Cake decorating course

In our cake decorating course in Adliswil you learn how to cover a cake with fondant and decorate it with flowers, figures and patterns made from sugar paste. The course is designed for beginners: you need no previous experience, just enjoy being creative. At the end you take home your own fully decorated cake.

What will you learn on the cake decorating course?

First, your course leader demonstrates the key techniques:

• covering a cake smoothly with fondant and finishing the fondant surface
• shaping roses and modelling small fondant figures
• cutting out flowers, leaves and little animals and bringing them to life with modelling tools and powder colours
• pressing textures with embossers and piping fine lines and dots with royal icing

Then it is your turn: every participant gets a prepared cake to cover with fondant and decorate to their own design. Cutters, embossers, tools, coloured fondant and royal icing are all provided, and the course leader helps whenever something does not work first time.

Who is the course for?

For anyone who wants to decorate birthday or family cakes themselves and has little experience with fondant so far. If you would like to learn the cake basics first, start with Cake basic course 1. To go further afterwards, the sugar flowers course or the buttercream flowers course is the next step. You will find everything on offer in our cake courses overview.

Our public courses take place in Adliswil, about 20 minutes from Zurich main station. This course takes place in Adliswil only; corporate and team events elsewhere in Switzerland are available for chocolate and praline courses only.

Tips for your next cake at home

Fondant holds best on a well-chilled cake that has been coated smoothly with buttercream or ganache – on whipped cream it turns damp and slides. To work out how much fondant you need for your cake size, read How much fondant do you need for a cake?. Fondant, marzipan and modelling pastes are in our shop under Fondant & Marzipan.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need any experience?

No. The course is aimed at beginners. Each technique is demonstrated first, then you practise straight away on your own cake.

What do I take home?

Your decorated cake and a course booklet with recipes and instructions, so you can repeat the techniques at home. Plan your journey so the cake can go back into the fridge soon.

When is the next course?

Current dates and all course details are shown in the course list at the top of this page.