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10 HD Video Lessons
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Instructor
Marina Sousa
Marina is a Food Network Challenge Champion and the owner of Just Cake in Capitola, Calif. She holds a degree in Baking and Pastry Arts from the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley. View profile »
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Advanced Fondant Techniques
with Marina Sousa
Learn how versatile fondant can be! Make ribbons and flowers and add texture, sparkle and detail to your fondant and gum paste designs.
Food Network Challenge Champion Marina Sousa's spectacular cake creations have appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in celebrity wedding albums. Learn how Marina achieves her amazing results - the same methods she teaches at top culinary schools and shows in cake decorating workshops that cost hundreds!
In this class, Marina reviews fondant basics, then works up to some very sophisticated techniques to add to your cake decorating skills. Follow along as she shows you how to create lavish surface detail, tie bows you'll swear are fabric, and sculpt details from fondant, gum paste and chocolate.
Bring your fondant fantasies to life - sign up for Advanced Fondant Techniques today!
What You'll Learn
- How to work with fondant - from the basics to advanced fondant techniques for covering, surface decor and sculpted details
- How to sculpt fondant and gum paste into ribbons, flowers, candles and more
- Fold fondant like paper; create inlaid and two-sided designs
- Add sparkle to your fondant decorations with luster dust and metallic paint
- Create texture with piping, stencilling and embossing
- Construct your cake securely and hide your mistakes
What You'll Need:
- A cake to decorate
- 10 pounds fondant
- 1 pound gum paste
- Additional cake decorating accessories (e.g., luster dust, sugar glue, sugar pearls) are also recommended
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Introduction | 5:49 |
| 2 | Fondant | 14:36 |
| 3 | List of Supplies | 6:18 |
| 4 | The Handpainted Technique | 43:02 |
| 5 | Stenciling and Paneling | 27:00 |
| 6 | Applied Design | 15:36 |
| 7 | Inlaid Design | 20:11 |
| 8 | Lace Technique | 9:46 |
| 9 | Embellishments | 55:09 |
| 10 | Putting It All Together | 55:11 |
Skills you should have:
- Knead fondant to a workable texture
- Roll out fondant
- Cover a basic round cake in fondant
- Store fondant while working
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
Great Technique Class
I have very much enjoyed "taking" this class with Marina. I think she explains everything very well. She has given me many new and beautiful ways of decorating cakes. I have watched both of her classes and am looking forward to "taking" more with her.
I have watched other Craftsy Classes, but it is Mraina's class that I most look forward to perfecting. I have most of the elements ready to apply to a cake and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised at
how well it went and how ...
Great Class
Thank you Crafsty and Marina for this class, I learned some new tips and tricks as well as getting a few refreshers. I've been decorating 8 years and teaching for 7, it's always great to learn or re-learn things. Marina is patient and easy to follow. I chose this as a free 7 day trial class because another decorator (Tami Utley) said "If you ever get the chance to take one of Marina's classes, do it". I'll buy the class at a later date, to have on hand for reference.
Great Fondant Class
This was a great class and very I informative. Marina is great at teaching regardless of your skill level. I got the pleasure of taking a class with her this weekend in Austin, and she was great! I would love to see more videos with her in them!
Advanced Fondant Techniques with Marina Sousa
I was first introduced to Marina Sousa thru her on-line course "Advanced Fondant Techniques" with Craftsy. Marina not only introduces you to techniques that a beginner and an advanced cake decorator can learn and master, but instructs / illustrates what to do when fondant "is in need of repair". Marina not only illustrates basic and high level techniques but will illustrate an "easier" version of what is currently being practiced in the cake decorating world.
The techniques that ...
The Best of Craftsy!
I've taken several cake decorating classes on Craftsy, and Marina's classes are amazing. She is so generous with her knowledge. She demonstrates numerous techniques during the course of the class that can be applied to cakes for all kinds of occasions. I love that during the course of the video, not everything is perfect. She has a few mishaps, but shows how to fix them. She could have just done another take (it is recorded video after all!) instead.
I also appreciate that she ...
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