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Cake Decorating & Chocolate Making

Learn how to craft something that is beautiful to look at and also tastes divine. Cake decorating and chocolate making are art forms that can challenge your creativity and tickle your tastebuds. It is an absorbing hobby, which gives hours of fun and plenty of challenges. With these skills you’ll always be in demand for celebrations. And you could even use cake decorating as an income earner.

Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Stotts Cengage Education Cake Decorating and Chocolate Making Certificate.

Order of Studies

SUBJECTS:
1. Equipment
2. Icings and Recipes
3. Embroidery and Writing
4. Lacework
5. Floodwork
6. Jelly Decorating
7. Piped Flowers
8. Decorating Fancy Tea-Cakes
9. Petit-Fours
10. Chocolate Introduction
11. Chocolate Moulding
12. Three Dimensional Chocolates
13. Confectionery Centres for Chocolates
14. Formal Celebration Fruit Cakes
15. Almond Icing or Marzipan Coverings
16. Soft or Fondant Icing Coverings
17. Application of Lacework and Insertion
18. Ribbon
19. Final Presentation of Fully Decorated Cake

Requirements

Course Number: CD7
Prerequisites: Open entry
Assessments: 19 lessons / 15 assignments
Duration: This course must be completed within 24 months.
24 Months = 5 hours a week study
12 Months = 9 hours a week study
Level: Equivalent to Level 3
Stotts Cengage Education is registered as a private training establishment by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments. This course has no National Qualifications Framework accreditation and no credits will be reported to NZQA upon completion.
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