Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream

The Design Process

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: The Design Process

Overview

“First, I will show you how I establish the concept for my designs. From gathering inspiration to organizing them into a mood board, you’ll see each step I take to plan out my projects. ”

In this video lesson Liz Shim addresses the topic: The Design Process, 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

“ The Design Process In the last lesson, I shared with you a few of my influences. Now, I'll share with you how to create and establish a design concept for your cupcakes. Once you finish this course, you will be able to design and decorate unique cupcakes. Let's see how it's done. Every project you make will be different. Regardless of whether you're creating floral cupcakes, character cupcakes, holiday cupcakes, or something else, begin your design process with these two steps. Identify the theme and create a mood board. For the purpose of having a clear example, I'll walk you through a s...”

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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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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