Cake Decorating Classes

Classes in everything from Cake Decorating, Chocolates and Cookies to Gumpaste Flowers and Sculpted Cakes. Group classes from Hollister to San Jose, private lessons for all cities surrounding Morgan Hill. Our instructors will teach you to use fail-proof recipes and easy techniques to create show-stopping cake artistry. Beginners who've never baked before are very welcome!

Laurie Clarke, Owner and Primary Instructor, has been decorating since 1997 and teaching since 2004. She enjoys, more than anything, the creative aspect of decorating - using household items as decorating tools and re-purposing hardware. Her specialty is creating edible art that can be mistaken for the real thing. Her training comes from countless trials of new techniques based on trends from the 1970's through today and from lessons taught by many famous "celebrity decorators" in the business. Laurie's goal is to teach aspiring decorators everywhere that "Not everything is as difficult as it looks. A few things are, but it's as important to find the courage to try them as it is to succeed."

Classes offered Include: Decorating Basics and Essential Skills, Fondant Cakes, Fondant Flowers, Realistic Gumpaste Flowers, Modeling Chocolate, Rolled Buttercream, Marzipan, Fondant Animals, Gelatina/Artistic Gelatin, Chocolate Candies, Cookies, Tiered Party Cakes, Sculpted Cakes: Dragons, Purses, Pillows, Cars, Guitars, Topsy Turvy/Whimsical/Crooked/Mad Hatter Cakes, Spiral Cakes and Edible Tiaras, Whipped Icings, Cooked Icings: Italian Meringue, Swiss Meringue, Custard Buttercream, Cupcakes, Cupcake Cakes, Cake Pops, Petit Fours, Edible Images, Chocolate and Buttercream Transfers, Building Stands, Airbrush Techniques, Extreme Cakes: Lights and Dry Ice Effects, Fancy Buttercream Flowers, Royal Icing Flowers, Molded Sugar and Panoramic Eggs, Simple Piped Figures, Carved Candle Cakes*, Simple Lace Wedding Cakes, Tall Tiered Wedding Cakes, Oriental Stringwork, Quick Lambeth Piping. *Original Invention of Technique by Laurie Clarke