Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream

About Me

A course by Liz Shim , Cake Artist

Cake Artist. Houston, United States.
Joined February 2021
99% positive reviews (88)
4,411 students
Audio: English, Spanish
English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

About the video: About Me

Overview

“In this first lesson, I will tell you about my journey as a baker. How it began, the turns it took, and where it is now. Then I will share with you what I gravitate towards for creative inspiration. I will also give you an overview of the project we will make together in this course. ”

In this video lesson Liz Shim addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream. Discover the endless possibilities of decorating with buttercream and learn how to design, color, and pipe playful animals that look good enough to eat.

Partial transcription of the video

“ About Me Hi, I'm Liz Shim. Welcome to my Domestika course. I'm a professional cake artist based in Houston, Texas. I'll share with you a bit about my baking journey. It all started when I was a sophomore in college. I was stuck on campus one summer with little to do, so I decided to take a recreational local cake class. My mind was completely blown there. It was the first time I ever baked anything from scratch. I thought it was amazing how individual piles of flour, sugar, and butter when combined turned into an edible work of art. After I was exposed to that class, I decided to pursue t...”

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Course summary for: Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (88)
  • 4411 students
  • 5 units
  • 19 lessons (2h 55m)
  • 11 downloads
  • Category

    Craft, Culinary, Design
  • Areas

    Baking, Edible Art

Liz Shim

Liz Shim
A course by Liz Shim

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Cake Artist

Liz Shim is a professional cake artist based in Houston, Texas. Her baking journey started in college when she enrolled in a recreational baking class over the summer. By the end of the course, she knew she wanted to pursue baking as a career and went on to attend culinary school in San Francisco. She later landed internships with some of the best cake artists in New York City. After years of working for other bakers, she started her own business Eat Cake Be Merry, making cakes for magazines and weddings.

Since then, Liz has been featured in magazines like, The Knot, and Real Weddings, as well as on TV, and won numerous awards including Bride Magazine’sBest Wedding Cakes in America. Liz was also named one of Martha Stewart Weddings’ Top Pastry Pros in America. She teaches online and in-person classes, hosts a YouTube baking series for Allrecipes, and shares her work with over 370K followers on Instagram.


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Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream. Craft, Design, and Culinary course by Liz Shim

Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream

A course by Liz Shim
Cake Artist. Houston, United States.
Joined February 2021
  • 99% positive reviews (88)
  • 4,411 students