Advanced cookie decoration techniques dominated for special occasions and surprises with unique professional finishes

Guided course

Discover the art of cookie decorating with advanced techniques that will transform your creations into edible works of art. Learn how to select the right materials and master different frosting consistencies to achieve professional finishes. Learn the process of making transfers with stencils, an essential step for personalizing your designs and giving them a unique touch.

Explore a variety of themed styles for different celebrations, from weddings to Valentine's Day. Create bridal cookies with sophisticated embossing and textures, masculine designs for Father's Day, and tender children's motifs for baby showers. You can also experiment with elegant florals for Mother's Day and romantic details to surprise someone on Valentine's Day. By the end, you'll have a cookie assortment ready to delight any special occasion.

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What will you learn in this online course?

13 lessons & 16 downloads

Types of consistency: frosting
3 minutes, 26 seconds
Cookie design and size
3 minutes, 5 seconds
Wedding cookie 1
16 minutes, 55 seconds
Wedding cookie 2
8 minutes, 37 seconds
Father's Day Cookies
10 minutes, 32 seconds
  • 100% positive reviews (5)
  • 925 students
  • 13 lessons (2h 16m)
  • 16 additional resources (7 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish, German, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish
  • Spanish · Italian · Portuguese · English · German · French · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

You'll learn how to decorate cookies with unique details for special celebrations, mastering materials, frosting consistencies, and transfer techniques. You'll create themed designs for weddings, Father's Day, baby showers, Mother's Day, and Valentine's Day, finishing with professional finishes.

Who is this online course for?

Baking enthusiasts who want to take their skills to the next level, perfectionists seeking advanced techniques to decorate cookies with unique details for special celebrations, and edible art enthusiasts who enjoy transforming the simple into something memorable and beautiful.

Requirements and materials

No extensive prior knowledge is required, just a love of baking. You'll need basic baking ingredients, food coloring, piping bags, various nozzles, small spatulas, and transfer stencils. Everything's ready to create cookies with unique details.


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VanilleCouture (Lili Cuéllar y Willie Soto)

VanilleCouture (Lili Cuéllar y Willie Soto)
A guided course by VanilleCouture (Lili Cuéllar y Willie Soto)

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Cookie and Cake Designers

Lili Cuéllar and Willie Soto are the founders and designers of decorated cakes and cookies at VanilleCouture, an edible art space where they teach creative pastry courses and develop their passion for desserts. Lili studied hotel management, Willie gastronomy and they coincided in their professional practices, although it was years later, in cake decorating courses, when they really met. They are a couple and a creative duo.

They have worked on Nailed It México (Netflix) during seasons 2 and 3, and have also collaborated with brands such as KitchenAid, Amazon, Satin Ice, Tiffany & Co., Larousse Cocina, among others. On the other hand, they have taught classes in countries such as the United States, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, and throughout Mexico, as well as being judges in various professional cake design contests.


Content

  • Guided course: Advanced Cookie Decoration Techniques

    • Podcast: From Dough to Magic: The Art of Decorating Cookies That Win You Over
    • The materials
    • Types of consistency: frosting
    • Transfer preparation with templates
    • Cookie design and size
    • wedding cookie 1
    • wedding cookie 2
    • Father's Day Cookies
    • baby shower cookies 1
    • baby shower cookies 2
    • Mother's Day Cookies 1
    • Mother's Day Cookies 2
    • Valentine's Day Cookies
    • Final project

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    Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.

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FAQs

You’ll learn how to make royal icing, achieve various consistencies, create decorative transfers, use cookie cutters and templates, and apply advanced techniques like stenciling, airbrushing, shading, and rosettes to give your cookies a professional finish.

This is an intermediate-level course designed for those with basic baking skills who want to master advanced royal icing and transfer decorating techniques.

You’ll need a mixer, cookie cutters, piping bags, tips, stencils, acetate sheets, a dehydrator, color dusts, gel colors, parchment paper, and basic baking tools like a scale and spatulas.

Yes, the course teaches you how to prepare royal icing in firm, medium, and light consistencies, adjusting the texture to suit the decorating technique you want to use on your cookies.

You’ll learn how to make transfers using acetate, adjust icing consistency, dry them properly in a dehydrator, and carefully unmold them to prevent breakage.

Yes, the course covers how to apply stencils and use an airbrush with color dusts and pearlescent powders to create complex visual effects and professional finishes on cookies.

You’ll learn how to keep royal icing covered with a damp cloth and adjust its texture to stop it from drying out or hardening before decorating.

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Guided course: Advanced Cookie Decoration Techniques. Culinary course by VanilleCouture (Lili Cuéllar y Willie Soto)

Guided course: Advanced Cookie Decoration Techniques

A guided course by VanilleCouture (Lili Cuéllar y Willie Soto)
Cookie and Cake Designers. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined March 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (5)
  • 925 students