Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream

The Sloth

A course by Liz Shim , Cake Artist

Cake Artist. Houston, United States.
Joined February 2021
99% positive reviews (88)
4,441 students
Audio: English, Spanish
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About the video: The Sloth

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn how to pipe an adorable sloth cupcake. ”

In this video lesson Liz Shim addresses the topic: The Sloth, 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 Sloth We finished our first animal, so let's move to the next one. In this lesson, I'll teach you how to pipe a sloth. Let's look at our sketch to make sure what we're doing. Here, you'll see the sloth's face. What we'll learn with these tips is how to outline the cupcake, as well as outline details. Then, we'll fill it in and smooth it out so that we could have a smooth surface. Then, we'll add these little lines to give the sloth texture and dimension. The two piping tips we'll use for the sloth are tip number 1, which is a small circle, and tip number 4, which is slightly big. You'...”

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Course summary for: Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (88)
  • 4441 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)
  • 4,441 students