This is a part-time course, with a 4-hour practical session. Designed to cover the basic skills in cake decorating to include developing skills in working with royal icing, and sugar paste, modelling with pastes to include marzipan and other paste mediums, making and using basic piped and sugar paste flowers, producing a decorated gateau and also producing cake designs. This course covers a large amount of basic skills in this area. On successful completion of the course, the candidate can progress to Level 2 Patisserie, or use the qualification to apply for a job in the bakery industry, or to start up their own businesses.