Marina Machado
Instructor
May 20-21
2 day class
10 am to 6 pm each day
Tuition is $1600 CAD
You will Learn
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How to approach an unusual cake structure.
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From concept to composition and execution - how to bring an idea to life and convey its message through its details.
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Theory on sculpting - modelling, an additives sculpting process.
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How to make a cake armature: gravity centre, materials, equipments and utensils.
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How to stack/layer cake and filling when free sculpting a cake.
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Theory behind minimalism and movement - the freedom of free sculpting without using a mould.
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Theory, demonstration and practice on how to carve a 3d cake shape, ensuring cohesiveness inform and also stability in structure.
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How to work with ganache. Theory behind chocolate and its various mediums - how to use it indifferent environments.
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How to cover a unusual cake shape with ganache.
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How to bring the vase shape to life - the lines and its movement and the floating rim.
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Techniques on how to create a ceramic finish to the vase cake.
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Painting on ganache - how to create layers of paint to bring a bone lustre finish to the masterpiece.
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Students will be encouraged to bring their own cake vase to life - conceptualizing, planning and execution
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Masterclasses structure and cakes
* Demonstration and student’s execution with real cake.
**During the masterclass, the Instructor will be demonstrating stacking with ganached cake.