Course 3
Gum Paste & Fondant
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Note: Class end times are rough estimates and will vary depending on actual progress
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Four-2 hour sessions $50
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Develop new skills working with fondant and gum paste, and apply them to create shapes, borders and flowers. You’ll also learn how to cover a cake with fondant. Plus, you’ll design and create a complete project using all the techniques you were taught.
Your instructor will help you each step of the way as you learn to:
- Prepare and color gum paste and fondant
- Cover a cake with fondant
- Create different types of bows, flowers (including calla lilies, daisies, roses and carnations), plaques, & borders
- Use helpful tools, impression mats, tappits, & plungers
- Use of luster and petal dusts for dusting and steaming your gum paste flowers and pieces.
- Design and complete a cake with the shapes and flowers from the course
What to Bring to Lesson 1:
- Course 3 Student Kit (see options below)
- Piping Gel
- Wash Cloth and Paper Towels
- Ruler
- Press-n-Seal
- 2 Plastic Cups
- 2 Tbsp Shortening
- 1 Tbsp each Powdered Sugar & Corn Starch combined
- Round Toothpicks
- Box to transport completed gum paste pieces
- Plastic bag for used decorating tools
Course 3 kit-$50 includes:
- 10” box
- 10” double foil covered board
- 8” board
- Heart cutter
- 9” Rolling Pin
- Round Cut Outs
- Sculpey Ball Tools
- Foam Set
- 2 Dowels
- 2 Calla Lily cones (snow cone cups)
- PME Veining Tool
- NY Cake Daisy plunger cutter
- NY Cake Rose Cutter Set
- PME Calyx Cutter
- PME Leaf Cutter
Total Value $63.28 if purchased separately
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Recommended Items—Offer only good 1st night of class
Purchase as a Bonus Kit—Retail $93.82 Your Cost $75 includes EBM burgundy bag – Bolded items are used on the first night of class
- Dusting Puff
- Vodka (Water) Brush
- Roll-n-Cut Mat
- 2lb Satin Ice Gum Paste
- Blue Petal Pad
- Shaping Bowls
- 20” Rolling Pin
- 2lb Satin Ice White Fondant
Other Recommended Products
- PME Carnation cutter
- Food Safe Gloves (3 pair $1.25)
- Wilton practice board/gum paste storage board
Prerequisite: Course 1 Decorating Basics
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Cancelation Policy: You must provide at least 2 regular business days notice of cancelation, not to include Sunday or Monday, to transfer tuition to another class.