Lesson 4

What to bring to Lesson 4

• Reusable, cloth wipes
• Pencil or pen and paper
• Scissors
• Toothpicks
• 1/2 cup cornstarch (to make icing stiffer consistency if necessary)
• Glue stick – prepositional type preferred
• Waxed paper
• Bath-sized towel to spread over work area
• Plastic bags for cleanup
• Several small plastic bowls or disposable cups about 8 oz. size
• Contents of The Flower and Cake Design Student Kit and Lesson Plan
• 10 inch Featherweight Bags
• Flower nail
• Practice Board with sheets and stand
• Turntable (optional)
• 25 Icing flower squares
• Spatula
• 10 full-size parchment bags
• Cake dividing set (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups medium consistency buttercream icing for Basketweave and Borders
• 1 1/2 cups stiff consistency buttercream icing for Rose review
• Additional buttercream icing in colors to complete your cake design
• Flowers, etc. to complete your final project
• Your cake design (Template included in Decorating Basics Student Kit)
• Cake iced and ready to decorate

BE SURE TO BAG YOUR ICING PRIOR TO CLASS…PLACE COUPLERS ON EACH BAG AND STORE IN AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS OR BAGS.  WE WILL SWITCH THE DECORATING TIPS IN CLASS. **REMEMBER NOT TO FILL YOUR BAGS MORE THAN HALFWAY FULL**