About your Instructor
Hi... my name is Elli and I am from the Turquoise Squirrel Patisserie based in South Africa. I love making cakes, I love making extraordinary cakes... I love making extraordinary cakes and edible art.
And I would absolutely LOVE it if I could teach you too!
My passion is creating sugar flowers, in my opinion they finish off a cake design, and make it so much more unique. In this class I would love to teach you my Sugar Moth Orchids, and how to arrange them in a beautiful design with a planter included. Check out my little promo video below so you can get a glimpse of what you will get!
What you can expect from this course
A little promo video for you to get you excited! Ready? Let's go...
This is what you're in for:
This course is over 11 hours of in-depth video content, with my best tips and tricks I have learned over the years, and they will be yours to keep.
What you will learn:
- How to make realistic, delicate and intricate moth orchids from Gumpaste, including cutting, shaping, colouring and assembly. (You will learn 2 different colour options, but you can take the knowledge and apply it to many other orchids and sugar flowers)
- How to make matching foliage and Buds
- How to assemble all of this into a realistic arrangement
- How to make a Vase/ Planter for these orchids, including an amazing array of techniques such as:
- my own original Kintsugi & Bas-relief combination made from fondant
- working with textured fondant
- painting the design
- assembly (all demonstrated on a dummy cake, but what is necessary for a real cake is discussed, so the techniques can be transferred onto real cake)
On top of that you will get in depth insights into my design process, and why I chose to arrange/ place things the way I do, and a whole bunch of little tips and tricks that I have found useful over the years.
Are you in?
In case you are not convinced and feel like I am tooting my own horn here... how about a couple of things students had to say about my hands-on classes they attended...
Trisha Ras from the Dirty Peach Cake Boutique
" Attending the Sugar Flower Masterclass hosted by Elli was one of the best investments I have made for my business.
Not only was my mind blown by the amount of new techniques and secrets I’ve learnt, but this was one of the first masterclasses I’ve attended where the teacher didn’t hold back on sharing any knowledge or trade secrets she had accumulated (she TRULY just wanted to teach us to make beautiful flowers no matter what!!!)
Definitely a must to anyone who wants to take their flower making skills to the next level!!
Beautiful soul inside and out, she truly inspires me to be better and not settle for anything less than imperfect perfection..."
Kathy Mwanza from the Cake Fairy
" A very interesting and valuable experience. I learnt a lot and it gave me a good grounding in the basics of sugar flowers and foliage... it really made me up my skills. My sugar art will never be the same again.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with a smile! "
Joy Blom from Sweetjoy Cakes
" Elli's cake decorating classes are world-class! She makes it easy to learn and shares all her trade secrets and tricks. She is a wonderful instructor and her classes are entertaining while being educational. If you are a cake decorator, beginner or advanced, her classes will take you and your business to a whole new level. PS: I can't wait for her new online classes because they will change the cake decorating world. Boom! "