The Art of Sugarcraft
6th October 2026
7:00 pm
Location:
James O Keeffe Institute
Newmarket
Places remaining: 7
Cost: €125.00 (Plus booking fee)
There are a limited number of Free places on this course for those who wish to avail.Click here for more information
Course Name: Cake Decorating – The Art of Sugarcraft
Start Date: 6th October to 10th November 2026
Day: 6x Tuesday evenings
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Venue: IRD DUHALLOW, Newmarket
Fee: €125 payable upon booking
Accreditation: Cert of Attendance
Other: Trainees should ensure that they have all required items prior to first class- see list below
Course Content:
- Equipment/Tools
- Recipes
- Types of icing and their uses
- Covering a cake in sugarpaste, ganache and buttercream to a professional standard
- Basic buttercream piping and border work
- An introduction to flower making
- How to add fresh flowers to a cake
- Character modelling
- How to stack and dowel a multi-tiered cake
- Introduction to colouring
- Project during the 6 weeks – decorating a themed dummy cake and cupcake toppers.
- Starting your own business
- CRO registration
- HSE registration and inspection – what to expect
The course is suitable for absolute beginners and those who have already attended our classes. The demonstrations will be repeated (how to fill, stack and ganache a cake), but the design will always be different.
Items attendees will need to order in advance and bring to class:
(All links below are from Stuff4Cakes, but can be purchased elsewhere)
- 7” round straight edge dummy 7″ Round Straight Edge Dummy 5″ high (stuff4cakes.ie)
- Sugarpaste 2.5kg. 5kg Renshaw ‘Just Roll With It’ – WHITE (stuff4cakes.ie)
- Or 5kg Renshaw White Covering Paste (stuff4cakes.ie) If you would prefer to buy supermarket own brand that is no problem, it isn’t quite as good but will work just fine. Tesco own is the best of the supermarket brands.
- 12” round drum board https://www.stuff4cakes.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=26_44&product_id=111
- 12” round box (extra deep) – not essential, any box will do https://www.stuff4cakes.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=26_288&product_id=16933
- 8” round straw board 8″ Round Silver/White Cut Edge Cards (stuff4cakes.ie)
- Modelling Paste x 2 Saracino White Modelling Paste 250g (stuff4cakes.ie)
Recommended Tools (not essential – there will be a selection of tools in class)
- Silicone rolling pin (large and small)
- Flower/Leaf Shaper Tool, also know as a Dresden Tool https://www.stuff4cakes.ie/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=581
- Straight edge smoother https://www.stuff4cakes.ie/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=479
- This tool set includes some of the tools above and is very handy. https://www.stuff4cakes.ie/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=13514