Modeling Chocolate Magic
Lauren Kitchens
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- In-depth Instruction; over 215 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
The Physics of Modeling Chocolate
27:27
Meet your instructor, Lauren Kitchens, as she leads an in-depth discussion on how modeling chocolate works and its advantages over other sugar mediums such as fondant.
Sea Creature Cake, Part 1
24:33
Make Lauren's adorable Sea Creature cake as you learn to cut and ruffle modeling chocolate, attach borders to a cake and punch out and attach delightful bubbles.
Sea Creature Cake, Part 2
25:38
Turn your attention to sculpting modeling chocolate as you make your sea creature's tentacles, add suckers and attach them to the cake. You'll even learn how to add support inside your sculpted pieces.
Wizard's Hat Cake
42:09
This project has it all! Carve a cake, add realistic texture and learn how using a modeling chocolate top can create movement unattainable with cake alone! Cover it all in fondant, create a ruffled brim and add airbrushed color.
Vintage Luggage Cake, Part 1
37:41
Discover modeling chocolate's ability to create cakes that have "containment" as you make a vintage suitcase, complete with leather trim and brass locks.
Vintage Luggage Cake, Part 2
32:01
Pack your vintage suitcase full of fun, personalized details: a collared shirt, bow tie, socks and more! Learn Lauren's striping technique to make a multicolored scarf and how to create polka dot suspenders.
Pricing Your Work
6:31
Lauren opens a dialogue on how to make sure you're fairly compensated for your work and shares her formula for determining prices.
Bonus: Modeling Chocolate Basics
18:10
New to modeling chocolate? Make sure you check out Lauren's technique for making and coloring modeling chocolate and learn how to proceed when something goes wrong.
Join award-winning cake decorator Lauren Kitchens, and find out how to use modeling chocolate to easily create elaborate designs that would be unmanageable or even impossible to make from fondant. As Lauren guides you through the two-tiered Sea Creature cake, you’ll quickly sculpt amazing modeling chocolate embellishments, such as octopus tentacles, that would be a fondant nightmare! See how modeling chocolate makes it simple to extend your designs in gravity-defying ways while you create the enchanting Wizard’s Hat cake. Plus, use modeling chocolate to produce the illusion of depth as you make the lifelike Vintage Luggage cake with an enclosure filled with colorful modeling chocolate clothing. Turn your inspiration into marvelous cake creations with modeling chocolate!
Lauren Kitchens
Lauren's career in cake began in her parents' home, where she started Fancy Cakes by Lauren. By 2002, demand for Lauren's cakes had risen steadily, and she opened her commercial kitchen and showroom. Since then, she's won two gold medals on Food Network Challenge, where one of her cakes was described by the judges as "the best cake ever made on Food Network." Lauren has taught cake decorating across the globe: the passion and talent she has for sharing her techniques shine through in her inviting teaching style and in-depth classes.
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