Lesson 1 – Carving and Shaping the Cake
This lesson should be preceded by Introductions with health and safety notices. Duration 20 mins
Demo: 10mins Activity: 15 mins
- Cutting the shape
- Carving the barrel shape
- Aligning the cake on the board
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Lesson 2 – Stacking and Layering the Cake
Demo: 15mins Activity: 10 mins
- Aligning the sandwich pieces of the cake
- Layering with ganache
- Putting the cake back together and spreading out the ganache
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Lesson 3 – Covering the sides with Ganache
Demo: 5mins Activity: 15 mins
- Apply a generous layer of ganche to both sides of the handbag
- Spread evently allowing to overflow at the edges
- Smooth with a hot pallete knife
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Lesson 4 – Covering the bag with ganache
Demo: 10mins Activity: 15 mins
- Trimming the ganche from the sides
- Applying ganache generously to the body of the handbag
- Achieving a smooth finish with a palette knife
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Lesson 5 – Finising the ganache
Demo: 10mins Activity: 10 mins
- Fill in any holes the may have appeared
- Using your palette knife achieve the smooth finish
- Finally smooth with a wet pastry brush
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Lesson 6 – Covering the cake
Demo: 20mins Activity: 35 mins
- Cover the main body of the handbag first
- Add the side panels
- Finish with your preferred texturised mat
LUNCH 35 mins
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Lesson 7 – Adding the trim
Demo: 5mins Activity: 10 mins
- Roll out a couple of long sausages
- Carefully add to cover the joins between the side panel and main body
- Smooth of to ensure neat finish
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Lesson 8 – Adding the flap
Demo: 20mins Activity: 20 mins
- Cut out the shape of the flap using a card template
- Use the template to cut the sugarpaste shape
- Add to the cake and ensure a neat finish
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Lesson 9 – Adding the handle
Demo: 10mins Activity: 15 mins
- Cut out the shape of the handle using a card template
- Use the template to cut the sugarpaste shape
- Add to the cake and ensure a neat finish
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Lesson 10 – Making the buckle, rings and zip
Demo: 10mins Activity: 30 mins
- Using flour paste and a template cut out the lock
- The rings are created by wrapping a sausage around a round cutter
- Create the zip, again with flour paste
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Lesson 11 – Adding the buckle, rings and zip
Demo: 15mins Activity: 25 mins
- Dust the decorations with your choice of colour
- Add the decorations to the handbag
- stand back and make any final adjustments before it sets
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Lesson 12 – Adding the straps, buckle pin and covering the board
Demo: 15mins Activity: 35 mins
- Create and add the straps
- Time to now add the little buckle pin
- Add the ruffle effect to cover the board
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Lesson 13 – Finishing touches
Demo: 5mins Activity: 30 mins
- Add the ribbon
- Any final adjustments
- Finish with a modest spraying with the PME glaze
Class photos 10 mins
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