Pumpkin Patch Cake with chocolate soil

Model a selection of pumpkins, make a plaque with embossed message, prepare a rich chocolate cake with ganache buttercream and chocolate soil.

Upcoming Start Dates

A fabulous autumn themed cake packed with new skills (and chocolate!)
Working with rich chocolate cake and chocolate ganache buttercream you will pipe filling, palette knife the top, add chocolate soil (this is soooo yummy and actually very clever!). You will model a selection of pumpkins & gourds, add colour, glaze - make a plaque & a textured board.

Tutorial - different types of icings and how to choose them
How to create textured paste
How to ice a cake board
How to prepare your mini cake
How to fill a piping bag
How to pipe filling
How to palette knife the cake top
Tutorial - how to make chocolate soil
How to model different styles of pumpkins & gourds
How to use modelling tools to enhance your pumpkins
How to add dust colours
How to glaze your pumpkins
How to make a marble iced plaque
How to create an embossed message
How to flood your message with lustre
Storage & transportation of your cake

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 included including mini rich chocolate cake, chocolate ganache buttercream, chocolate soil, icings, use of equipment. A box to take your cake home in is also provided. Students recieve a set of notes and also a 10% discount in the shop (on items used on the course).