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Buttercream Flower Basics
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Buttercream Flower Basics

Buttercream Basics and 7 Buttercream Flower Designs
Created byLeanne Coon
Last updated 6/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Prepare an American Buttercream recipe
  • Learn several ways to color the buttercream, including a technique to create darker colors without using a large amount of food coloring
  • Fill and prepare icing bags with little to no mess using simple kitchen supplies
  • Learn tips and tricks for successful buttercream flower piping
  • Learn the use of multiple icing tips
  • Create 7 beautiful buttercream flowers with the addition of several variations

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Course content

2 sections • 10 lectures • 2h 3m total length

  • Buttercream Basics #1-Preparing American Buttercream10:24

    Learn how to color American Buttercream with the correct gel food color.  Learn tips and tricks for how to create darker colors without using a large amount of gel food color.  Learn multiple ways to load icing into decorating bags in preparation for creating multiple kinds of buttercream flowers.

  • Buttercream Basics #2- Coloring and Bagging the Icing18:15

    Learn what products are best for coloring the buttercream icing.  Learn several ways to load icing into bags in preparation for creating different looks for your flower cupcakes.  Learn an industry secret about how to create dark colors of icing with out using a ton of gel food coloring.

  • Buttercream Basics #3- Preparing to Decorate Cupcakes11:57

    Learn how to load icing tips/nozzles into decorating bags before adding the filled icing bags.  Learn important techniques of how to hold the icing bags correctly in preparation to create petals and leaves. 

Requirements

  • No previous cupcake or cake decorating experience required. This course is designed to be a step by step tutorial for 7 different buttercream flowers plus some variations.
  • Learners will need the supplies listed in the resource titled "Supplies Needed". These include icing bags, multiple icing tips, etc.
  • Students will need the supplies necessary to prepare the American Buttercream recipe.

Description

In this Buttercream Flower Basic series, you will learn how to make the perfect American Buttercream recipe for decorating cupcakes, cakes, and a multitude of baked goods.  From there, we will work step by step through the process of coloring the buttercream, loading it into icing bags with ease and then preparing to decorate your cupcakes.

Section #2 of the series will be a step by step tutorial on how to create 7 different buttercream flower cupcakes with additional variations.  You will learn to create a hydrangea,  leaves, sunflower, rose/rosette, modified daisy/large petal flower,  drop flower/flower pot, ruffle flower, and the more difficult and detailed rose.

This is the perfect series for you if you love to bake and want to take your decorating skills to the next level.  By the end of our series and with a little additional practice, you will be able to impress your friends and family with beautiful floral cupcakes for all of your special events. 

This is also the perfect series if you are wanting to start your own home bakery business. The tips and tricks I will share with you can be applied to lots of different designs and will help you to have the basic decorating techniques that can attract customers and increase your sales.

Who this course is for:

  • Those who are beginning to intermediate cupcake/cake decorators. This course includes all the basics from how to make the perfect buttercream to how to create beautiful baked goods.
  • Those who love to bake for family and friends but want to take your decorating skills to the next level.
  • Those who are thinking of starting a home bakery business. Great recipes are a must but decorating skills will attract customers and increase sales.

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