Confetti Cakes owner and founder Elisa Strauss is a former Ralph Lauren designer turned award-winning cake artist whose cakes have appeared on "The View," the Food Network's "Extreme Cake Challenge" and "Sex and the City." In 2008 she was selected as one of America's top 10 pastry chefs in Pastry Art and Design magazine. www.confetticakes.com
Elisa's Craftsy Classes
Basic Fondant Techniques
Learn the basics of decorating with fondant under Craftsy instructor Elisa Strauss. Cover your cakes flawlessly in fondant and top your cupcakes with sweet fondant flowers and bows. Once you’ve mastered the basics, you’ll be ready to move on to Elisa’s more advanced courses, like Elisa's Designer Handbag Cakes or Marina Sousa's Advanced Fondant Techniques.
Free!
Sculpted Dog Cake
Unleash your creativity with the latest Craftsy class from famed cake designer and author Elisa Strauss. Sculpt a 3D dog cake with Elisa's specially developed recipes, guaranteed to have party guests and clients hounding you for more. Elisa will guide you through the process as you stack and carve your cake, building support and details along the way. Learn how to personalize your pooch by adding textured fondant "fur," facial features and a collar with personalized dog tags.
$39.99
Designer Handbag Cakes
Let celebrity cake designer Elisa Strauss teach you to sculpt and decorate an unbelievably realistic couture handbag from cake. Get a handle on designing handbag cakes, including custom color and texture choices. Fashion the handbag with divots and pleats to form an authentic sense of movement, and create genuine looking zippers, rivets and buckles from sugar paste.
$39.99
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