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Buttercream Essentials: Piping Principles

Develop the craft of cake decorating through the first class in the Buttercream Essentials Certificate series at NY Cake Academy. Discover the keys to classic piping techniques and pick up how to create beautiful shapes and forms using a variety of piping tips. Impress your friends and family with stunningly decorated cupcakes.

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  • 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY
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Description

Piping is one of the most versatile and celebrated forms of cake decoration, and mastering it opens up a world of creative possibilities. In the first of five Buttercream Essentials Certificate classes, presented by NY Cake Academy's Cake Decorating Fundamentals series, you will explore classic piping techniques that have become the defining standard for cake decoration around the world. Starting with the essentials of Buttercream 101, you will develop a clear understanding of the different types of buttercream before preparing your own American Buttercream from scratch. You will then learn to distinguish among piping tips, including round, star, petal, and leaf tips, and understand how each creates distinct shapes and forms that are central to finishing a beautifully decorated cake.

Under the guidance of instructors with extensive professional experience, you will practice loading and holding a piping bag correctly through targeted drills covering all the classic techniques. By the end of class, you will apply everything you have learned to decorate cupcakes you will be proud to take home and show off.

What You Will Learn:

  • The differences among the various types of buttercream
  • How to prepare American Buttercream from scratch
  • How to hold and use a piping bag, couplers, and tips correctly
  • How to fill a piping bag cleanly and efficiently
  • How to color buttercream to a consistent, even hue
  • Practice piping exercises to create classic shapes and borders, including stars, waves, zigzags, shells, leaves, rosettes, dots, and hearts
  • How to decorate cupcakes using classic piping techniques

All supplies and materials are included. Classes are hands-on, interactive experiences, so please dress accordingly. We recommend comfortable, casual clothing that you do not mind getting a little buttercream on, along with flat, closed-toe shoes. Open-toed shoes and sandals are discouraged as they pose a safety risk in a working kitchen environment. Long hair should be tied back.

School Notes: Please note, if you require a gluten free option for your baking class, you must alert the school in advance and there will be a +$15 fee applied for each gluten free substitute which will be collected directly by the school. Please contact them or CourseHorse to arrange this.

Refund Policy

Classes are not eligible for refunds, however classes are transferable.

  • Students may reschedule their class to an alternative date up to 4 business days prior to the class date for in-person classes.
  • All deposits & fees are forfeited for no shows.
  • We do not provide make-up classes.

The school reserve the right to cancel a class due to low enrollment up to 48 hours before the class date. The school reserve the right to change class schedules. If for any reason the school should cancel a class, a full refund will be offered to the student. However, we do not accept responsibility for any other expenses incurred such as hotel or airline cancellation penalties.

Cancellations or changes can be made through email at [email protected]. Please be sure to include the full name of the registered student, and class registration confirmation.

If a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, or other circumstance beyond our control (facility issues, power outages, etc.), we will contact you with as much advanced notice as possible by email or telephone, and issue you a refund to the original form of payment. We will make every effort to run the class as long as it is safe to do so. If we make the decision to run a class during inclement weather and you make the decision not to come, you will not be able to get a refund, we will offer only a credit for future use.

Credits are valid for a 12 month period of time.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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