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10 HD Video Lessons
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Colette Peters
Colette is an internationally renowned cake artist and author. When she’s not traveling the globe teaching, she’s at home in New York City where she owns Colette’s Cakes. View profile »
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Vintage Cakes, Modern Methods
with Colette Peters
Adorn your cakes with brush-embroidery flowers, golden filigree and cameo embellishments with cake artist Colette Peters.
Add antique appeal to your fondant! Adorned with colorful peonies and lilies of the valley and gilded cages, your cakes will evoke a bygone era.
Colette Peters' innovative brush embroidery techniques make petals and leaves look stitched, whether they're applied directly onto the cake or added on as three-dimensional gum-paste embellishments. You'll turn royal icing into a gilded, filigree cake cage to surround your masterpiece for a major wow! effect. And if you love Victorian cameo jewelry, you'll be charmed by Colette's antiqued and edible accoutrements.
Any one of Colette's techniques would be a great addition to your cake-decorating repertoire, so add a whole bouquet by signing up for Vintage Cakes, Modern Methods today!
What You'll Learn
- Brush embroidery techniques that make icing look like fancy needlework
- Creating subtle or bold colors using petal-dust paints and edible markers
- Building up a three-dimensional peony with gum paste petals and leaves
- Constructing a gilded filigree cage with piped icing
- Antiquing a cake with cameo-style embellishments and luster-dust patina
What You'll Make
- A single-tier cake with brush embroidery flowers
- A three-tier cake with three-dimensional peonies and gilded cages
- A three-tier antiqued cake with cameo-style embellishments
What You'll Need:
- Adding machine tape
- Artificial flower stamens
- Cornstarch puff
- Edible marking pens
- Dowels and foam core
- One 6'' long two-by-four, painted black
- Natural sponge
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Introduction | 4:00 |
| 2 | Brush Embroidery | 45:25 |
| 3 | Coloring Brush Embroidery | 15:47 |
| 4 | Building a Flower Topper | 18:40 |
| 5 | Middle-Tier Peony | 29:24 |
| 6 | The Cage Cake | 28:44 |
| 7 | Assembling the Cage Cake | 12:17 |
| 8 | The Antique Cake | 19:51 |
| 9 | Embellishments | 18:02 |
| 10 | Antiquing Your Cake | 7:19 |
Skills you should have:
- Roll out fondant
- Imagination for designing new projects!
- Knead fondant to a workable texture
- Store fondant while working
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
Great class!!
I learned so many techniques to apply to my projects. You can see tge step by step of every lesson and that's great!!!
Great class!!
I learned so many techniques to apply to my projects. You can see tge step by step of every lesson and that's great!!!
A wonderful class, very easy to follow and understand, Love Mrs. Peter
This was my first class with Colette, hopefully not the last. I found one of her books online and was amazed of the beautiful art pieces she does, yes art pieces is the only way you can refer to a cake done by her. I really recommend this class is used friendly and gives you the confidence to do any type of cake.
Thank you Colette, your class was wonderful!!!
Colette Peters
This is a wonderful class, every step has been explained so well, lots to learn and the beauty of craftsy classes is that we can watch over and over again. Thank you Colette Peters.
Amazing!
So glad I finally enrolled for this class. Collette's calm and clear instructions are easy to follow. So many new techniques for me to try out.
Highly recommend this class.
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