Sugarcraft - Brushed Embroidery - Mansfield Central Library - Adult Learning

Mansfield Central Library, Mansfield

Date	8 January - 5 February 2024
Sessions	Mondays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Mansfield Central Library, Mansfield View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £30

About this course

This course is a beginner guide to decorating cakes and cupcakes.

You will learn skills and techniques using royal icing, A paintbrush is stroked through royal icing leaving behind brush strokes which resemble stitching in fabric.

On this course, we will cover:

• How to emboss designs
• How to ice a cupcake with sugar paste
• How to create a shimmer effect on sugar paste icing
• How to use a paper piping bag
• How to create brush embroidery designs
• How to use edible pearls to enhance your designs

Learners will have produced a selection of designs to decorate and enhance any celebration cake or cupcake. Some previous experience will be required to attend the course.

Learners should bring:

Patchwork Large Christmas Rose set, flowers and the two leaves or a five leaf rose cutter, leaf shaped cutter
Damp cloth
Small amount of Sugar paste
Water
Small palette knife
Piping bag
Scissors
No 3 Piping nozzle
Dummy cake board or cup cakes
Ready to roll icing
Rolling pin
Corn flour for dusting
Circle cutter
No 6 paintbrush and white dusting powder or snowflake dusting brush and edible pearls
Note pad and pen

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: