What you'll learn
Learn how to create beautifully smooth fondant cakes with our cake baking & decorating courses in Sydney!
If you’ve ever admired flawless celebration cakes and wondered how decorators achieve those perfectly smooth finishes, this hands-on workshop is the perfect place to start. In this beginner-friendly cake decorating class, you’ll learn the essential techniques behind working with fondant and ganache to create polished, professional-looking cakes at home.
Guided step-by-step by your tutor, you’ll learn how to prepare, cover, smooth, and finish a cake using rolled fondant, while also exploring simple decorative techniques to add personality and style to your design. Along the way, you’ll discover practical tricks for achieving elegant results using affordable tools and equipment commonly found in home kitchens.
You’ll work on your own chocolate mud cake throughout the workshop, learning how to ganache, cover, smooth, and decorate it with fondant flowers and leaves before packaging it beautifully to take home.
Creative, practical, and incredibly satisfying, this workshop is perfect for aspiring cake decorators, hobby bakers, and anyone wanting to create celebration cakes with greater confidence and style.
All ingredients, tools, cakes, and take-home cake boxes are included in the course fee.
Please note: We are not able to provide substitute ingredients for people with allergies.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this Fondant Cake Decorating Workshop, you will have explored concepts and techniques such as:
- Working with rolled fondant and chocolate ganache
- Preparing and covering a cake with fondant
- Achieving a smooth and polished cake finish
- Colouring fondant for decorative purposes
- Creating simple fondant flower and leaf decorations
- Understanding finishing and presentation techniques for celebration cakes
Course content
What will be covered in this Fondant Cake Decorating Workshop?
During the workshop, participants will work with techniques and ideas such as:
- Introduction to rolled fondant and chocolate ganache
- Colouring fondant
- Preparing, sandwiching, and masking a chocolate mud cake with ganache
- Applying rolled fondant to achieve a smooth finish
- Smoothing and polishing techniques
- Creating fondant flower and leaf decorations
- Cake finishing and presentation techniques
Content may vary slightly depending on class pace, participant interests, and instructor approach.
Intended audience
Who is this Fondant Cake Decorating Workshop for?
This workshop is ideal for beginners wanting to learn the fundamentals of cake decorating, as well as hobby bakers looking to improve their cake finishing and fondant skills.
No prior cake decorating experience is required.
Course venue
2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon St & Victoria Rd on the grounds of St. Joseph's Church)
Accessibility: This class is held in an upstairs room with access via approximately 20 steps. The lift is currently out of service. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Course materials
What to bring to class
- An apron
- Closed-in shoes
- Long hair tied back if applicable
- Water, snacks, or a packed lunch if preferred
Additional information
Please note the following:
- All ingredients, cakes, tools, and take-home cake boxes are included in the course fee
- Accessibility: Please note there is no level access to the room for this class. Access is via approximately 20 steps
Course testimonials
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Rhina said: I just wish that tools are available for each person... hard to catch up at times if you have to share tools. But other than that I had a great time. Great tutor :)
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Emily said: Great experience! Learnt a lot in a short period of time and the cake came out beautiful
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Lillian said: It was a day well spent under the tutelage of Amber Subaki. She was professional, engaging and made the day enjoyable for all participants. As a total newcomer in this sphere, I feel I learnt much to guide me in my future fondant cake decorating efforts. Many thanks.
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Erica said: Tutor was excellent in explaining Cake decorating techniques and was very approachable and helpful.
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Ozona said: Amber was a wonderful teacher who shared some great skills and techniques with us all.
Course tutors
Amber Subaki
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Accessibility: This class is held in an upstairs room with access via approximately 20 steps. The lift is currently out of service. We apologise for any inconvenience.
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