Fresh Arrangements: Buttercream & Beyond
Sonya Hong
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- In-depth Instruction; over 175 mins
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- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
Buttercream: Making & Coloring
26:14
Meet your instructor, Sonya Hong, and discover all of the amazing flowers and decorations you can make with buttercream. Then, dive right in as Sonya shows you how to make her signature buttercream and how to adjust its consistency depending on its purpose. Learn how to mix colors as Sonya shows you how to harness the color wheel to get the exact shade you're looking for, whether soft pink or realistic leaf-colored green.
Simple & Stunning Flower Piping
31:12
Sharpen your piping skills as you master six different flowers. Learn Sonya's tips for using a piping nail to create dynamic and iconic buttercream roses. Refine your roses as you create delicate and thin naturalistic petals, just by changing out your tip. Continue to use a piping nail as you make lovely camellias and sweet daisies. Move on to piping directly onto cupcakes as Sonya demonstrates how to hold and move your cupcake as you pipe the petals for anemones, sunflowers and roses.
Multitiered Buttercream Flower Cakes
27:30
Put your new buttercream skills on display as Sonya walks you through two amazing multitiered cakes. Learn how to pipe branches of a cherry tree all the way up your cake. Then, add dainty blossoms colored in a variety of pinks. You won't believe how quickly this beautiful and modern cake comes together! Sonya shows you how to pipe a carnation right onto your cake to add an additional elegant detail. Finally, learn how to create a bouquet on the top of a cake as you gain design insights on arranging using the frozen buttercream flowers you made in Lesson 2.
The Cupcake Display: Foundation
15:33
Learn the foundation for creating three-dimensional cupcake displays that resemble a colorful flowerpot bouquet and a blooming planter. Sonya shows you how to construct a sturdy base using a terra cotta pot and foam ball. Learn Sonya's gravity-defying tips for attaching cupcakes around the base. Use the same techniques to build a realistic cupcake planter using an ordinary pool noodle as your support!
The Cupcake Display: Piping & Fillers
20:21
Bring your displays to botanic life as you use the piping skills previously mastered to turn your cupcakes into beautiful blooms. Sonya offers guidance on placement and color choice and insights into her design process. Then, turn your attention to making fruit leather leaves. Make this innovative, pliable sweet with the recipe in your class materials and pick up tips for cutting your fruit leather into leaves. You can even wire them for extra movement and support!
Cake Pop Flowers: Rose & Peony
26:34
Trade your piping bag for modeling chocolate as you master two different cake pop flowers. Start with a classic cake pop rose as Sonya shows you two ways to form the individual petals: by hand and with a cutter. See how to create a delicate, frilled peony as you learn how to ruffle the edges of your petals with a Dresden tool or even a chopstick! Clients and friends alike won't believe these stunning flowers are actually cake pops!
Cake Pop Flowers: Tulips Two Ways
26:59
Finish off your amazing journey into cake, cupcake and cake pop arrangements with two final cake pop tulips. Learn how to create realistic tulips, then ruffle and hand paint their petals to transform them into exquisite parrot tulips. Finally, gather an assortment of professional tips for arranging your cake pop bouquets.
Learn how to make buttercream flowers and assemble them into inspired arrangements alongside cake artist Sonya Hong. Get confident making the perfect buttercream for piping. Take the mystery out of mixing vibrant buttercream colors in the exact shades you want. Pipe iconic buttercream roses, lovely camellias, sweet daisies, alluring anemones and more. Apply your piping skills on two cakes: one with eye-catching cherry blossom branches and another topped with a radiant buttercream bouquet. Easily build dynamic cupcake displays that re-create the look of a terra cotta pot or planter abloom with beautiful flowers. You’ll even create an enticing array of modeling chocolate cake pop flowers such as classic roses, frilled peonies and exotic parrot tulips. Set your sweet treats apart with unforgettable buttercream bouquets and breathtaking cake pop flowers.
Sonya Hong
After years of working as a lawyer, Sonya Hong made a bold career change and enrolled at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. She went on to launch Butterfly Cakes, which she operated for more than 12 years. Butterfly Cakes was voted a top wedding cake maker by The Knot magazine, and Sonya's custom-designed cake creations have been featured in InStyle magazine, Northern California Brides magazine and on television. Sonya now loves to share her knowledge of cake decorating through classes at Le Gourmet Factory Cooking School in Englewood, New Jersey, as well as on Craftsy.
Bonus materials available after purchase