Combine simple yet elegant decorating techniques as you make three show-stopping designs with renowned cake decorator Faye Cahill. Start by creating embossed fondant designs shimmering with metallic luster dust. Use color washes, piped teardrops and breathtaking beaded effects for a luxurious look. Next, cover a tier in glamorous silver leaf and layer on captivating color. Achieve the look of intricate Moroccan embroidery with custom patterns and dazzling gold highlights. Then, carve a petal-shaped tier, and cover it in flawlessly smooth fondant. Add a rustic stenciled lattice pattern, distressed edible lace, luscious brush-embroidered detailing and much more. Plus, create inspired gum paste flowers featuring petals textured with lovely lace motifs. Easily create the sophisticated cakes clients are searching for.
Class Sessions
Starting the Vintage Beaded Cake
17:27
Meet your instructor, cake artist Faye Cahill, and preview the three sophisticated cakes you'll make in this class. Then, get started as you emboss fondant on your top tier, making it pop with a shimmering metallic finish. Finally, use a template to mark out an elegant beading pattern on the base.
Vintage Cake Details
35:16
Increase the drama as you add depth of color to your cake with a color wash, and learn how to work with silver leaf. Then, pipe teardrops and apply a variety of silver dragées and sprinkles for a beautiful hand-beaded effect that is sure to wow high-end clients and brides who are looking to match their cakes to their gowns.
Bold Embroidery Cake
27:14
Up the glamour factor as you learn how to cover an entire tier in silver leaf before painting a color wash over it to add another layer of dimension. Then, start building an amazing two-tier, Moroccan embroidery-inspired pattern as Faye offers advice for finding the perfect inspiration image and transferring it onto your cake.
Embroidery Details
26:54
Hand paint your embroidered design using custom colors you mix yourself. Then, add a dazzling golden border to all of your work as Faye demonstrates two ways to outline your painting: with metallic paint or with piped borders and dot detailing, which you also can paint with metallics!
Dreamy Appliqué Cake
28:10
Start on your final cake as Faye offers tips for carving the flower-shaped tier at the base of this stunner. Then, see how to cover an irregularly shaped tier with fondant, working to hug the curves for a flawlessly smooth finish. Finally, paint your flower tier with a refined off-white wash that will please any high-end client!
Layering Details
29:17
Learn how to use a stencil to create a rustic lattice pattern with royal icing. Then, watch as Faye demonstrates how she uses edible lace on this design, distressing it by hand. Attach fondant flowers encrusted in dragées and sprinkles, and finally add brush-embroidered detailing for a tier truly layered with embellishments!
Peony Rose
26:31
Create a show-stopping peony-inspired gum paste rose as Faye walks you through each step of the process. Learn how to cut out and thin petals by hand. Then, master professional techniques for assembling and coloring your flowers. Faye even shows you how to texture each petal with a beautiful lace motif for added drama!
Your Instructor
Faye Cahill
Faye Cahill has been a professional cake decorator for more than 20 years. Her company, Faye Cahill Cake Design, is based in Sydney, Australia. Faye's design aesthetic pairs tailored, refined looks with fine detailing and stylized flowers. Her work has been featured in trade magazines such as Cake Masters and online trend-spotting blogs like CakeGeek, as well as in wedding blogs and publications, including Brides.com, Style Me Pretty and Modern Wedding. Faye also has a passion for teaching her techniques in both local and international workshops, as well as on Craftsy.
Bonus Material
Layered Embellishments: 12 Stunning Techniques - Supplies, Recipes and Templates
Bonus Materials available for download after purchase.
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