Decorate four creative cake designs with easy-to-replicate techniques you can mix and match to your heart’s content. With cake decorator Violet Lin Tran as your guide, you’ll start with tips for choosing color combinations and coloring fondant to create gorgeous hues sure to make your decorating sing. Once you’ve covered color, you’ll learn to use basic cutters to create sophisticated tiled designs. Borrow inspiration from paper crafts as you use quilling techniques to create a plaque and topper brimming with visual interest and dimension. Then, work with impressive onlay patterns that are surprisingly simple to apply. Ready to create breathtaking borders and toppers? Bring them to life using molds and luster dust. Plus, you’ll learn to create unforgettable textures and more using Violet’s signature two-toned petals.
Class Sessions
Color Tips & Composition
16:41
Meet cake designer Violet Lin Tran, then get started learning about color composition and creating a palette for your designs. Violet shares how to trust your own vision and do what works for you! Plus, get valuable tips on achieving true colors.
Tiling
22:46
Learn how to make dramatic geometric patterns and attach them to your cake with even spacing. The options are limitless for tiling, and Violet will show you how inspiration can be found anywhere!
Quilling
29:40
Turn a popular paper craft into enticing cake designs as you learn how to quill strips of fondant. Use these to create intricate designs with dimension that make decorations pop. Create your own heart-shaped plaque full of quilled pieces and apply it to the side of your cake!
Creative Use of Onlays
27:12
Break out your onlay patterns! Violet shows you her method of rolling out and attaching onlay designs. Then she creates entirely new patterns from the same onlay mat and uses multiple colors in the same onlay, too!
Mold Play
26:55
Now that you've got onlays mastered, move on to molds. Make gorgeous borders and a 3-D topper covered in molded pieces. Then, accent your colorful designs with metallics as Violet demonstrates how to achieve a beautiful gold finish.
Two-Toned Petals
21:53
Violet reveals her signature two-toned petal technique -- a versatile floral pattern that gives cakes a beautiful all-over texture. Finally, learn how to make a heart topper that is a real show-stopper with two-toned petals and ribbon roses.
Your Instructor
Violet Lin Tran
After the birth of her first child, Violet Lin Tran discovered baking as a way to create memories. Since then, she's honed her craft by learning from other decorators and practicing as much as possible. Today, Violet has been honored as one of Satin Ice's Artists of Excellence, and her cake designs can be found in magazines such as Edible Artists Network, Party Cakes UK, Sweet, Cake Masters and more.
Bonus Material
Cakes in Vivid Color - Resources & Recipes
Bonus Materials available for download after purchase.
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