Sugar paste and Modelling

This flexible, truly international decorating medium allows both the beginner and intermediate student to quickly and easily cover cakes to give a flawless professional look and finish.

Penningtons sugar paste and modelling courses also guide students through the methods and techniques required to produce fun character models and delicate decorations that will surely impress all your friends and family.

Upcoming Classes

September Monday Morning ‘Bramley Hedge’

06/09/2021 - 11/10/2021

10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Sorry! This course is fully booked

This is a six week modelling and cake covering course. The course includes learning how to cover a cake using the icing, ‘sugar paste’ and how to make fun, character models and create a theme. The project for this course is our take on the lovely, autumnal tale of the childrens books ‘Bramley Hedge’. Each student will be encouraged to express their own creativity in developing ideas towards the creation of this cake. Skills covered during this six weeks include: Sugar paste covering, 3D character modelling, colouring and general decorative techniques. Photograph for this project to follow shortly.

The course requires an 8″round approximately 4″ depth fruit cake marzipaned which is required on week 2 of the course or as an alternative we can provide you with a dummy cake if preferred, dummy cakes will be available to purchase from the school for £7.00 each on week one, which includes the cake drum and box.

September Thursday Evening ‘Bramley Hedge’

09/09/2021 - 14/10/2021

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Sorry! This course is fully booked

September ‘Bit of Everything’ course

20/09/2021 - 04/10/2021

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

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This is a 3 week mini course to give an introduction to a ‘bit of everything’ !

During the 3 week course you will be taught how to make the on trend ‘Ganache Icing’ and learn to crumb coat on a provided 6″ sponge cake. Cover the sponge cake in the icing called sugar paste and create a professional flawless finish. You will also be taught some basic royal ice piping and an introduction to direct writing. The cake will be decorated with piping and unwired sugar Roses, which you will also learn how to make on this course.

This is the perfect course for someone who wants to trial cake decorating or simply brush up on their basic cake decorating skills.

All materials and equipment are provided for this course.

November Saturday Mini Christmas Cake

£90.00

27/11/2021

10:00 am - 2:30 pm

Book Spaces available: 10

This is a perfect half day class to learn some basic decorating skills and leave with a delightful mini fruit cake perfect to keep or as a gift for someone special for Christmas. This course is ideal for a beginner providing some of the basic skills required in cake decorating.

Skills learnt during this class will be marzipaning, covering the provided cake with icing and modelling a cute cake topper to complete the cake.

All materials including fruit cake are provided for this class.

December Novelty Reindeer Cake

11/12/2021

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Sorry! This course is fully booked

An opportunity to learn how to create a delightful novelty Christmas cake using sponge and rice Krispies . The skills you will learn from this one day class are, carving skills, masking with butter cream, flawless covering in sugar paste and decorative facial features. The Reindeer’s head will be modelled using rice Krispie mix, covered using sugar paste to create this adorable cute face.

All materials are provided for this class including a light lunch.

Karyn T

2019-10-21

Good Cake Decorating Course Booked on the course with work .However unable to complete as changed job .Penningtons were able to let me complete the course anyway and it is a very good environment to go to improve skills

Bex Izz

2019-07-10

Amazing cake school. I first went to Penningtons cake school just over a year ago. I knew next to nothing about cake decorating and lacked confidence in the beginning. With Dawn and Kerry’s fantastic step by step teaching I’ve really learned so much and I can now see improvement. It all started with a modelling cake class, then straight edges and ganache covering, followed by royal icing classes, and a couple of sugar flower classes. My favourite has to be Royal icing swiftly followed by the sugar flowers. In fact I’m already booked on 2 courses for the next school year in September, I can’t wait and will really miss the fab people I’ve met over the course of the year. Things to take to class? An apron, a smile and plenty of enthusiasm for fun while you learn.

Becky Fisher Roberts

Amazing skils Dawn and her team are absolutely fantastic I have learnt so many skills and had so much fun, absolutely brilliant cannit wait gir the next course to start!

Priscilla blake

2019-07-09

Cake decorating Amazing school of cake artistry by dawn Pennington - do a 1-1 or a day class or book several lessons or do a course - you will be amazed at the skills you will learn - it’s all step by step which makes it so much easier - first class tuition from dawn herself and also Kerry - you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve ❤️

Jan L

Learn new skills whilst having a ball! Attending a Royal Icing Class and a wired flower class too. Run by Dawn, Kerry and Amanda, we have great fun learning our new skills. Help is always on hand if disaster strikes. Recommended.

Rania H

Best cake school Finding Penningtons Cake school is one of the best things that happened to me. I learned a lot, took royal icing courses, flower course and start your own business course which gave me confidence to start my business and I can still reach out to Dawn if I needed help or advice. Wish I can take all the courses they offer. Love the relaxing atmosphere there and the richness of information and techniques.

FiFi_Trixi1

Brilliant cake decorating school! Penningtons is an absolutely brilliant place to come if you are looking to widen your cake artistry skills in pretty much any area you could wish for - sugarpaste, royal icing, modelling, chocolate, sugar flowers, wedding cakes....the list goes on. I started with Kerry by doing a few courses at Bournemouth and Poole college many years ago and then discovered Penningtons through an Easter flower course she was running. I’ve since done a number of sugarpaste workshops, royal iced cakes and flower courses. Dawn and the ladies that run it all and teach here are just wonderful. Always willing to help, so lovely and friendly, and easy to talk to and ask (often a million!) questions. Have recommended the courses to a number of friends and can’t wait to get decorating again and get booked onto something exciting in future.

TD77

Sugar Roses and Royal Icing course For a long time I have wanted to learn different skills for when I make cakes for family members. I kept putting off finding courses and then relying on internet videos to help me. Having had a one to one session with Dawn at Pennington’s in the past, to decorate my own birthday cake, I continued following her page. It was there that I noticed some courses that interested me. I finally took the plunge recently and thoroughly enjoyed my few hours learning and creating at Pennington’s. I did a two day Sugar Roses course and a two day Introduction to Royal Icing course. The teachers are fab and so friendly and encouraging. The other students at group were friendly too and those that weren’t newbies like me were really helpful. As a beginner you are encouraged from the start and so you feel very welcomed into the family. I’m looking forward to booking myself on to more courses soon!

Rufmeister

From complete beginner to advanced decorating I did my first course at Pennington’s last July and had never managed to decorate a cake without it looking as if a 5 year old had been let loose!! But Dawn and her amazing team showed patience and within a few weeks I had skills I would never have believed. I have completed Royal icing, sugar paste, flower making and have enjoyed every moment. Warning though, the classes are addictive as I only intended to do one and am now on my 7th!!! Great teaching, fabulous products and a whole lot of fun. So welcoming and inclusive. Highly recommend