A Taste of Summer Handbag Cake Course with wired strawberries, flowers and leaves
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Learn how to create this elegant, fashion-inspired cake featuring a textured handbag design, wired strawberries, blossoms, and leaves. In this step-by-step course, you’ll discover professional techniques for sculpting, covering, and decorating a statement cake that’s perfect for birthdays, bridal showers, and special celebrations.
Designed for both beginners and more experienced decorators, this class will guide you through every stage—from achieving sharp edges and realistic handbag structure to crafting lifelike wired fruits, leaves, and finishing touches. You’ll also learn composition, colour balance, and presentation tips to give your cakes a polished, luxury look.
You really will be amazed at just how many different techniques are packed into one cake! Everything is taught step by step so whether you are a complete beginner or a more experienced decorator this class will work for you.
You will learn
- How to ice a cake board
- How to add ribbon and a bow to your board
- Tutorial - cake carving, top tips and golden rules (your cake will be prepared in advance for you enabling you to concentrate on the decorative details)
- How to fill and crumb coat your cake
- How to create the rustic wicker/ basketweave design (using a mould)
- How to ice your bag including the gorgeous seams!
- How to create a textured leather effect in icing
- How to add stitch details
- How to make the handles and attach
- How to make wired leaves, berries and flowers using cutters, veiners and moulds
- How to use dust colours to best effect
- How to glaze your leaves and berries
- How to emboss a message
- How to flood the message with lustre
- Professional styling and final presentation
- Transportation, storage and keeping times
Bring charm, creativity, and summer sweetness to your cake designs with this stunning centrepiece project.
The cake will serve 4-6.
Annabelle
Annabelle
Director
Annabelle established Confection Perfection (now re-branded as Annabelle Jane Cake School) in 1996 from her kitchen table; bought her first retail premises in 2000 and is now settled in a delightful setting in Bearsted, just outside Maidstone. Annabelle has extensive cake decorating experience and is highly creative and artistic. Annabelle is an accredited tutor for the PME Diplomas in Sugar craft and also designs and delivers a wide range of other highly successful cake baking and decorating classes. Annabelle has a huge vision for our Cake School and ensures that the strong reputation we have earned continues to grow lead by her consistently high standards.
Everything is provided for you - the cake, the jam, the buttercream, icings, the colours, a board and a box to take your cake home. All the equipment is provided for you and you also receive a set of course notes.
We provide tea, coffee, drinking water and cake. You may like to bring a packed lunch or there is a local deli in walking distance.
You may like to bring an apron (please don't buy one - we have spares!)
Free parking