Introduction to Sugar Craft – FULL

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Introduction to Sugar Craft – FULL

16th September 2025
7:00 pm

Location:
IRD Duhallow, James O'Keeffe Institute, Co. Cork
Co. Cork
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Cost: €125.00 (Plus booking fee)

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Start Date:                                        16th Sept – 21st Oct
Time:                                                   7.00pm – 9.00pm
Duration:                                          6x consecutive Tuesdays
Venue:                                                 James O’Keeffe Institute, Newmarket
Tuition Fee:                                        €125 per person
Accreditation:                                   Certificate of Attendance

  Course Content:

  • Equipment and Tools
  • Recipes  7” Vanilla sponge cake recipe
    7” Chocolate sponge cake recipe
    Vanilla and Chocolate Buttercream
    Dark/Milk/White chocolate ganache
  • Types of icing (sugarpaste/fondant, modelling paste, flower paste/gum paste, pastillage). When to use each type and the advantages of mixing pastes. Use of Tylo/CMC powder
  • Covering a cake in sugarpaste, ganache and buttercream to a professional standard how to achieve sharp edges.
  • Basic piping/border work. How to decorate a simple buttercream Lambeth cake.
  • An introduction to sugar flower making.
  • How to add fresh flowers to a cake.
  • Character modelling. Learn how to make a cute character.
  • How to stack and dowel a multi-tiered cake
  • Introduction to colouring sugarpaste, ganache and buttercream.
  • Project during the 6 weeks – decorating a themed dummy cake.
  • Starting your own business
  • CRO registration
  • HSE registration and inspection – what to expect and how to prepare.
  • Laws surrounding allergens, correct labelling, etc.

Items attendees will need to bring to class:

All links below are from Stuff4Cakes, but can be purchased elsewhere.

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