Introduction to Decorating Cakes with Buttercream
A course by Tu Crazy CakesCake designers
A course by Tu Crazy Cakes, Cake designers
Learn to decorate your cakes with Swiss meringue buttercream for improved results and smoother textures.
The covering, piping, and spatula techniques of Sandra Encina and Efraín Esquivel help them to express all their ideas as effectively as possible to achieve unique and different cakes.
A cake is more than just flour, sugar, and eggs. It's a creative element of life that brings joy to people. In this online course, the founders of TuCrazy Cakes will help you express yourself freely and connect with your creative mind to make cakes from scratch, with delicious flavors, vibrant colors, and harmonious designs.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 30 downloads
Swiss meringue buttercream recipes
12 minutes, 46 seconds
Preparation of dotting tools and practice template
17 minutes, 28 seconds
Fill and assemble the cake
5 minutes, 5 seconds
Color combinations for making multicolored shells
11 minutes, 32 seconds
Decoration with piping bags and finishing touches
12 minutes, 28 seconds
Cake preservation and final product presentation
1 minute, 44 seconds
What's included in this course?
In the first lessons, Sandra and Efraín will tell you how they started TuCrazy Cakes and what their biggest influences are.
You'll discover the differences between frosting and Swiss meringue buttercream and why the latter is ideal for filling and covering any cake. You'll also see the creative process for assembling the final design and learn which tools and materials are best for completing the project.
Later on, you will learn how to prepare the recipes for the butter sponge and the Swiss meringue buttercream to start making delicious creations with piping decorations.
You'll learn how to cut, fill, and assemble the cake. And finally, you'll study TuCrazy Cakes' method for perfectly applying your frosting.
What is this course's project?
You will make a one-tier butter sponge cake with Swiss meringue buttercream frosting and decoration.
Who is this online course for?
To anyone who has an interest or curiosity about starting a business in the pastry world.
Requirements and materials
You'll need access to an oven and a refrigerator. A mixer, measuring spoons and cups, a scale, spatulas, bowls, aluminum molds, piping bags, and food coloring. And of course, the ingredients for the cake and buttercream.
Reviews
- 5 months ago
A wonderful course and excellent explanation
- 7 months ago
Me encantan los cursos, son muy interesantes y los profesores muy profesionales, he aprendido mucho
Sandra, a graphic designer by training, discovered her love for baking as a child, influenced by her mother's homemade cakes and her fascination with color and design. Efraín, trained in gastronomy, found his true calling in creative baking after meeting Sandra, leaving savory cooking to specialize in decorated cakes. Together they founded Tu Crazy Cakes, a brand recognized for its bold, curious, and unconventional style. Today, they are international references in buttercream and fondant, teach classes in various countries, and have collaborated with brands such as Enco Alimentos, Alpezzi Chocolate, Zulka, Nissan, and Televisa, among many others.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- U2
Let's prepare the beginning of a work of art
- Why Swiss meringue buttercream?
- Inspiration
- Tools
- U3
Time to create the cake
- Swiss meringue buttercream recipes
- Add color to the buttercream
- Preparation of dotting tools and practice template
- U4
Cake decoration
- Fill and assemble the cake
- Light consistency coating
- Spatula technique for colors
- Color combinations for making multicolored shells
- Decoration with piping bags and finishing touches
- U5
Conservation, presentation, and photography for social media
- Cake preservation and final product presentation
- Photo of the cake for social media
- FP
Final project
- Introduction to Decorating Cakes with Buttercream
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FAQs
You’ll learn cake decorating techniques using Swiss meringue buttercream, fondant modeling, current trends, flower and 3D figure creation, color management, and professional presentation for social media.
This course is geared toward intermediate learners—perfect if you already have basic baking skills and want to refine your decorating techniques and creative trends.
You’ll need a mixer, aluminum pans, spatulas, piping bags and tips, a sifter, edible colorings, basic baking ingredients, and decorating supplies like fondant and sprinkles.
Swiss meringue buttercream is smoother and more stable, great for detailed decorations; American buttercream is sweeter and thicker. The course teaches you how to work with both and when to use each.
Yes, the course covers designing custom cakes, creating moodboards, professional pricing, and strategies to promote your desserts on social media.
You’ll learn how to choose and blend gel, oil-based, and water-based colorings to get vibrant shades without changing the buttercream’s texture.
Yes, the course teaches how to sculpt flowers, 3D figures, symmetrical patterns, and cute (kawaii) decorations using buttercream and creative fondant.