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Wilton® Method Cake
Decorating Classes
Wilton® has just launched a
completely refreshed cake decorating program
that makes learning to decorate even easier and
more fun! Let our friendly instructors
help you experience the thrill of creating cakes
and treates that will delight your friends and
family--even if you have never decorated before!
Gifts and Gadgets is proud to offer Wilton®
Method cake decorating classes in our in-store
kitchen with Wilton® Certified Instructors
Lynda Steinke, Rachel McDonald, and Joanne
Campbell. Wilton® Decorating Basics,
Flowers and Cake Design, and Gum Paste and
Fondant classes include
four 2-hour lessons, while our cupcake and other project
classes offer an introduction or build up your
existing skills over 1 or 2 shorter lessons.
Comeback
classes are exclusive to independent stores. These
exciting 2 hour classes were created for
students who have completed a 4 week course but
want to learn more ways to make cakes and
desserts spectacular. Comeback
Classes feature exciting techniques for candy,
cute figure-piped animals in buttercream icing,
and amazing royal icing flowers.
With small
class sizes, a comfortable atmosphere, and
affordable course fees, Gifts and Gadgets' cake
decorating classes are a perfect way to spend
some time with friends and develop some new
skills. Please call for more information
or to register.
Gifts and Gadgets also carries all of the
Wilton® cake decorating supplies that you will
need for these courses and beyond. Please
stop by or visit our catalog
to learn more!
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Decorating Basics - 4 sessions, 2
hours each
Prerequisite: None
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The Wilton Method® Decorating
Basics Course is the perfect place to start!
Your instructor will show you the right way to
decorate, step by step, so that you experience
the excitement of successfully decorating your
first cake in a Wilton Method Course. You’ll
understand how to bake a great cake, see how to
make and color icing and learn the best way to
ice the cake. You will also practice the three
fundamentals of decorating, enabling you to
approach each technique the right way for great
results. In addition, you’ll decorate cookies
and cupcakes too!
Topics covered in Decorating Basics
include:
- How to Bake a Great Cake
- Buttercream Icing
- Using Decorating Bags and Couplers
- Icing the Cake
- Leveling and Torting the Cake
- Using the Star Tip
- Drop Flower, Rosette
- Dimensional Decorating
- Shell
- Pompom Flower, Leaves
- Filling and Icing a Cupcake
- Guidelines for Elementary Cake
Design
- Printing, Writing, Rose Base
- Piping Gel Pattern Transfer
- Ribbon Rose
- Guidelines for Decorating Your Cake
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Flowers and Cake Design - 4 sessions,
2 hours each
Prerequisite: Decorating
Basics OR Previous Course 1
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| Build on skills you learned in
the Decorating Basics Course. You’ll explore
sophisticated ways to bring your cakes and
desserts to life! Flowers and Cake Design
emcompasses both traditional and contemporary
design. You'll also
learn to create impressive borders, a
basketweave design for the sides of cakes, and
be introduced to gum paste and fondant. Next,
you will learn how to choose colours for your
cake as well as positioning the elements of
decoration--the message, flowers, and
embellishments, borders and side
treatments--which will all impact the final look
and, ultimately, the success of your cake
design.
Topics covered in Flowers and Cake
Design include:
- Basic Principles of Cake Design
- Gum Paste and Fondant 101
- Button Flower
- Pansy
- Making Royal Icing
- Making a Parchment Bag
- Flower Nail
- Rose Base, Rose Center
- Apple Blossom, Primrose
- Rosebud
- Daffodil
- Violet
- Using the Lily Nail, Lily
- Making Stems
- Guidelines for Flower Arrangments
- Floral Cake Design
- Reverse Shell
- Basketweave
- Wilton Rose
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Gum Paste and Fondant - 4
sessions, 2 hours each
Prerequisite: Decorating
Basics OR Previous Course 1
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collection of the best techniques from the two
current classes into a fun and challenging
experience. With rolled fondant and gum paste,
there's no limit to the incredible decorations
you can make for your cakes. These easy-to-shape
icings allow you to create amazing hand-shaped
flowers, beautiful borders, and bold accents. The
confidence you’ll gain as you decorate with
gum paste and fondant will enable you to create
cakes that will add excitement to your family
celebrations for years to come.
Topics covered in Gum Paste and Fondant
include:
- Gum Paste and Fondant 101
- Bow Loops
- Mum Base, Rose Base
- Carnation Base
- Assembling a Bow
- Tinting Gum Paste and Fondant
- Basic Principles of Floral Cake
Design
- Calia Lily
- Rosebud and Rose
- Carnation
- Calyxes and Leaves
- Assembling the Calia Lily
- Daisy
- Mum
- Covering a Cake Board with Fondant
- Elements of Fondant Cake Design
- Creating Geometric Designs Using
Cut-Outs, Overlays, and Inlays
- Eyelet, Ruffle, and Ball Borders
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Once you
have completed any one of these courses, you'll
have gained the confidence to decorate cakes
your family and friends will enjoy for years to
come. You'll also have had a great time
sharing the excitement of decorating with other
students. It's an experience that over 4
million people have enjoyed in Wilton Method
Courses. Come and join the fun! We
hope to see you soon!
Click
Here to Visit Our Photo Gallery of Previous
Students' Work
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Piping and Sculpting with Buttercream
(Prerequisite : Decorating Basics OR Previous Course 1)
This exciting new class will introduce you to
the techniques that will allow you to sculpt a
whole array of animals with buttercream.
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Royal Icing Flowers
(Prerequisite :
Decorating Basics and Flowers and Cake
Design OR Previous Courses 1 & 2)
This class offers an introduction to
techniques for making royal icing flowers.
The sample to the left provides an example
of the types of flowers you can learn to
make in this class!
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Elegant Fondant - 2 sessions, 2 hours each
(Prerequisite : Gum Paste and Fondant OR
Previous Course 3 OR Previous Fondant and Gumpaste
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Learn to make tiered cakes with dramatic
fondant decorations. This is a great
course to practice skills and build
confidence. Dazzle everyone with the
elegant look of a rolled fondant cake.
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Cupcake Classes
Learn the techniques necessary
for decorating beautiful cupcakes, suitable for
birthdays, parties, and holiday treats.
Buttercream icing will be used to cover the
cupcakes and you'll learn basic piping and
flower making skills. You bring the baked
cupcakes and take home decorated treats! This
class is suitable for pre-teens (accompanied by
a parent or adult guardian), teenagers, and
those with no prior decorating experience.
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Fondant Fun
Cookies
A great class to learn to dress up
simple cookies with Wilton fondant!
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Class
Schedule (**Subject to Change)
Course 1 - Decorating Basics – four 2 hour sessions
Monday, January 16
Monday, January 23
Monday, January 30
Monday, February 6 |
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Course 1 - Decorating Basics – four 2 hour sessions
Saturday, January 28
Saturday, February 4
Saturday, February 11
Saturday, February 18 |
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Course 1 - Decorating Basics – four 2 hour sessions
Saturday, January 28
Saturday, February 4
Saturday, February 11
Saturday, February 18 |
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm |
Course 1 - Decorating Basics – four 2 hour sessions
Tuesday, February 21
Monday, February 27
Monday, March 5
Monday, March 12 |
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
Course 1 - Decorating Basics – four 2 hour sessions
Saturday, February 25
Saturday, March 3
Saturday, March 10
Saturday, March 17 |
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Course 1 - Decorating Basics – four 2 hour sessions
Monday, February 27
Monday, March 5
Monday, March 12
Monday, Marcch 19 |
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Course 2 - Flowers and Cake Design - four 2 hour sessions
Monday, January 16
Monday, January 23
Monday, January 30
Monday, February 6 |
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
Course 3 - Gumpaste and Fondant – three 2.25 hour sessions
Saturday, January 28
Saturday, February 4
Saturday, February 11 |
2:45 pm – 5:00 pm
2:45 pm – 5:00 pm
2:45 pm – 5:00 pm |
Course 3 - Gumpaste and Fondant – three 2.25 hour sessions
Saturday, February 25
Saturday, March 3
Saturday, March 10 |
2:45 pm – 5:00 pm
2:45 pm – 5:00 pm
2:45 pm – 5:00 pm |
Course 3 - Gumpaste and Fondant – three 2.25 hour sessions
Monday, March 5
Monday, March 12
Monday, March 19 |
12:30 pm – 2:45 pm
12:30 pm – 2:45 pm
12:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
Course 3 - Gumpaste and Fondant – three 2.25 hour sessions
Monday, March 19
Monday, March 26
Monday , April 2 |
6:30 pm – 8:45 pm
6:30 pm – 8:45 pm
6:30 pm – 8:45 pm |
NEW! Course 4 - Advanced GumPaste Flowers – four 2 hour sessions
Monday, January 30
Monday, February 6
Monday, February 13
Monday, February 27 |
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm |
NEW! Course 4 - Advanced GumPaste Flowers – four 2 hour sessions
Saturday, February 25
Saturday, March 3
Saturday, March 10
Saturday, March 17 |
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm |
Cupcake Class – one 2 hour session
Saturday, February 18 |
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Cake Pops! - Project Class - one 3 hour session
COMING SOON
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Call if interested |
Tall Cakes - Comeback Class – one 3 hour session
COMING SOON |
Call if interested |
Topsy Turvey – one 4 hour session
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Call if interested |
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