All materials provided

Skills geared toward intermediate/advanced decorators

Welcome to this sweet birdie abode! In “Home Tweet Home” we’ll be creating a 6”x6” birdhouse cookie composition made of multiple cookie and icing layers. Each layer is thoughtfully designed to enhance the rustic nature and dimensional depth of the overall piece. Decorating techniques include textured royal icing, delicate royal icing transfers, painted details, and shading with dry brushed powdered food colors. In addition, we’ll be using templates to cut two specialty “tips” on tipless bags to create royal icing poppy flowers and textured bird feathers. Video and live instruction will help demonstrate hand/wrist movement and pressure piping, and templates will assist in achieving intricate cuts on the tipless icing bags. This class is loaded with awesome techniques that can be applied to endless other cookie designs. Students should have a solid foundation of basic icing skills (piping and flooding) and a willingness to embrace the freedom and joy of textured and rustic cookies. Once at home, the decorating fun can continue! You’ll have access to a class workbook with templates, supply lists, and a review of each part of the design!

Class topics include:

• Using various cookie thicknesses to achieve a “stacked” cookie display
• Texturing royal icing
• Cutting specialty tips in tipless bags, and using the seam to your favor
• Using an icing (flower) nail
• Creative royal icing transfers
• Painting/dry brushing with powdered food colors

Please note: In-process photographs/video taken during class are for personal use only. Distribution or re-teaching of class content is prohibited.