FREE Cake Decorating Course for Beginners

As a beginner cake decorator, looking at all of the gorgeous cakes made by others on social media can be inspiring and intimidating. Decorating a cake like a pro is a skill that takes a lot of practice. In this free cake decorating course, you’ll learn the foundational techniques to get you started on your decorating journey.

 

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Cake Decorating Course for Beginners

 

I started Bakes & Blunders back in 2018 with the goal of sharing what I learned about baking with other enthusiastic home bakers. With all of these years of practice, I’ve learned a lot, so I’m putting everything I know about basic cake decorating into one cohesive FREE course.

This is your Cake Decorating Course Homepage. Here, you’ll find the 5 main units in the course. Click the header to go to that post. You can read the description first to know what to expect in each unit.

 

 

Looking For More?

 

After those 5 units, you’ll find some related posts. These are topics that I feel are helpful and applicable to many home bakers, but may not be necessary for everyone. If you have any questions not covered in the main units, look there first. Finished the course and still have questions? Comment at the bottom of this page or shoot me an email (colleen@bakesandblunders.com).

This free cake decorating course is designed to come after my free buttercream course and my free cake baking course. If you feel like you are already a pro at these two subjects, you may be okay skipping it, but I suggest glancing over them first to make sure you don’t have any questions.

 

1. 7 Tips for Tidy Cakes

 

What’s the point of decorating a beautiful buttercream cake if your final presentation looks sloppy? Creating a neat and tidy cake starts early in the decorating process. These tips and tricks are good to keep in mind as you work on your cake.

Some of the tips in this lesson also center on food photography. Being able to capture a beautiful picture of that cake you worked so hard on is a great skill for any home baker.

 

 

2. How to Fill & Stack a Cake

 

With cake decorating, it’s important to start with a well constructed cake. Working on a lopsided or unstable cake is tricky and could lead to disaster.

In this lesson, you’ll learn the basics of filling and stacking a one tier cake. Read the blog post and watch the video tutorial to master basic cake construction.

 

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3. Frost a Cake with Acrylic Cake Discs

 

A frosted cake is a blank canvas for your creativity. It’s important that your frosted cake has straight sides and sharp edges to give your design the cleanest look.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use acrylic cake discs to frost cake quickly and achieve those sharp lines on a cake. Read the blog post and watch the video tutorial to learn all the tips and tricks.

 

Bonus – Frosting 4 Inch Cakes

 

If you’re working on a mini cake, I have a specific tutorial for that, including a video. The principles are basically the same, though a tiny cake does present unique challenges.

 

4. How to Design a Cake

 

You have a perfectly frosted buttercream cake, now what? You’re ready to decorate, so let’s discuss how to come up with a unique design for your beautiful cake.

In this lesson, we’ll talk about using different sources of inspiration to create the perfect design on your buttercream cake. Once you have the idea, we’ll go over how to translate that image into a decorated cake.

 

 

5. Basic Cake Decorating Techniques

 

For beginner cake decorators, actually putting the design onto a cake can be overwhelming. To focus your goals, here are some basic cake decorating techniques to master. Combine or tweak them to create your own perfect design.

In this lesson, we’ll talk about piping borders, creating a chocolate drip, using sprinkles, and more! This post includes a video tutorial that demonstrates each technique.

 

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Cake Decorating Course Playlist

 

Many of the lessons in this cake decorating course include video tutorials demonstrating the important skills we’re covering. Watching another cake decorator demonstrate these skills can be incredibly helpful and is essential for taking your caking skills to the next level.

You can find all of the videos for this cake decorating course in one playlist on the Bakes & Blunders YouTube channel. Check it out whenever you need to refresh one of these skills. 

 

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Happy Caking

 

Congratulations! You have finished the Cake Decorating Course for Beginners and are one step closer to decorating like a pro. It’s my goal that these lessons have answered many, if not all, of your questions regarding buttercream cake decorating.

If you’d like to connect, or if you have more questions, please send me a message on Instagram or Facebook, or you can email me at colleen@bakesandblunders.com. Happy baking!