Modern Cake Design: Buttercream Piping Foundations

This is the first course in Modern Cake Design, a three-part program created to elevate your decorating skills from fundamentals to artistry. Begin your journey into modern buttercream artistry with this full-day, hands-on course. Learn to prepare buttercream to the perfect consistency, master foundational piping movements, and create refined textures and designs that define contemporary cake styling.

Techniques covered include:

• Foundational piping movements and buttercream consistency
• Classic designs: lines, dots, stars, rosettes, shells, ruffles, and swags
• Modern variations: reversed shells, two-toned effects, and dimensional detailing with leaf piping and string work

Discover essential design principles—rhythm, flow, and balance—that bring your cakes to life. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid technical foundation and a deeper appreciation for buttercream as an artistic medium — preparing you for Floral Artistry: Techniques and Applications - the next course in Modern Cake Design, where design complexity and creative expression continue to build.

Students will receive a Wilton Sweet Studio Masters Certificate of Completion.

Prerequisites: None

All Wilton Master courses are under the direction of Walleska Cianfanelli, Wilton’s Executive Pastry Chef and Culinary Education Lead.

Only the courses that are designated as Master Classes are approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (“IBHE”). For Wilton Sweet Studio Master Class IBHE terms and conditions, please visit wilton.com/ibhe-terms-conditions.

*The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the final product

This is the first course in Modern Cake Design, a three-part program created to elevate your decorating skills from fundamentals to artistry. Begin your journey into modern buttercream artistry with this full-day, hands-on course. Learn to prepare buttercream to the perfect consistency, master foundational piping movements, and create refined textures and designs that define contemporary cake styling.

Techniques covered include:

• Foundational piping movements and buttercream consistency
• Classic designs: lines, dots, stars, rosettes, shells, ruffles, and swags
• Modern variations: reversed shells, two-toned effects, and dimensional detailing with leaf piping and string work

Discover essential design principles—rhythm, flow, and balance—that bring your cakes to life. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid technical foundation and a deeper appreciation for buttercream as an artistic medium — preparing you for Floral Artistry: Techniques and Applications - the next course in Modern Cake Design, where design complexity and creative expression continue to build.

Students will receive a Wilton Sweet Studio Masters Certificate of Completion.

Prerequisites: None

All Wilton Master courses are under the direction of Walleska Cianfanelli, Wilton’s Executive Pastry Chef and Culinary Education Lead.

Only the courses that are designated as Master Classes are approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (“IBHE”). For Wilton Sweet Studio Master Class IBHE terms and conditions, please visit wilton.com/ibhe-terms-conditions.

*The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the final product

This is the first course in Modern Cake Design, a three-part program created to elevate your decorating skills from fundamentals to artistry. Begin your journey into modern buttercream artistry with this full-day, hands-on course. Learn to prepare buttercream to the perfect consistency, master foundational piping movements, and create refined textures and designs that define contemporary cake styling.

Techniques covered include:

• Foundational piping movements and buttercream consistency
• Classic designs: lines, dots, stars, rosettes, shells, ruffles, and swags
• Modern variations: reversed shells, two-toned effects, and dimensional detailing with leaf piping and string work

Discover essential design principles—rhythm, flow, and balance—that bring your cakes to life. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid technical foundation and a deeper appreciation for buttercream as an artistic medium — preparing you for Floral Artistry: Techniques and Applications - the next course in Modern Cake Design, where design complexity and creative expression continue to build.

Students will receive a Wilton Sweet Studio Masters Certificate of Completion.

Prerequisites: None

All Wilton Master courses are under the direction of Walleska Cianfanelli, Wilton’s Executive Pastry Chef and Culinary Education Lead.

Only the courses that are designated as Master Classes are approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (“IBHE”). For Wilton Sweet Studio Master Class IBHE terms and conditions, please visit wilton.com/ibhe-terms-conditions.

*The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the final product