Pursue Your Dream Career in Cake Decorating

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Study international cake designs and contemporary cake decorating, from the basics of piping to advanced sugarwork, airbrushing, hand-sculpting and novelty cakes.

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Go from technician to artisan with hands-on guidance

Study curriculum designed by Toba Garrett, one of the country’s most notable authors, instructors and practitioners of the art of cake design.
Take classes with experienced custom cake designers.
Perfect your butter cream piping, from florals and bows to basket weave and cake borders.
Work with royal icing, rolled fondant and pastillage, practicing flowers, lace, embroidery and string work.
Roll fondant for ruffles and ribbons, hand model marzipan, and use various mediums to advance alphabetic hand writing.
Create a three-tiered final cake showcasing your advanced skills alongside cookies and cupcakes.
Graduates of the program have gone on to open custom bakeries, compete on food TV series and win gold medals at competitions and cake shows.

Continuing Education Courses

The Art of Cake Decorating meets in the afternoons for 12 weeks or on weekends for 20 weeks and concludes with a certificate.
Career program students and graduates receive a 15% discount on enrollment in the cake program.
Small class sizes ensure individual guidance from chef-instructors.
Cake students are eligible for a dual diploma discount when enrolling in Restaurant & Culinary Management.

Our NYC campus offers advanced opportunities for creativity and community

Ranked the "No. 1 Culinary School in America"*
Pastry kitchens boast three-tiered steam-injected bread ovens and industrial mixers for production-level baking.
The nation’s first education-focused bean-to-bar chocolate lab.
An indoor hydroponic herb garden and vegetable farm.
A culinary technology lab outfitted with a tandoor, hearth oven, vertical rotisserie and cutting-edge modernist equipment.
Digital course materials.

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