Sugar Flowers for Cake Designs
A course by Nasima Alam, Cake Artist
Learn how to decorate cakes with beautifully realistic flowers made from gum paste.
Is there anything sweeter than making your own edible bouquet of flowers? Cake artist and specialty cake shop owner Nasima Alam is here to teach you how to make any cake blossom with your own custom designs.
Discover how to create an arrangement of sugar flowers to decorate your baked goods. Explore materials and techniques to make a delicious work of art that will impress your guests until the last bite.
What will you learn in this online course?
20 lessons & 17 downloads
What's included in this course?
Begin by getting to know Nasima and her journey as a self-taught cake artist. As founder of her own bespoke cake company Sweet Drops of Heaven, she shares her influences and the inspiration that have shaped her work.
Nasima goes through all the ingredients and tools needed to make an array of sugar flowers. Get inspired by looking at mood boards of cake designs and floral compositions. Choose the color palette and the types of flowers you like best before drafting your design.
Explore how to create a classic sugar rose by kneading, rolling, cutting, and wiring the gum paste. Nasima guides you step-by-step through each technique in order to produce quality results. Next, create a more complex open peony flower by learning how to make ruffled petals.
Discover how to make a David Austin rose, a famous English flower, by learning cutting techniques based on the thickness of each petal. Apply the ruffling techniques learned previously, then assemble and curl the outer petals. Add some variety to your arrangement by learning how to make sugar leaves, berries, and filler flowers.
The last step is bringing it all together and adding the final touches to give your bouquet a realistic look. Learn how to assemble and wire together your flowers and leaves. Then, explore how to add depth and realism to your flowers with petal dust and setting techniques. Learn how to attach your bouquet to the cake before hearing Nasima’s tips for photographing your work and sharing it on social media.
- 98% positive reviews (507)
- 17,185 students
- 20 lessons (4h 7m)
- 17 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create a bouquet of flowers made from gum paste to adorn a cake
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for bakers or anyone interested in confectionary or cake design
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is necessary, but knowledge of how to cover a cake with fondant is helpful.
To take this course, you will need an assortment of cake decorating tools like a rolling pin, a cutting mat, wires, brushes, among others. As well as a variety of ingredients like gum paste, icing, edible glue, and more. In the second unit, Nasima explains in detail what you need and where to get it.
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Nasima Alam
A course by Nasima Alam
Nasima Alam is a UK-based cake artist who specializes in bespoke wedding cake designs. In 2016, she founded Sweet Drops of Heaven, which is dedicated to cake designs and cake decorating classes. Sweet Drops of Heaven also sells original confectionary products and designer stencils.
Nasima has collaborated with clients such as Daniel Wellington, and has been featured in cake magazines such as Satin Ice, Cake Masters, Cake Decoration and SugarCraft. Her work can be seen on her website or through Instagram.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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What Will We Do In This Course?
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U2
Preparation
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Description of Materials
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Design Your Cake
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Colour Palette
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U3
Sugar Floral Production 1
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Open Peony Resources
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Open Peony
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Classic Sugar Rose Resources
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Classic Sugar Rose 1
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Classic Sugar Rose 2
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U4
Sugar Floral Production 2
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David Austin Rose Resources
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David Austin Rose 1
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David Austin Rose 2
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Sugar Leaves, Berries and Filler Flowers
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U5
Final Composition
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Assembling Open Peony and Leaves 1
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Assembling Open Peony and Leaves 2
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Dusting and Setting the Sugar Flower Bouquet
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Attaching Sugar Flowers Onto a Tiered Dummy Cake
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Social Media and Photography
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FP
Final project
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Sugar Flowers Bouquet
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FAQs
This course is designed for intermediate learners with some basic cake decorating experience. Beginners may benefit, but familiarity with cake decorating tools and techniques is recommended for best results.
Essential tools include gum paste, rolling pins, flower and leaf cutters, veining tools, floral wires, foam pads, edible colors, petal dust, paintbrushes, florist tape, and polystyrene bases. Some household items can also be adapted for specialized tasks.
You'll learn to sculpt realistic sugar flowers, mix custom gum paste colors, use floral arrangement principles, apply petal dust for realism, and document your creations for social media or business promotion.
The course teaches techniques for mixing food pastes and petal dusts to achieve lifelike shades, including blending, lightening, and dulling colors for petals and leaves to match natural botanical references.
You’ll learn to make classic sugar roses, open peonies, David Austin roses, filler flowers, and realistic leaves, focusing on both individual blooms and full bouquet arrangements for cakes.
The course covers wiring, taping, and grouping sugar flowers, using floral picks or straws for safe insertion, and techniques for arranging blooms and leaves to achieve balance, stability, and visual harmony.
Yes, the course emphasizes techniques suitable for wedding cakes and custom orders, including nature-inspired designs, textured surfaces, and cohesive floral arrangements tailored to event themes.
Excelente curso! Me encanta cómo explica detalladamente cada paso, de forma ordenada. ¡El resultado es un espectáculo! Estoy muy complacida con este curso. Esperaría más cursos de esta instructora para poder adquirirlos.
o curso é excelente, adorei as ideias e a criatividade inspiradora, a experiência que da professora é incrível, eu amei aprender com ela , e as dicas essenciais de como adquirir sua identidade no trabalho de confeitaria. indico a todos.
Excelente material, gracias a él pude concluir mi proyecto
Great teacher and very knowledgeable and pleasant.
Il corso è ben fatto e molto chiaro.
Migliorerei solo un po' la corrispondenza sottotitoli/traduzione/verbalizzazione