Free Cake Decorating Courses

Ganache is a crucial part of cake decorating but we find that some people are quite afraid to use it. In this course from our completely free series of cake decorating lessons (did we mention it’s free?) Paul goes into fantastic detail on using ganache for cake decorating.

Just by mastering the common decorations in this course you will vastly expand on the amount of cakes you can create. Paul uses these decorations again and again on many different styles of cake. Take this free course and learn 11 different decorations!

Learn how to decorate cakes professionally - Pricing your cakes for a profit
In this free taster tutorial, David discusses with you all about pricing your cakes to make a profit.

Running your own cake decorating business can be one of the most satisfying things you can do. However, it's important that you know your margins in order to turn your passion into a profit.
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When it comes to making sugar models and all things sugarcraft, there are a few techniques you will use again and again. Such as rolling out sausages, balls and cones.

Put it all together and what have you got? Well, anything you can imagine really! In this course, we have selected all the videos needed from our free section to put together this 3 tiered retro wedding cake! All using videos from the free cake decorating lessons section! WOW. Remember, you can go your own way with these videos and really make a cake your own.

Creating amazing sugar flowers is one of those things you might have thought would be too difficult…until now! Take our free course in basic sugar flowers and get the knowledge and confidence needed to start adding beautiful flowers to your cakes.

The perfect course for those wanting to make Easter a little more exciting and special, and of course yummy! This is a great course for beginners or to decorate along with the kids.

The Spider Cupcake is ideal for a quick Halloween treat. With it's gooey red jam filling, it's both delicious and just a little bit gory! With this tutorial, you’ll quickly learn how to create spooky additions to your Halloween party decorations.

This easy to make handbag cake is very striking and has been designed to be made quickly after a bit of practice. It's a great design to learn and with the colours easily interchangeable it can be adapted for any taste.

It's a great cake to start with as you will engage in a number of techniques used by cake decorators time after time like covering the cake, covering the board, stacking cakes, making easy decorations and applying the all important finishing touches.

A great cake in itself, but we use the Round Bow cake as our introduction to cake decorating. Here you´ll learn how to neatly cover a cake using ganache, adding sugarpaste decorations and introducing some of Paul´s effective finishing touches.

The Sugar Dog model tutorial is perfect for learning to make a variety of different dog breeds. The skills learnt can easily be adapted to allow for different thickness of coats, change in colour, size and features to create the perfect pup to add to a cake or cupcake.

Join Paul for our latest cake tutorial Giant Bookbug. This is a FREE tutorial. To sign up for a FREE Account click HERE.
Standing at 5 foot tall this cake is certainly not for the faint-hearted. Paul was commissioned to make this cake by the Scottish Book Trust for the opening of a new shop.

In this week's tutorial, Paul shows you how to make this monster of a cake but keeping it as simple as possible. This tutorial is an excellent one to learn for anyone looking take on a challenging design that could be used at charity events, large birthday parties and functions.

This is a larger than life cake that will certainly impress anyone who stands next to it.

In this lesson you will learn:

How to design a cake board
Cake stacking
Cake carving
Making book cakes
Airbrushing
Creating a structured cake
and much much more!

Don't forget to share your interpretations of this wonderful cake with Paul and the rest of the Sugarcraft community on our Facebook group.

Who knows? You may even end up featured in one of our monthly members' cake blogs.

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