Embrace your inner van Gogh and learn the art behind this trending technique! In the fourth of five Buttercream Essentials Certificate classes, brought to you by NY Cake Academy’s Cake Decorating Fundamentals, you’ll learn this recently adapted process to artistically place forms of color and texture using palette knives. Commonly used to create striking, two-dimensional flowers, these decorations purposely do not aim to mimic real life flowers. The result is a rich, intense visual display that appears abstract and modern, much like a painting! Explore different strokes through palette knife drills before learning to create an edible artist palette to begin decorating your very own Palette Knife Flower Cake using Italian Meringue Buttercream. What You’ll Learn: Difference between various types of buttercream How to make an Italian Meringue Buttercream How to use a piping bag, couplers and tips To assemble a cake with a nut paste filling Practice decorating using a turntable Various palette knives and their application Practice palette knife techniques and drills To create and blend colored buttercream How to use gold for finishing *Please note, a one-time purchase of our Cake Decorating Fundamentals Toolkit with Buttercream Supplement is required for in-person students and recommended for live virtual students. Once you've purchased the toolkit, you can use it in any of the 5 Buttercream Essentials classes. Your Cake Decorating Fundamentals Toolkit is transferable to all 15 classes with the appropriate essentials supplement. If you have already purchased this toolkit, please select the class only option when registering. Included in the Cake Decorating Fundamentals Toolkit: Apron Brush, 1/2-in Flower Storage Board Food Color Set, 8 Pieces Knife, Serrated, 3.5" Scissors Scraper, Smooth Plastic Spatula, 10-in Silicone Spatula, 4.25-in Offset Spatula, 8-in Offset Spatula, Silicone Small Included in the Buttercream Supplement:
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