Design and decorate a cake with flowers that taste as sweet as they look using basic piping techniques
As the popular saying goes “happiness is a piece of cake”. For baking instructor and cake designer Kate Kim, it’s also the purpose that drives her delicious creations. She makes visually appealing treats that taste as delightful as they look, using Italian buttercream and nature-inspired imagination.
In this course, Kate Kim shows you how to create perfectly textured Italian buttercream to decorate a cake ideal for any occasion. Explore how to make beautiful roses, berries, and apple blossoms that delight your taste buds with a well-balanced taste. Are you ready to take your cake decorating skills to the next level?
What will you learn in this online course?
19 lessons & 13 downloads
Tools and Materials
5 minutes, 15 seconds
Briefing with the Client: Getting Inspired and Colours
6 minutes, 11 seconds
Making Buttercream
7 minutes, 37 seconds
How to Use and Handle the Tools
6 minutes, 50 seconds
Piping Dots and Berry Piping
5 minutes, 32 seconds
Apple Blossom and Leaf Piping
10 minutes, 18 seconds
What's included in this course?
Meet Kate Kim and learn about her career as a baking instructor. Discover where she finds inspiration for her flower cakes before seeing what you’ll learn in the course.
Get familiar with your piping tools and see how to create a color scheme for your cake, based on a cake order brief. Look at the size, color theme, and other requested elements to decide on the design of your cake.
Create your buttercream following Kate’s expert tips, before learning how to mix food colorings together for the perfect pigment. Then, see how to use the piping tools, how to hold a piping bag, and how to work with the flower nail.
Begin your piping adventure by learning how to create perfectly round dots. Then see how to create roses and rosebuds and apply each petal step by step. Learn how to pipe apple blossoms and leaves to give a more realistic look to your cake, before seeing how to create a crescent-style arrangement.
Next, create icing for the base of your cake and understand how to work with mistakes along the way. Learn how to arrange your flowers in different styles such as bouquet and wreath designs. Kate shows you how to apply your newfound skills to cupcake designs before sharing some final tips on how to package your delicious creations.
What is this course's project?
Learn how to make perfectly textured buttercream flowers to arrange on a five-inch cake.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is aimed at budding bakers who are curious about learning how to decorate cakes, as well as professional bakers who want to expand their skill set.
Requirements and materials
You will need patience and perseverance, as lots of practice is required to create buttercream flowers. No previous experience is required, however experienced bakers will find the course easier.
You will also need basic baking tools such as a stand-mixer, a thermometer, a scale, small bowls, a spatula, a fridge, and basic piping tools. Kate goes through a range of piping tools you will need in the first unit.
Reviews
- 1 month ago
Kate is a very good teacher. I love how she is sharing her techniques and tips. Enjoy this course. Thank you.
- 4 months ago
One of the best courses I have taken. Perfect for beginners and anyone who wants to go to the next level. I totally love it and cant wait to practice.
- 7 months ago
I love this course! I've been creating cakes with these flowers for special occasions and I've received such wonderful feedback. Thank you for introducing me to these skills and techniques!
- 9tb9wggpmrPLUS10 months ago
Excellent and beautiful course, the instructor is amazing!!!!! 100% points, I never think how easy could be to make flowers for a cake. This course exceeded my humble expectations. Thank you, now I am going to buy my tools!!!!! I love it this course!!!!!
- 1 year ago
J'ai adoré, à la fois simple, mais très inspirant notamment concernant l'utilisation de la couleur des fleurs. Les gateaux du professeur sont sublimes.
In 2017, Kate was awarded the Cake International Bronze, one of the most prestigious cake decorating competitions in the world. Today, Kate is busy creating orders for local cake shops and finding new ways to connect with students online to share her love for baking with others.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Preparation
- Tools and Materials
- Briefing with the Client: Getting Inspired and Colours
- U3
Making and Coloring Buttercream
- Making Buttercream
- Mixing Food Colouring to Create Perfect Pigment
- How to Use and Handle the Tools
- U4
Piping Flowers
- Piping Dots and Berry Piping
- Rose Piping and Rose Buds Piping
- Apple Blossom and Leaf Piping
- U5
Advanced Flower Piping
- Ranunculus
- Anemone
- Daisy Flower
- U6
Flower Arrangement Styles and Final Touches
- Icing the Cake with Buttercream
- Creating a Cohesive Arrangement of Flowers 1
- Creating a Cohesive Arrangement of Flowers 2
- Creating a Cohesive Arrangement of Flowers 3
- Other Applications
- Final Tips
- FP
Final project
- Decorative Buttercream Flowers for Cake Design
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FAQs
This course is best for intermediate cake decorators who have basic piping experience and want to master realistic buttercream flower techniques and advanced cake artistry.
You'll need a stand mixer, thermometer, piping bags, various piping tips, couplers, flower nails, mixing bowls, spatulas, and food coloring gels. A refrigerator and microwave are also recommended.
You’ll learn how to make Italian buttercream, mix vibrant colors, select and use piping tools, pipe realistic flowers and berries, arrange floral designs on cakes, and troubleshoot common buttercream issues.
Basic cake decorating and piping skills are recommended, as the course covers advanced techniques for creating and arranging buttercream flowers.
The course focuses on Italian buttercream, valued for its stability, smoothness, and suitability for detailed piping work.
You'll learn to use gel or paste food colorings, mix in small increments, and apply techniques for creating custom colors like salmon pink, magenta, deep red, and lively green.
You’ll practice piping roses, cherry blossoms, apple blossoms, ranunculus, anemones, daisies, and berries, plus learn arrangement styles like crescent and wrist for cakes and cupcakes.