This course takes place over 5 lessons of 5-6 hours each lesson running either on a Saturday afternoon form 11am to 5pm or Monday Mornings starting at 9.30am to 3.30pm. Mostly it runs 5 consecutive weeks but sometimes due to public holidays and prior arrangement we will skip a week in-between some classes.
This course dates is as follows
Mondays - 29 April and 6 - 27May 9h30 to 15h30
PME Sugar Flower Icing Module R4 500.00 (includes a toolkit to keep and all icing, wires and stamens used in class)
Sugar Flowers Module
Lesson 1
Professional Business Approach
- Sugar flowers for business – can be made from a wide range of edible pastes including: Sugar paste/ Rolled fondant/plastic icing, Flower paste/modelling paste/gum paste and Marzipan
- Principles of unwired and wired flowers
- Take note of Page 2 in Module
Introduction to unwired sugar flowers
- Sugar paste requirements for unwired flowers
- Ideal for cakes and specifically cupcakes
- Plunger cutters - blossoms, daisies, gerbera’s and ass veined leaves
Floral plaques
- Embossed plaques
- Gerbera Daisy plaque with ivy leaves
- Ass colourful plunger flowers for spring
Simple unwired flowers
- Unwired open rose – either use metal cutter or separate 5 petal cutter
- Lesson 2
Professional Business Approach
- The use of alternate flowers including silk, fresh and commercially prepared flowers
Introduction to wired sugar flowers
- The flowers made here is to be used in flower spray in last lesson
- Fantasy flowers making use of calyx cutters for single and multi-layered flowers
- Mexican hat flowers/ pulled flowers/simple buds
- Making use of stamens to create realistic feel to fantasy flowers
- Using cutting wheels to do basic embossing on flower buds
- Fuchsia
- Lily of the valley
- Make cones for roses
- Make lily centers
Lesson 3
Professional Business Approach
- Adding non edible decorations to enhance floral sprays and arrangements like ribbon, beads, feathers, lace and jewellery
- Disclaimer for all non-edibles on cakes
Traditional rose
- 5 petal cutter
- Individual cutters
Foliage
- Rose leaf spray
- Ivy leaf spray
Traditional Lilly’s
Lesson 4
Professional Business Approach
- Basic guidelines for arranging flowers
- Assorted flower Bouquets
Assorted flowers
- Freesia
- Cattleya orchid
- Small cymbidium orchid
- Carnation
Lesson 5
Professional Business Approach
- Decorating cake stands
- Sugar Flower Pricing
Flowers to make
Dusting of all flowers
Making flower sprays
Presentation of certificates