Cake Baking and Ornamenting

Advanced Diploma in Cake Baking and Ornamenting – Level 3 Certification

There are many cake bakers and decorators, but do they know that it can become a lucrative business venture? With kids birthday parties, events, graduations, weddings and receptions there will always be a need for cake bakers and decorators. Learn the art of baking and decorating and become a professional at your job. The Advanced Diploma in Cake Baking and Ornamenting – Level 3 is a comprehensive course that will enable individuals to acquire in-depth skills and knowledge to become professional bakers and cake decorators. The course will give learners the skills and knowledge of what it takes to run your own baking and cake decorating business.

The course will cover the techniques of baking and decorating. Learn how to make your cakes presentable and visually appealing. Your skills will come in useful when you have to present them to potential clients. Become more marketable as a baker and cake decorator with the Advanced Diploma in Cake Baking and Ornamenting – Level 3.

Here’s an opportunity for all bakers and cake decorators to become professionally qualified. The course will cover key topics such as how to make fondant, icing, tasting, decorating and assembling the cake together. It is the perfect course if you want to experience the success you always hoped for as a baker and cake decorator.

The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Global Edulink* has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Global Edulink* to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. the Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

*Study365 is an approved reselling partner for Quality Licence Scheme courses under Global Edulink

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales

Learning Outcomes

• Learn cake baking and decorating tips and turn those recipes into professional cakes and pastries.
• Learn fondant and icing techniques, layer creation and how to prepare cakes from scratch.
• Create a portfolio and include your work in order to attract potential clients.
• Learn what it takes to start a baking and cake decorating business. There is a lot of flexibility and benefits when you are self-employed.
• There are many job opportunities for cake bakers and decorators.
• Master the techniques and skills on how to bake and decorate cakes to a high standard.

Course Curriculum

1: Introduction To Cake Baking And Decoration

2: How To Make The Icing

3: How To Make Fondant

4: Why Taste Is Important?

5: Fondant Decoration

6: Creating The Cake From Scratch

7: Presentation

Access Duration

The course will be directly delivered to you, and you have 12 months access to the online learning platform from the date you joined the course. The course is self-paced and you can complete it in stages, revisiting the lectures at any time.

Method of Assessment

This online course is assignment-based with learners being assessed upon the submission of a series of assignments. Once you successfully submit the assignments, students will gain a professional qualification. The assignments must be submitted to the instructor through the online learning portal. The assignments will be reviewed and evaluated, with feedback provided to the student on how well they have fared.

Certification

the Quality Licence Scheme will provide successful learners with a Certificate of Achievement and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the units completed by the learner through this course.

Course Code: QLS-04913

Accredited Body

Accredited body (Accreditation) the Quality Licence Scheme has long-established reputations for providing high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. the Quality Licence Scheme combines over 180 years of expertise combined with a responsive, flexible and innovative approach to the needs of our customers.

Renowned for excellent customer service, and quality standards, the Quality Licence Scheme also offer regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14; all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK.

• Individuals considering changing their career and starting a new one
• Individuals entering the workforce after taking a break from their former careers
• Those who want to start their own business in baking and cake decoration
• Anyone with an interest in baking and cake decorating

• This course requires no formal prerequisites and this certification is open to everyone

• Cake Decorator – (average UK hourly pay: £7.94)
• Baker – (average UK hourly pay: £8.05)
• Pastry Chef – (average UK yearly salary: £21,236)

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