral wire, and tape before moving on to finding inspiration for your design concept. Plan and create your color palette by mixing toning gels, sugarpaste, and fondant.
Time to bring your design to life! Learn how to cut, wire, and shape flower petals using modeling tools. Then explore leaves and branches before moving on to creating a marble texture and wrapping it onto your cake tiers in preparation for the final composition.
Place your sugar flowers onto your cake, using your initial sketches as a guide. Then, to finish the course, Cynthia guides you through taking professional-looking photos of your cake art on your smartphone and preparing them to share on social media.
What is this course's project?
Create a botanical-inspired cake with a marble texture, statement flower, and supporting foliage.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone with an interest in cake art, or creatives looking for a new way to express themselves.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is necessary for this course.
In terms of materials, you will need fondant, edible gels, a rolling pin, a silicone mat, and other materials specified by the teacher in this course.
Reviews
A course by Cynthia Irani
Cynthia Irani is a contemporary cake designer and artist based in Montreal, Canada. Growing up in a creative household meant she was exposed to a variety of crafts from a young age. She painted murals at school and went on to study graphic design at university, minoring in fine art. Cynthia then worked in the tech industry and product design for 15 years for clients including Yellow Pages Canada, OneOcean Group, and Shopify.
After baking a cake in celebration of the birth of her first child, and sharing it on Instagram, her career in cake decoration began. Since then, Cynthia has become known for her free-flowing petals and the muted, neutral designs which she creates and shares with over 100K followers on Instagram. Her work has also been featured in publications including Cake Masters Magazine and 100 Layer Cakes.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
First Steps
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Tools and Materials
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How to Prepare Your Cake for Fondant With Ganache
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Introduction to Gumpaste, Floral Wires and Tape
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Inspiration and Sketches
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Planning and Mixing the Colour Palette
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U3
Creating Flowers, Leaves and Textured Cake
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How to Make Your Flowers 1
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How to Make Your Flowers 2
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Leaves and Branches
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Marbled Texture and Cake Wrapping 1
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Marbled Texture and Cake Wrapping 2
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U4
Final Composition
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Placing the Sugar Elements
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Tips on How to Take Photos of Your Cake
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FP
Final project
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Botanical Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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julymolcar
Es un curso muy bien explicado, cada paso está muy detallado y el contenido es de mucho valor por toda la información que ofrece.
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victorina.romero
El curso deja mucho que desear, no muestra cómo hacer la goma para realizar la flores. No muestra tampoco como hacer el fondant; pone unas páginas de referencia que están en inglés.
no me gustó. Que no diga que el curso se imparte en español, porque no ofrece las referencias con traducción.
¡¡es una decepción!!
Me gustaría la devolución de mi inversión.
¡¡¡Definitivamente no lo recomiendo!!!
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diana_berkouk
Bonjour le cours est très bien sauf que c'est dommage qu'elle ne parle pas en français car pour ceux qui ne comprennent pas l'anglais c'est difficile comme mon car . Aussi c'est dommage qu'on peut pas avoir en PDF la liste du matériel qu'on a besoin qu'on peut imprime. Sinon c'est simple et très bien expliqué en regardant.
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luba.kostina
PlusIt’s amazing course! I can’t wait to make a flower cake by myself.
an.narloch
Niesamowity kurs, gdzie Cynthia ukazuje krok po kroku sposób tworzenia słodkich kwiatów. Polecam :)
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