Cake Decoration and Sugarcraft courses around Ireland
Cake Decoration and sugarcraft skills are useful ones to have, and will, no-doubt, make you popular among your friends! Plane sponge, madeira, chocolate-biscuit and fruit cakes can be turned into magnificent edible masterpieces with the addition of sugar paste, food colouring and a bit of imagination.
Whether you're looking to decorate your own wedding cake, make Christmas cakes to impress the neighbours, create birthday and christening cakes with a difference, or work towards setting up your own cake decorating business, an adult education evening class is a good place to start. After just one term you'll be creating cakes, cupcakes and cake toppers to wow any audience.
During a typical beginners 10 week course, you'll learn how to make basic cake bases, roll out and apply icing, create sugar paste flowers, small figures and other table toppers, and do cut out work and plaques. You will make a number of cake decorations and edible art items to take away and reuse on occasion cakes in the future, as well as a host of ideas for seasonal, birthday, wedding, christening, mothers' day and first communion cakes.
Whether you're looking to decorate your own wedding cake, make Christmas cakes to impress the neighbours, create birthday and christening cakes with a difference, or work towards setting up your own cake decorating business, an adult education evening class is a good place to start. After just one term you'll be creating cakes, cupcakes and cake toppers to wow any audience.
During a typical beginners 10 week course, you'll learn how to make basic cake bases, roll out and apply icing, create sugar paste flowers, small figures and other table toppers, and do cut out work and plaques. You will make a number of cake decorations and edible art items to take away and reuse on occasion cakes in the future, as well as a host of ideas for seasonal, birthday, wedding, christening, mothers' day and first communion cakes.
A selection of cakes decorated by class participants at Ballincollig CS, Scoil Mhurie Clane, Gorey CS, Pobalscoil Neasáin, Hartstown CS and St Colmcille's CS
Where to find cake decoration and sugar craft courses
Many schools within the NACED network of schools run cake decoration or sugarcraft courses. If you'd like to learn how to make novelty cakes or decorate cakes for special occassions, and learn basic icing and sugarcraft skills required, then check out the courses running at the following schools:
Ashton School, Cork City • Ballincollig Community School, Co Cork • Boyne Community School, Trim, Co Meath • Cabinteely Community School, Dublin 18 • Coláiste Chiaráin, Leixlip, Co Kildare • Coolmine Community School, Dublin 15 • Gorey Community School, Co Wexford • Hartstown Community School, Dublin 15 • Malahide Community School, Dublin • Old Bawn Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24 • Pobalscoil Neasáin, Baldoyle, Dublin 13 • Scoil Mhuire Community School, Clane, Co Kildare • St Colmcille's Community School, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
Courses are added at other schools in our network from time to time. Check out links to your local schools on our homepage for the most up-to-date course lists. A number of courses also run baking courses.
Ashton School, Cork City • Ballincollig Community School, Co Cork • Boyne Community School, Trim, Co Meath • Cabinteely Community School, Dublin 18 • Coláiste Chiaráin, Leixlip, Co Kildare • Coolmine Community School, Dublin 15 • Gorey Community School, Co Wexford • Hartstown Community School, Dublin 15 • Malahide Community School, Dublin • Old Bawn Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24 • Pobalscoil Neasáin, Baldoyle, Dublin 13 • Scoil Mhuire Community School, Clane, Co Kildare • St Colmcille's Community School, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
Courses are added at other schools in our network from time to time. Check out links to your local schools on our homepage for the most up-to-date course lists. A number of courses also run baking courses.