Vintage Cake Design: Sculpting & Stenciling
Lindy Smith
Class Preview
1:07
- In-depth Instruction; over 125 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
Introduction
14:45
Meet Lindy and get started prepping, covering and embossing your cake board.
Creating & Stenciling the Large Baseboard
14:05
Lindy shows you how to make a stenciled and hand-painted collage on the large baseboard.
Carving the Birdcage Cake
19:42
Get step-by-step instruction as you carve your cake. Learn to level and dowel the layers, align your tiers and shape the top of the birdcage.
Covering the Cake with Buttercream & Fondant
13:53
Wondering how to get a flawless fondant covering on your birdcage's unique shape? Lindy shows you how with her simple two-step process.
Painting & Stenciling the Cake
13:25
Paint your birdcage before applying beautiful stencils. Get an up-close view of the process and learn Lindy's time-saving tips.
Adding the Cage's Structure
24:04
Create the cage's lines and bars before learning how to expertly attach them to your cake.
Making the Bird, Notes & Topper
11:24
See how Lindy builds the details that bring her birdcage to life. Mimic her embellishments or use her techniques to design and apply your own!
The Finishing Touches
13:08
Pipe perfect beads, paint the birdcage and put together the cake's final details with Lindy's spot-on advice.
Create an heirloom-inspired cake with guidance from international cake decorating sensation Lindy Smith. You’ll make elegant cake boards, carve precise hexagonal cakes and a rounded cake dome, and cover it all seamlessly in fondant. Then, learn accessible techniques for painting an easy, exquisite background onto your cake, and using stencils and royal icing to make borders of detailed “bronze” motifs. Lindy will also teach you to create perfect lines of fondant for the structure and bars of your birdcage without piping. Plus, you’ll hand-paint the birdcage structure for an alluring antique effect, and top it all off with a singing bird and a cake topper made from pastillage.
Lindy Smith
A prolific and high-profile cake artist in the U.K., Lindy Smith has been working in the sugarcraft industry for over 20 years. She teaches classes all over the world, has written 12 incredibly popular books, including her most recent, The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible. Lindy's passion and talent for teaching are evident in her enthralling, easy-to-follow classes.
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