Cake Decorating Videos and Courses

Welcome to Lorelie's cake decorating videos and courses. Learn how to  make the most beautiful and delicious cakes. See new and exciting cake decorating techniques to WOW your friends and family. Browse the classes, pick your favorite and start creating.

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Cake Decorating Videos and Courses

@ Cakes with Lorelie Academy

Become a Master of Buttercream

Buttercream Master Course
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"I always love how you teach. Your advice on the microwave being your friend has been a major "a-ha" for me!! Little things like positioning your body in reference to the cake you're working on!! This has been an issue for me, but I wasn't even aware why I was having problems!!! I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the content soon!!"

- Gloria Centofanti, Owner, Glorious Cakes

Included in the Buttercream Master Class:

• Guidelines for buttercream: Video
  
• Tools: Video and PDF with links
  
• Introduction to the classics: Video
  
• How to American buttercream: Video and downloadable PDF recipe
  
• How to Swiss meringue buttercream: Video and downloadable PDF recipe
  
• How to Italian meringue buttercream: Video and downloadable PDF recipe
  
• How to make French buttercream:  Video and downloadable PDF recipe
• Piping comparisons of American, Swiss, Italian and French: Video
  
• Troubleshooting: Video
  
• Flavoring buttercream: Video
  
• Coloring buttercream:  Video
  
• Tools for frosting cakes: Video and downloadable PDF with links
• Frosting a cake with an icing tip
• Frosting a cake with a spatula

Bonus Videos Included in this course

• Basic piping skills class
  
• Buttercream palette painting class
  
• Simple syrup recipe
  
• How to melt and mix chocolate into buttercream
  

Basic Piping Skills Class

Basic Piping Skills Class
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"I watched  &  practiced. I was happy to see your up & down zig zag design included in the course video".

~Lynn Bowman~

Included in The Piping Skills Class:

• make a pastry bag from parchment paper
• fit a pastry bag with a coupler
• use cake decorating tips
• practice pressure piping
• practice holding the bag properly 
• create straight and curved lines
• make star flowers properly with variations and see how to use them as borders
• pipe shell borders neatly
• pipe large shells
• ballooning
• create an illusion with a zig zag border and variations
• make small and large rosettes and use them for borders
• make reverse shells 
• pipe fleur de lis and use them as a border
• make garlands and use them as borders
• make rope borders two ways
• make realistic leaves

This class is 45 minutes long

Buttercream Palette Painting Class

This class is bundled with the Master Buttercream Course or you can buy it separately.

Buttercream Palette Painting Class
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"Wow THANK YOU!!! for such a detailed tutorial. I'm feeling SO inspired! You are an amazing teacher. I really appreciate your little details to be successful !!"

~dapennys~

Included in The Palette Painting Class:

• how to mix colors for a soft pastel look using gel coloring
• how to use simple kitchen utensils to create this textured look
• tips on smoothing Italian meringue buttercream for decorating
• tips on coloring buttercream
• creative ways to use dragees to add interest
• tips on cake design 
• tips on attaching fresh flowers to a cake
• inspiration for unique cake stands
• how to soften a cake design
  
  
• This class is 23 minutes long

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More Cake Decorating Videos are Coming to Cakes with Lorelie Academy

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Wedding Cake Class

Wedding Cake Class COMING SOON!
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"I have to tell you that you're truly an INSPIRATION!!! thanks for sharing and keep those videos coming.. You have a FAN!!!" ~Kenchuletenemos6~

Included in this Wedding Cake Class:

This step by step video takes you from baking your delicious cakes from scratch all the way to stacking and decorating it with fresh flowers. Created as a companion to "Wedding Cakes with Lorelie Step by Step" It's now available to the public.

Link to more information on Lorelie's companion books

• preparing cakes pans
• making the batter from scratch and baking
• wrapping and freezing
• filling and crumb coating
• frosting and texturing
• doweling your tiers
• stacking your cakes
• finishing ideas including fresh flowers
• all of your questions about making a basic wedding cake will be answered

"I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your cake decorating videos and tutorials. I take some classes here at home, but what you are offering is so convenient and CLEAR in your instructions. I especially like when things aren't perfect, since in my world, they usually aren't...lol."

~Lynn~

How To Make A Parchment Cone For Piping

Decorating cones are great to have around. They are good for quick or small jobs, like writing on cakes, making stems and leaves, piping chocolate and more. You can use waxed paper too, as I do in the video.

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Wedding Cakes For You now has classes in Brookfield CT

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