The Wilton Method® Decorating Basics Course 1 is the perfect place to start! Your Instructor will show you the right way to decorate, step by step, so that you experience the excitement of successfully decorating your first cake.

You’ll understand how to bake a great cake, see how to make and color icing and learn the best way to ice the cake. You will also practice the three fundamentals of decorating, enabling you to approach each technique the right way for great results.

Along the way, you’ll learn to create icing drop flowers, rosettes, shells, pompom flowers, leaves, shaggy mums, and the ribbon rose. You’ll also decorate cookies, cupcakes … and of course cakes!

Not only will you quickly learn just how easy it is to create the perfect dessert for any occasion but you will also get to share the fun with other students, who encourage you along the way.

Topics covered in Decorating Basics include:

• How to Bake a Great Cake
• Buttercream Icing
• Using Decorating Bags and Couplers
• Icing the Cake
• Leveling and Torting the Cake
• Using the Star Tip
• Drop Flower, Rosette
• Dimensional Decorating
• Shell
• Pompom Flower, Leaves
• Filling and Icing a Cupcake
• Guidelines for Elementary Cake Design
• Printing, Writing, Rose Base
• Piping Gel Pattern Transfer
• Ribbon Rose
• Guidelines for Decorating Your Cake

The Wilton Method Course 1: Decorating Basics is held in local craft and specialty stores where you'll receive individual instruction from trained Wilton Method teachers.