Wedding cake decorating classes · Johannesburg
Learn the foundations. Make them your own.
Join Kate for a practical, three-day Wedding Cake Decorating Course designed to teach you the foundations of creating and decorating wedding cakes.
Classes are kept small and hands-on, with just 6–8 students at our Parkhurst studio in Johannesburg.
The course
Three days. One finished wedding cake.
Over three days, Kate will guide you through the fundamentals of wedding cake decorating, sharing practical techniques and knowledge gained over almost 30 years of cake-making.
You’ll leave with your own decorated three-tier wedding cake, a set of basic tools and a Certificate of Attendance.
What you’ll learn
- Cake tools, ingredients and suppliers
- Covering sponge, fruit and dummy cakes with plastic icing
- Royal icing, piping and decorative finishes
- Flowers, butter icing, chocolate ganache and soft icing techniques
- Chocolate work, wedding cake assembly and support
- Wafer paper techniques and decorated biscuits
- Working with couples, pricing, marketing and building a portfolio
Course details
Everything you need to know.
- Next course
- 26–28 January 2027
- Time
- 09:00–16:00 · Tuesday–Thursday
- Location
- Parkhurst, Johannesburg
- Class size
- 6–8 students
- Course fee
- R 5 000
- Registration fee
- R 3 000
- Total cost
- R 8 000
- What’s included
- All materials plus a selection of basic tools
- Lunch
- Not included
The course is offered in association with the SA School of Weddings.
Ready to learn?
Join the next class.
Places are limited to keep each course small and hands-on.
Register directly with Sugar ’n Ice to secure your place.