>> Do you love making cakes, but sometimes feel your designs lack that special ‘wow’ factor?
>> Do you struggle to choose colours and create eye-catching combos, or to mix up the perfect shade of sugarpaste?
>> Do you love making sugar flowers, but stress and worry about the part where you have to arrange them on a cake?
>> Do you wish you could sketch out your designs, giving both yourself and your customers a better idea of what you’re going to make?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the perfect course for you!!
>> Do you love making cakes, but sometimes feel your designs lack that special ‘wow’ factor?
>> Do you struggle to choose colours and create eye-catching combos, or to mix up the perfect shade of sugarpaste?
>> Do you love making sugar flowers, but stress and worry about the part where you have to arrange them on a cake?
>> Do you wish you could sketch out your designs, giving both yourself and your customers a better idea of what you’re going to make?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the perfect course for you!!
Cake decorating is an art, and art needs good, thoughtful design to stand out… and that’s just what this course will teach you.
From the starting concept, picking colours and working out the design, to the tricky business of arranging your flowers on the cake, we will cover it all!
Cake decorating is an art, and art needs good, thoughtful design to stand out… and that’s just what this course will teach you.
From the starting concept, picking colours and working out the design, to the tricky business of arranging your flowers on the cake, we will cover it all!
Here’s what our past students say about The Cake Design Course…
“This is truly one of the best classes I have ever taken. I learnt so much and now use content from it all the time. Absolutely 100% recommend it to all!” Julie O.
“I love this course still, helps me translate my baker brain to clients so they can see what I’m thinking…. Best investment in myself ever!” Clair H.
“The best course I’ve taken. Very practical, really makes you think about your designs and gives you so much confidence. I refer back to it all the time.” Jen D.
SOUNDS GREAT! How do I join?
We have a number of different payment options available to suit you:
Please Note: By purchasing The Cake Design Course on a payment plan you are agreeing to payments as follows: 5 Months, £69.80 – initial payment now via the website and four subsequent monthly payments. 10 Months, £34.90 – initial payment now via the website and nine subsequent monthly payments. Or, for the Past student Add-On, 3 Months, £25.00 – initial payment now via the website and two subsequent monthly payments. By paying the first instalment of the plan you accept that payments will be taken automatically for the period of our agreement. We may be in touch to confirm your card details if necessary. Failure to keep up with the payments will result in your removal from the course. View our T&Cs here.
PAST STUDENTS ONLY
If you already did The Cake Design Course with us back in 2022, you can buy this add-on to access the new cake designs for £75.00. You will get access to the five new designs (both the live streams and the replays) and we also welcome and encourage you to join us for free, for all the live theory sessions on colour and design… there’s never any harm in refreshing and consolidating your knowledge!
Please ONLY buy this if you already did the course.
This offer is only available until the end of 2025.
PAST STUDENT ADD-ON:
One single payment of:
£75.00
OR Three payments of:
£25.00
WHAT CAKE DESIGNS WILL WE MAKE?
Here are the fifteen stunning cake designs you will learn to put together. You will get access to ten pre-recorded lessons, with a further five being live-streamed (the sketches below, dates TBC). There’s a great mixture of sizes and designs, and a broad range of techniques for attaching and arranging the flowers. Combined with the modules on colour and design, you will be set to create pretty much any floral cake that you can dream of…
. . . and yes, you will learn to sketch your cakes like this too, as well as learning how to arrange the flowers!
CAKE DESIGNS
Here are the fifteen stunning cake designs you will learn to put together. You will get access to ten pre-recorded lessons, with a further five being live-streamed (the sketches below, dates TBC). There’s a great mixture of sizes and designs, and a broad range of techniques for attaching and arranging the flowers. Combined with the modules on colour and design, you will be set to create pretty much any floral cake that you can dream of…
. . . and yes, you will learn to sketch your cakes like this too, as well as learning how to arrange the flowers!
Meet your tutor, Natalie Porter…
I love creating cakes with eye-catching designs that stand out from the crowd. I’m obsessed with colour and design, and love nothing more than passing on that obsession! With over ten years in the cake industry, I’ve designed and made thousands of cakes. From super pretty, vintage styles to bright, bold, and colourful creations… and I love them all!
Over the years, my designs have been featured in and on the covers of countless industry magazines. I’ve won Gold at the prestigious Cake International competitions six times and each time it was my colour and composition that stood out to the judges and editors.
In the last few years, I have taken my easy-going, practical and achievable teaching methods online, and have taught well over a thousand students how to make a variety of gorgeous sugar flowers. I’m so excited about our new design class, taking my love of colour and design, and combining it with with my love of cake and sugar flowers. This is going to be fun, and it’s going to transform your cakes for the better!
Meet your tutor, Natalie Porter…
I love creating cakes with eye-catching designs that stand out from the crowd. I’m obsessed with colour and design, and love nothing more than passing on that obsession! With over ten years in the cake industry, I’ve designed and made thousands of cakes. From super pretty, vintage styles to bright, bold, and colourful creations… and I love them all!
Over the years, my designs have been featured in and on the covers of countless industry magazines. I’ve won Gold at the prestigious Cake International competitions six times and each time it was my colour and composition that stood out to the judges and editors.
In the last few years, I have taken my easy-going, practical and achievable teaching methods online, and have taught well over a thousand students how to make a variety of gorgeous sugar flowers. I’m so excited about our new design class, taking my love of colour and design, and combining it with with my love of cake and sugar flowers. This is going to be fun, and it’s going to transform your cakes for the better!
If you’d like to see more of my work, check out the CLASSES and PORTFOLIO pages.
More detail on the Four key Modules,
each with tons of content…
1. COLOUR
Split into three sessions, with accompanying Q&As, the colour module is both super fun and super important!
• Learn all about colour theory and the colour wheel – what is it, how it works, and how can you use it create better designs.
• Learn how to mix colours, creating exactly the right shade and tone for the design.
• Learn how to create a colour palette – what works and why? How do you use colour to create a range of different feels and aesthetics for your cakes?
• Learn how to translate all that into sugar – mixing up the perfect colours in sugarpaste, using dusts to enhance and give ‘oomph’ to your work.
1. COLOUR
Split into three sessions, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions, the colour module is both fun and super important!
• Learn all about colour theory and the colour wheel – what is it, how it works, and how can you use it create better designs.
• Learn how to mix colours, creating exactly the right shade and tone for the design.
• Learn how to create a colour palette – what works and why? How do you use colour to create a range of different feels and aesthetics for your cakes?
• Learn how to translate all that into sugar – mixing up the perfect colours in sugarpaste, using dusts to enhance and give ‘oomph’ to your work.
2. DESIGN THEORY
This module will give you an overview of design theory and how to apply it to your cakes.
• Learn about a range of applicable design principles, for example, space, symmetry, movement, and more…
• Learn all about proportion and why it is one of the most important things to consider when designing a cake.
• Learn how and why using these principles in your cake designs will make them better and more eye-catching.
In addition, each Cake Design has a breakdown of why the design works in terms of colour, proportion, placement etc… and I will show you how to actually go about attaching the flowers to the cake.
2. DESIGN THEORY
With just the one session and a Q&A, this module will give you an overview of design theory and how to apply it to your cakes.
Each one will have a breakdown of why the design works in terms of colour, proportion, placement etc… and I will show you how to actually go about attaching the flowers to the cake.
• Learn about a range of applicable design principles, for example, space, symmetry, movement, and more…
• Learn all about proportion and why it is one of the most important things to consider when designing a cake.
• Learn how and why using these principles in your cake designs will make them better and more eye-catching.
3. SKETCHING CAKES
This module is covered in two sessions, with Q&As and a special homework review session… yes, a little bit of homework!
This is such a useful and important skill to have – it allows you to experiment and test things out before you commit in sugar, it gives you a guide for when you’re making the cake, AND it’s a fabulous things to be able to give your customers so you’re all on the same page.
• Learn how to draw basic flowers and how to add them to a cake template – nothing too fancy, but more than sufficient for a cake sketch!
• Learn how to colour your cake sketches, experimenting along the way get it right before you start working in sugar.
• Learn how to make your sketches ‘arty’, an arty style will allow for a lot of imperfections but the sketches will still look great for their ‘artiness’.
3. SKETCHING CAKES
This module is covered in two sessions, and yes… a little bit of homework so you can put what you learn into practice!
This is such a useful and important skill to have – it allows you to experiment and test things out before you commit in sugar, it gives you a guide for when you’re making the cake, AND it’s a fabulous things to be able to show your customers so you’re all on the same page.
• Learn how to draw basic flowers and how to add them to a cake template – nothing too fancy, but more than sufficient for a cake sketch!
• Learn how to colour your cake sketches, experimenting along the way get it right before you start working in sugar.
• Learn how to make your sketches ‘arty’, an arty style will allow for a lot of imperfections but the sketches will still look great for their ‘artiness’.
4. ARRANGING FLOWERS ON CAKES
Here’s the one we’ve all been waiting for… combining all the theory from the modules above, I’ll show you how to create fifteen gorgeous cake designs.
Each cake design will have a breakdown of why the design works in terms of colour, proportion, placement etc. so you can see the colour and design theory in action.
• Learn to create fifteen beautiful and modern designs, including one, two, three, four and five tier cakes. Ten of the designs are pre-recorded, with the remaining five to be taught live.
• Learn all the flower arranging techniques you need to create pretty much any design you can think of. This isn’t just about teaching you the specific designs in the class, but giving you the skills and knowledge to confidently create your own designs.
4. ARRANGING FLOWERS ON CAKES
Here’s the one we’ve all been waiting for… combining all the theory from the modules above, I’ll show you how to create twelve gorgeous cake designs.
Each cake design will have a breakdown of why the design works in terms of colour, proportion, placement etc… and I will show you how to actually go about attaching the flowers to the cake.
• Learn to create twelve beautiful and modern designs, including one, two, three, four and five tier cakes.
• Learn all the flower arranging techniques you need to create pretty much any design you can think of. This isn’t just about teaching you the specific deigns in the class, but giving you the skills and knowledge to confidently create your own designs.
VIDEOS & PRINTABLE NOTES to suit your learning style.
Alongside live videos, which you can re-watch as many times as you want, each module comes with a full set of comprehensive notes to help you learn and get the most from the course. Two in particular will be extremely useful: dozens of cake templates for you to sketch with, and a full serving size chart. When combined, these will help you make the right choices about shape, size and proportion for all of your designs.
BONUS CONTENT!
As well as everything described above, there will also be BONUS lessons available on covering cake dummies, how to photograph your cakes, and guidance for how to set your prices. Whilst not half as exciting as the other lessons, these are so useful and have proven really valuable for our students. You will of course have plenty of opportunities to ask questions as we discuss these issues, ensuring you get the very best from the course.
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What are people saying about our classes?
Having taught thousands of students online and in-person, I’m incredibly proud of them and everything they’ve achieved. Nothing brings me joy more than receiving kind words and reviews like those below:
★★★★★
I love the bright, airy relaxed environment that Natalie uses for her classes. That combined with the camera technique used, could almost convince you that you are in the same room. Classes are well prepped and delivered in a professional but personable way… The guides that accompany the classes are comprehensive, colourful, and well written and illustrated. There is always a feast of fantastic colour in use and it can’t help but inspire you to have a go.
Karen M.
★★★★★
Natalie’s classes are like being taught at home by a lovely friend. Super relaxed teaching, sharing lots of tips and tricks helps build confidence with using colour and in construction and all the instructions are in easy to follow PDF’s. I have been able to make beautiful flowers following her fabulous guidance that I didn’t think possible!
Alison H.
★★★★★
The classes with the lovely Natalie and Chris of Immaculate Confections are always relaxed, fun, informative and full of incredible tips and techniques. Always a pleasure to watch and participate in.
Julie O.
★★★★★
Natalie’s flower classes are amazing. She explains and demonstrates very clearly. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Her love of colour is fabulous. I can’t recommend the monthly flower class enough. And the fact that I have the class for life is brilliant.
Stephanie B.
★★★★★
I took a chance and booked the Monthly Flower Club subscription for the year….it’s fantastic. The documents are fab for reference. Natalie has a way of explaining and showing you how to do each step that is so relaxing but at the same time so informative, you learn loads. She is clear and so easy to understand in her descriptions and methods. Anyone thinking of doing this class you really need to go for it as it’s such good value… It is definitely money you will not regret spending on yourself, and Natalie and Chris are so lovely they are a pleasure to deal with.
Frances M.
★★★★★
I can highly recommend immaculate confections online classes, Natalie is a brilliant teacher who explains everything in detail and is always there if you need a question answered. With lots of hints and tips and a friendly face . Their products are amazing too.
Sandra W.
★★★★★
I think I have done most of Natalie’s on line classes. They are excellent value for money. The PDF’s she sends you are so informative and full of detail. Natalie is a great teacher and uses equipment that most of us can afford. Chris is amazing on the camera too. I would 100 percent recommend these xx
Caroline C.
★★★★★
I had little experience of making flowers when I discovered Immaculate Confections. Since then I have purchased almost all of Natalie’s courses and would recommend them to anyone. Natalie has a teaching style which makes everything so easy to understand and really achievable. The pdf notes are easy to follow with wonderfully helpful photos of what you are aiming for. The videos are very detailed and offer many colour variations which are stunning. If you are thinking about joining the classes I can honestly recommend them to anyone. Be prepared to make some beautiful, colourful creations, you won’t regret it!
Anna R.
★★★★★
I’ve purchased a few online flower tutorials but nothing compares to Monthly flower club it’s so different… Natalie has an ability to teach and share so much knowledge and passion in the most relaxed manner. Oh and don’t be worried that after purchasing the class you won’t be able to afford the tools to join in….the equipment used is a mix of basic tool kit and easily affordable cutters…. You’ll learn so much more than what you’ve signed up for, it’s a wonderful community I’m so happy to belong to!
Lisa H.
★★★★★
Natalie really makes sugar flowers accessible to all levels of sugar crafters. Classes… are relaxed, easy to comprehend and the content given alongside the videos is simple to follow too. Should you have any questions she is always happy to answer via various mediums.
Sarah M.