Decorating the Top: A Journey Through the Art of Cake Decorating

As we begin our journey through the world of cake decorating, it's clear that creativity and freedom are essential components of this art form. The instructor, who is passionate about teaching her students, wants to ensure that everyone has a chance to participate and feel included. To achieve this, she decides to decorate the top of each cake with a yellow center, making sure that no one feels left out.

The Process Begins

With the foundation laid, it's time to move on to the next step: applying the chocolate ganache coating. The instructor explains that crumb coating is an essential process that helps create a smooth surface for the final icing. She warns her students that this may be the last thing she shares with them, implying that there's more to learn in the future.

As the students work on their cakes, they begin to feel like artists, experimenting with different designs and techniques. The instructor encourages creativity, stating, "I just want to make a chocolate glaze so that I can glaze my whippet cake just like a whippet is glazed." She walks her students through the process of making the glaze, which consists of dark chocolate, butter, and corn syrup.

The Art of Decoration

Now it's time for the students to take center stage. The instructor hands out mini snack cakes and instructs them to work on decorating their own masterpieces. "This is my favorite part just like mega cakes," she says with a smile. As they begin to decorate, the room fills with excitement and chatter. Each student has a unique vision for their cake, and the instructor encourages them to follow their hearts.

The Passion Flaky Fashion Flaky Cake

One of the students, Caramel, takes center stage as the instructor praises her work. "Ah caramel, you're so special," she says, setting aside time to decorate a second cake with caramel and marshmallows. Next up is the cosmic brownie cake, which features colorful chocolate chips and a swirly design.

A Pile of Donuts: The Honey Bunny

As the students continue to work on their cakes, they begin to get creative with toppings. One student decides to add a pile of donuts on top of her honey bunny cake, creating a visually stunning dessert. Another student uses a piping bag to create a beautiful border around her cake.

The Whippet Cake: A Masterpiece

Finally, it's time for the whippet cake, which features a smooth glaze and a sprinkle of cinnamon. The instructor is thrilled with the results, stating, "These cakes are looking pretty good but I want to remind you that our bake-to-school bundle is still on sale." She encourages her students to take advantage of this opportunity and purchase their favorite baking supplies.

The Classic How-To Cake at Teas: A Return to Sales

As a final note, the instructor reminds her students that the classic how-to cake at teas is back in stock. Available again at how-to-kick-it.com, these cakes are perfect for the school year. With this announcement, our journey through the world of cake decorating comes to an end. The instructor's passion and creativity have inspired her students to become artists, and we can't wait to see what they create next.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis week i am taking back to school mini snack cakes i know that when i was in school i couldn't wait to see what treat was in my lunchbox that's the highlight of the month and if i didn't get the one i wanted then i'd want to trade with my friends and you'd see who got a better treat i have a honey bun cosby brownies well my mom is a cake decorator so wait till you see my treat she made me an entire cake out of passion flakies do you want to trade yeah what do you have so i'm gonna take those treats and turn them into mini cakes so i've baked 10 cakes four of them are vanilla four of them are chocolate and two of them are vanilla spice i feel very weird with painted nails this is very teacher-like though are we taking notes are you writing this down but there will be a test so i'm gonna level my cakes and i'm also gonna remove the caramelization from the vanilla and spice cakes on the bottom i'm gonna leave the caramelization on the sides of my spice cakes because the honey buns that i'm using liking the way a snack cake but anyway they're very caramelized so i'm okay with it on my vanilla cakes i'm simply going to use my fingers to gently wipe away the caramelization this often works when i bake small cakes now it's time to layer my cakes into two layers each okay class what is the next step in the process eat them no cody we are several steps away from eating them here's the simple syrup very good and what do i use to simply scrub so squeeze they're squeezed a lot in class we use the proper name so i'm going to simply set up these cakes and let the syrup what class soak in very good cody's awake now excellent excellent orahan after class you will be washing rulers i'm making five different cakes each featuring a different lunchtime snack and not only am i gonna put the lunchtime snack inside the cake but i'm gonna make the whole cake taste like that lunch uh i think i'm going to start with the honey bun my honey bun cake is going to feature honey buns my spiced vanilla cake and then i'm going to make a honey cinnamon butter guy for the honey cinnamon buttercream i'm just going a tally meringue buttercream with honey and cinnamon until i like the way it tastes so can we get a picture of this it looks beautiful there's buttercream there's honey there's cinnamon maybe take the lens cap off the camera that would be good thank you no couldn't do this you can't rely on cody all through this year i remember you saying i'll just use the other camera and snap pictures as we go so this is what goes on pictures can i actually have your hand yep yes with my painted nails look at me i'm a teacher this week i'm using vanilla cakes with a spice mix marbled inside and nestle these honey buns inside the cake you made an infinity sign honey buns forever oh yes know if i should go another layer it might be too high like by the time i put in more honey buns okay the class agrees i'm not going to add the fourth layer of cake because we've got to keep in mind the decoration afterward i'm crown coating my honey bun cake with more of my honey cinnamon buttercream or han can you get the fridge door can you be the fridge assistant please okay you can stay you can stay in class this was my favorite lunchtime treat it's called a passion flaky passion flaky where are you guys from and what is your favorite lunchtime treat please leave a comment below and maybe i'll cake it every passion flaky features puff pastry cream and then a triple berry jam inside so i want to mimic this in my cake of course i'm using italian meringue buttercream for the cream and then i'm using some berry jam for the jam the pastry is already in the passion flaky anytime i'm using a softer filling like jam or caramel i like to pipe a fence first we don't want it to run out of the cake we want it to stay in the cake please take notes about piping fences orahan is that your phone now it's time to crumb coat this passion frankie cake with italian meringue buttercream okay all right passion flaky girl do you know what the next snack cake is it's ah caramel are you ready for this there it is oh yeah girl it's like a smile because you make me smile you know they had to name it after you because you're so special i always smile in this caramel for this cake i'm using vanilla excuse me you are in charge of that you're the fridge assistant today for this cake i am using vanilla cake chocolate buttercream i'm gonna cut these up girl and put them in the cake because you're the star and then in between where i have any spaces i'm gonna push in little mini marshmallows and then i'm gonna drizzle the whole thing with caramel girl and to hold all this goodness in my cake i'm gonna pipe a fence of chocolate buttercream ah caramel you know i'm gonna crumb coat you in some chocolate buttercream why can't you crumb coat it with caramel that won't work you could do like a shish kebab cake and just dip it into caramel no the cake would fall apart because caramel is just so so what's the word don't you ever talk down to my caramel the next mini snack cake is based on whippets so inside this cake i'm using chocolate cake vanilla buttercream and then i'm going to cut these whippets and place them all around and then i'm going to chop up some digestive cookies because it reminds me of the cookie at the bottom sprinkle them on dollop on some gem oh yes or hon i did pipe a fence i pipe defense of ganache to keep everything in the cake i'm crumb coating my whippet cake with more chocolate ganache see that see the cookie the jam the marshmallow that looks delicious it's like a little bonbon now go sit down thank you for my fifth cake i'm basing it on this cosmic brownie so it's a lovely brownie with chocolate glaze and colorful chocolate chips on top i think what i'm going to do is i'm going to color some buttercream maybe yellow and pink and orange to fill my cake and that way when i cut it open we'll see the difference between the cake and the brownies now that my buttercream is colored i'm ready to stack this cake so i have a layer of chocolate cake on the bottom and now i'm going to pipe a fence of chocolate corn grenache and then i'm going to spread in my orange buttercream now i'm cutting my brownies in half and then in half diagonally so i have lovely triangles and i'm going to arrange them in my cake and fill in all the spaces between with my colorful chocolate chips i feel the need to tell the class that the colored buttercream was orhan's idea thank you but you still have a lot of work to do why do you do you know as i started piping it was exactly what i thought ah that's an excellent question because when we started each cake was gonna have four layers of cake and i didn't get that out of my head and now you're like the brainiac student who's pointed out the teacher's flaw yeah what do i do guys i think i'm gonna take pink out i could use pink on the outside when i decorate the top yeah and then nobody has to be left out so i'm going to put yellow inside thank you student i approve teacher he only pays attention when i make mistakes i'm crown coating this cosmic brownie cake with chocolate ganache you can use what's left over from the fence and if you need a little more just get another dollop what is it called cosmetics i don't know it's not that cosmic like why aren't these shaped like stars or something like what's cosmic about this all of my cakes have been crumb coated and the crumb coat is chilled so now it's time to ice each one of them with the same thing that i crumb coated it i should not be telling you guys this anymore you should know this this is the problem you know you go on vacation you get a tan you dye your hair you paint your nails you come back and your students are lost without you no respect i just i need a coffee break we're almost ready to decorate these cakes but there's one more thing i need to do i want to make a chocolate glaze so that i can glaze my whippet cake just like a whippet is glazed i also just like making chocolate glaze so all that it is is dark chocolate butter and a little bit of corn syrup and then we're going to put all three ingredients in a bowl microwave it and stir it together and you need your cake to be really chilled before you pour the warm glaze on it and i'm going to pour my chocolate glaze right in the center and allow it to flow all the way down i have a small offset spatula on hand in case i need to help it but with a glaze we just want like one perfect coating so crazy are you wishing you were this cake well you're not okay class i hope you had a great lunch i hope you feel nourished because now we're gonna decorate these mini snack cakes this is my favorite part just like mega cakes i don't really know how i'm gonna decorate these all i know is what i want on top but i try to be sort of free and just go with the flow this is the art portion of the class the first cake i'm gonna work on is the passion flaky fashion flaky now we are not teacher and students we're all just artists this little thing i saw it or honey thank you so now i think i want to top each one of these with a raspberry just because raspberries are so pretty and now i'm going to slice some strawberries and put them on i think i've got to find blueberries i'm liking this how do you feel should i teeter one on top no it won't last okay so now i'm gonna add some flakies down around the bottom okay and now i'm gonna put some berries down there can we get a shelf that's being pushed in oh god girl you know the next cake i'm gonna make is ah caramel i should have decorated you first because you're so special so i'm gonna top this cake with the ah caramel snack cakes some caramel some marshmallows i'm sorry you marshmallows it's time for the cosmic brownie cake so on top of this i'm putting cosmic brownies some of these colorful chocolate chips and then i'm gonna pipe on the pink buttercream that i made by accident it was a good accident yeah i'm gonna do something abstract i'm going to try try and be very abstract class are you still with me you're fading hello so we're gonna move on to the honey bunny and there's nothing i like more than a pile of donuts so i'm gonna put a pile of donuts on top of this and then i'm gonna pipe a little more of my honey cinnamon buttercream and splatter i'm gonna get very artistic i'm gonna splatter honey and sprinkle cinnamon oh it melted the buttercream it was funny this is the one i want to eat the most oh yeah yep it's time to decorate the whippet cake the glaze is completely cool just like a whippet and i'm going to top this cake with whippets some cookies some fresh strawberries and i'll use a little more of my glaze as glue if i need it these cakes are looking pretty good but i want to remind you that our bake to school bundle is still on sale don't be like orahan show up to class ready to learn ready to bake also i know you guys really like our classic how to cake at teas so we decided to put them back on sale just for you they're available again at how to kick it dot com you can pick them up right now and it's perfect for the school year guys thank you so much for watching i will see you next week and in the meantime if you want more back to school cakes check them out right herethis week i am taking back to school mini snack cakes i know that when i was in school i couldn't wait to see what treat was in my lunchbox that's the highlight of the month and if i didn't get the one i wanted then i'd want to trade with my friends and you'd see who got a better treat i have a honey bun cosby brownies well my mom is a cake decorator so wait till you see my treat she made me an entire cake out of passion flakies do you want to trade yeah what do you have so i'm gonna take those treats and turn them into mini cakes so i've baked 10 cakes four of them are vanilla four of them are chocolate and two of them are vanilla spice i feel very weird with painted nails this is very teacher-like though are we taking notes are you writing this down but there will be a test so i'm gonna level my cakes and i'm also gonna remove the caramelization from the vanilla and spice cakes on the bottom i'm gonna leave the caramelization on the sides of my spice cakes because the honey buns that i'm using liking the way a snack cake but anyway they're very caramelized so i'm okay with it on my vanilla cakes i'm simply going to use my fingers to gently wipe away the caramelization this often works when i bake small cakes now it's time to layer my cakes into two layers each okay class what is the next step in the process eat them no cody we are several steps away from eating them here's the simple syrup very good and what do i use to simply scrub so squeeze they're squeezed a lot in class we use the proper name so i'm going to simply set up these cakes and let the syrup what class soak in very good cody's awake now excellent excellent orahan after class you will be washing rulers i'm making five different cakes each featuring a different lunchtime snack and not only am i gonna put the lunchtime snack inside the cake but i'm gonna make the whole cake taste like that lunch uh i think i'm going to start with the honey bun my honey bun cake is going to feature honey buns my spiced vanilla cake and then i'm going to make a honey cinnamon butter guy for the honey cinnamon buttercream i'm just going a tally meringue buttercream with honey and cinnamon until i like the way it tastes so can we get a picture of this it looks beautiful there's buttercream there's honey there's cinnamon maybe take the lens cap off the camera that would be good thank you no couldn't do this you can't rely on cody all through this year i remember you saying i'll just use the other camera and snap pictures as we go so this is what goes on pictures can i actually have your hand yep yes with my painted nails look at me i'm a teacher this week i'm using vanilla cakes with a spice mix marbled inside and nestle these honey buns inside the cake you made an infinity sign honey buns forever oh yes know if i should go another layer it might be too high like by the time i put in more honey buns okay the class agrees i'm not going to add the fourth layer of cake because we've got to keep in mind the decoration afterward i'm crown coating my honey bun cake with more of my honey cinnamon buttercream or han can you get the fridge door can you be the fridge assistant please okay you can stay you can stay in class this was my favorite lunchtime treat it's called a passion flaky passion flaky where are you guys from and what is your favorite lunchtime treat please leave a comment below and maybe i'll cake it every passion flaky features puff pastry cream and then a triple berry jam inside so i want to mimic this in my cake of course i'm using italian meringue buttercream for the cream and then i'm using some berry jam for the jam the pastry is already in the passion flaky anytime i'm using a softer filling like jam or caramel i like to pipe a fence first we don't want it to run out of the cake we want it to stay in the cake please take notes about piping fences orahan is that your phone now it's time to crumb coat this passion frankie cake with italian meringue buttercream okay all right passion flaky girl do you know what the next snack cake is it's ah caramel are you ready for this there it is oh yeah girl it's like a smile because you make me smile you know they had to name it after you because you're so special i always smile in this caramel for this cake i'm using vanilla excuse me you are in charge of that you're the fridge assistant today for this cake i am using vanilla cake chocolate buttercream i'm gonna cut these up girl and put them in the cake because you're the star and then in between where i have any spaces i'm gonna push in little mini marshmallows and then i'm gonna drizzle the whole thing with caramel girl and to hold all this goodness in my cake i'm gonna pipe a fence of chocolate buttercream ah caramel you know i'm gonna crumb coat you in some chocolate buttercream why can't you crumb coat it with caramel that won't work you could do like a shish kebab cake and just dip it into caramel no the cake would fall apart because caramel is just so so what's the word don't you ever talk down to my caramel the next mini snack cake is based on whippets so inside this cake i'm using chocolate cake vanilla buttercream and then i'm going to cut these whippets and place them all around and then i'm going to chop up some digestive cookies because it reminds me of the cookie at the bottom sprinkle them on dollop on some gem oh yes or hon i did pipe a fence i pipe defense of ganache to keep everything in the cake i'm crumb coating my whippet cake with more chocolate ganache see that see the cookie the jam the marshmallow that looks delicious it's like a little bonbon now go sit down thank you for my fifth cake i'm basing it on this cosmic brownie so it's a lovely brownie with chocolate glaze and colorful chocolate chips on top i think what i'm going to do is i'm going to color some buttercream maybe yellow and pink and orange to fill my cake and that way when i cut it open we'll see the difference between the cake and the brownies now that my buttercream is colored i'm ready to stack this cake so i have a layer of chocolate cake on the bottom and now i'm going to pipe a fence of chocolate corn grenache and then i'm going to spread in my orange buttercream now i'm cutting my brownies in half and then in half diagonally so i have lovely triangles and i'm going to arrange them in my cake and fill in all the spaces between with my colorful chocolate chips i feel the need to tell the class that the colored buttercream was orhan's idea thank you but you still have a lot of work to do why do you do you know as i started piping it was exactly what i thought ah that's an excellent question because when we started each cake was gonna have four layers of cake and i didn't get that out of my head and now you're like the brainiac student who's pointed out the teacher's flaw yeah what do i do guys i think i'm gonna take pink out i could use pink on the outside when i decorate the top yeah and then nobody has to be left out so i'm going to put yellow inside thank you student i approve teacher he only pays attention when i make mistakes i'm crown coating this cosmic brownie cake with chocolate ganache you can use what's left over from the fence and if you need a little more just get another dollop what is it called cosmetics i don't know it's not that cosmic like why aren't these shaped like stars or something like what's cosmic about this all of my cakes have been crumb coated and the crumb coat is chilled so now it's time to ice each one of them with the same thing that i crumb coated it i should not be telling you guys this anymore you should know this this is the problem you know you go on vacation you get a tan you dye your hair you paint your nails you come back and your students are lost without you no respect i just i need a coffee break we're almost ready to decorate these cakes but there's one more thing i need to do i want to make a chocolate glaze so that i can glaze my whippet cake just like a whippet is glazed i also just like making chocolate glaze so all that it is is dark chocolate butter and a little bit of corn syrup and then we're going to put all three ingredients in a bowl microwave it and stir it together and you need your cake to be really chilled before you pour the warm glaze on it and i'm going to pour my chocolate glaze right in the center and allow it to flow all the way down i have a small offset spatula on hand in case i need to help it but with a glaze we just want like one perfect coating so crazy are you wishing you were this cake well you're not okay class i hope you had a great lunch i hope you feel nourished because now we're gonna decorate these mini snack cakes this is my favorite part just like mega cakes i don't really know how i'm gonna decorate these all i know is what i want on top but i try to be sort of free and just go with the flow this is the art portion of the class the first cake i'm gonna work on is the passion flaky fashion flaky now we are not teacher and students we're all just artists this little thing i saw it or honey thank you so now i think i want to top each one of these with a raspberry just because raspberries are so pretty and now i'm going to slice some strawberries and put them on i think i've got to find blueberries i'm liking this how do you feel should i teeter one on top no it won't last okay so now i'm gonna add some flakies down around the bottom okay and now i'm gonna put some berries down there can we get a shelf that's being pushed in oh god girl you know the next cake i'm gonna make is ah caramel i should have decorated you first because you're so special so i'm gonna top this cake with the ah caramel snack cakes some caramel some marshmallows i'm sorry you marshmallows it's time for the cosmic brownie cake so on top of this i'm putting cosmic brownies some of these colorful chocolate chips and then i'm gonna pipe on the pink buttercream that i made by accident it was a good accident yeah i'm gonna do something abstract i'm going to try try and be very abstract class are you still with me you're fading hello so we're gonna move on to the honey bunny and there's nothing i like more than a pile of donuts so i'm gonna put a pile of donuts on top of this and then i'm gonna pipe a little more of my honey cinnamon buttercream and splatter i'm gonna get very artistic i'm gonna splatter honey and sprinkle cinnamon oh it melted the buttercream it was funny this is the one i want to eat the most oh yeah yep it's time to decorate the whippet cake the glaze is completely cool just like a whippet and i'm going to top this cake with whippets some cookies some fresh strawberries and i'll use a little more of my glaze as glue if i need it these cakes are looking pretty good but i want to remind you that our bake to school bundle is still on sale don't be like orahan show up to class ready to learn ready to bake also i know you guys really like our classic how to cake at teas so we decided to put them back on sale just for you they're available again at how to kick it dot com you can pick them up right now and it's perfect for the school year guys thank you so much for watching i will see you next week and in the meantime if you want more back to school cakes check them out right here\n"