Meeting Times

• Tuesday 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Description

Celebrate the arrival of spring with a beautifully decorated cake adorned with elegant gum paste roses that you’ll create to enhance your confection. In this two-session class, you’ll learn to craft and arrange realistic roses and rosebuds for a charming, professional finish. In the first session, you’ll focus on creating gum paste roses and rosebuds, which will be set aside to dry. For the second session, bring your frosted and decorated two-layer (8” or 9”) cake along with your dried flowers. You’ll then learn techniques to artfully arrange and secure the flowers on your cake, adding the perfect finishing touches to create a beautiful, spring-inspired centerpiece.

Supply List to Bring to Class

• Cake:  Frost and pipe borders on an 8" or 9" cake at home with buttercream icing, in the color of your choice. Bring cake to class on a cake board or plate.
• A package of gel food colors (not liquid)
• 1 24oz box or canister of ready-made fondant (white)
• 1 10oz package of ready-made gum paste (white)
• 1 cup confectionary sugar
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• A small bottle of water
• A small amount of extra buttercream icing (to stick flowers onto the cake)
• Any sprinkles or sparkling sugar you like
• An apron
• 3 small Styrofoam cups
• A package of long toothpicks
• A package of sandwich bags
• Several cleanup cloths
• A roll of paper towels
• A small package of paper napkins
• A plastic bag for trash
• A box large enough to transport your cake home

Additional Notes

Students will purchase their own supplies. Wilton Course One kits and Student Guide books can be found online. Other supplies can be purchased in local hobby stores or online.  Enrollment in this class is limited to twelve (12) students.  

Classes held at Rockville High School, Cooking Classrooms 123/125. Best entrance to use is the side entrance/Vo-Ag entrance.