Certificate Courses
Choose from our range of certificate courses which include technical skills in cake baking, cake covering using buttercream, ganache, sugarpaste / fondant, character modelling, tempering and making chocolates, buttercream and royal icing piping skills, sugar flowers using gum paste / sugar flower paste and wedding cake design. We are also approved tutors for The Wilton Method Courses and PME Professional Diploma & Masters Qualifications...
OCTOBER, 2018
The Wilton Method® - Course 1 - Building Buttercream Skills
26/10/2018 (Friday) : 09:00 to 17:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
Learn how to decorate cakes and sweet treats with basic buttercream techniques and six simple to pipe flowers that transform ordinary cakes and cupcakes into extraordinary results.
PRICE: £155.00
The Wilton Method® - Course 2 - Royal Icing (Flowers and Cake Design)
27/10/2018 (Saturday) : 09:00 to 17:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
Learn how to create professional-looking flowers and designs using royal icing. You will develop core skills to make many varieties of flowers such as Rosebuds, Pansy flowers, Lilies and The Wilton Rose.
PRICE: £155.00
The Wilton Method® - Course 3 - Fondant and Gum Paste
28/10/2018 (Sunday) : 09:00 to 17:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Susan Wilcox |
Learn how to work successfully with fondant and gum paste. From covering your cakes, cutting shapes and painting on fondant to making unwired flowers like Calla Lilies, Roses and Carnations, you will learn all the essentials.
PRICE: £155.00
Beginners to Sugarcraft - 5 Week Course
30/10/2018 (Tuesday) to 27/11/2018 : 19:30 to 21:30
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
This short certificate course is perfect if you are a complete beginner or are self taught, fairly new to the craft and just want to learn the basics.
PRICE: £180.00
NOVEMBER, 2018
PME Diploma Course - Royal Icing, Piping - 4 Day Intensive - 25 hours
02/11/2018 (Friday) to 05/11/2018 : 10:15 to 16:30
| Skill Level: | Some Experience with Royal Icing |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
The PME Royal Icing & Piping Skills Diploma is an Internationally recognised Certificate course packed full of everything you need to know about using Royal Icing to coat and decorate cakes from beginner to intermediate level.
PRICE: £380.00
PME Diploma Course - Sugar Flowers - 4 Day Intensive - 25 hours
16/11/2018 (Friday) to 19/11/2018 : 10:15 to 16:30
| Skill Level: | Some Experience with Flower Paste |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
The PME Sugar Flower Skills Diploma is an Internationally recognised Certificate course packed full of everything you need to know about making Sugar Flowers from beginner to intermediate level.
PRICE: £380.00
JANUARY, 2019
Introduction to Sponge Cake Covering & Character Modelling Skills
12/01/2019 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 16:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
On this workshop you will learn and practice the art of splitting, filling, crumb coating using buttercream & covering sponge cakes with sugarpaste, to a perfect, professional standard. You will also learn the essential beginner skills required when modelling characters.
PRICE: £95.00
Beginners to Sugarcraft - 5 Week Course
15/01/2019 (Tuesday) to 05/02/2019 : 19:30 to 21:30| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
This short certificate course is perfect if you are a complete beginner or are self taught, fairly new to the craft and just want to learn the basics.
PRICE: £180.00
NEW - Unwired Peony, Dahlia & David Austin Rose in sugar
26/01/2019 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 16:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
On this one day course, you will learn how to make some beautiful signature sugar flowers, a frilly peony, the popular David Austin rose, and a delicate dahlia.
An all inclusive one day workshop providing you with the perfect design for a wedding cake. Suitable for both beginners and those with experience of making sugar flowers.
PRICE: £125.00
FEBRUARY, 2019
NEW - Beginners to Cake Decorating - Certificate - 4 Day
08/02/2019 (Friday) to 11/02/2019 : 10:00 to 17:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
A NEW certificate course that will focus on the main essential elements of cake decorating. It will include an introduction to sponge cake covering, stacking, making wired sugar flowers, making and working with pastillage and more..
If you are self taught or fairly new to cake decorating this 4 day intensive course is an ideal way to get to grips with cake covering skills and working with sugarpaste.
PRICE: £430.00
Beginners to Sugarcraft - 5 Week Course
26/02/2019 (Tuesday) to 26/03/2019 : 19:30 to 21:30| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
This short certificate course is perfect if you are a complete beginner or are self taught, fairly new to the craft and just want to learn the basics.
PRICE: £180.00