NY Cake Academy Classes, New York

It’s all in our name! NY Cake is the best place to come and get your decorating on.  In this, the first in our series, you’ll focus on buttercream. Learn how to frost and fill a cake and then we’ll teach you how to pipe like a pro. We will cover tools and  piping skills including; shells, stars, zig-zags, rosettes, swiss dots, writing,...

Come to NY Cake to learn how to make oodles of tasty caramels. We’ll make a salted caramel, chocolate caramel and cinnamon caramel and then cut them all up and wrap them. These make the best candy gifts if you can bear to part with them.

Each Tuesday, drop your kids off at NY Cake Academy to learn a fun new decorating technique. You’ll get cupcakes, cakepops or cookies to decorate (we’ll switch it up each week) and learn how to work with a number of different mediums.  Important Note: Kids 7 and up are welcome to be dropped off, 6 and younger will need a paying adult to accompany...

Everyone should be able to enjoy a yummy breakfast. Learn how to make these yummy gluten free treats as part of your gluten free diet. Blueberry muffins, chocolate chip scones and quick puff pastry for apple turnovers.

Let us show you how to make some of our amazing cookies. You’ll learn how to make pressed cookies, piped cookies and decadent sandwich cookies. The techniques you learn can be applied to lots of different flavor combinations and will have you making cookies for years and years to come.

Beautiful sugar flowers are the focal point of most well made wedding cakes. Learn how to make your own over the course of this 2 day workshop.  We’ll be making roses (including buds and leaves), cala lilies, jasmine and sweet peas. You’ll have a beautful bouquet to leave with and will get to take the cutters you used with you.

Cake Pops, not as easy as they look! The best way to demystify the process is to jump right in and learn from the pros. We’ll show you how to form pops, stick, dip and decorate.  You’ll leave with 6 yummy pops in a perfect cake pop box.

It’s National Chocolate Cake Day…so let’s make some chocolate cake and gobble it up! You’ll learn how to make a super simple super delicious chocolate one bowl cake and top it with whipped topping and fresh raspberries.

Cupcakes, not as easy to decorate as you’d think. Let our pros show you the ins and outs of cupcake decorating using a variety of tips and toppings and our amazing array of sprinkles.  You’ll leave with 6 adorably decorated cupcakes and some new skills.

Now that you’re feeling comfortable with buttercream, it’s time to try something more advanced. In this intermediate cake decorating course, you will learn how to create the perfect basketweave pattern and more advanced buttercream techniques like rope and zigzag borders. We’ll also dip our (figurative) toes into some fondant decorations like...

Piping buttercream flowers can be super tricky and in the middle of winter we could use a little color! We’ll have a cake and frosting pre-made for you so you can come in and learn how to fill and frost the cake then what tips to use to make a wreath of gorgeous frosting flowers around the outside. You’ll leave with a sweet reminder that Spring...

Keep the cozy going with some rich delicious mini pecan coffee cakes, chocolate chip scones and sour cream apple muffins. Take home your yummy creations to enjoy the whole weekend or eat them on the spot. We’re not ones to judge.

Go team go! Football cake pops are adorable! You’ll learn how to make 10 football shaped cake pops for you to win the next tailgate. We’ll form the pops, learn how to melt the chocolate and dip and decorate to your hearts content.

In this class you will make your very own little handbag cake that you can lift up, carry with you and later eat! You will learn structure building, cake stacking and carving, using semi sweet chocolate ganache and smoothing it out to make the perfect canvas for your decoration using fondant. You will also learn how to use the knowledge here to make...

Happy New Year! Come make this decadent cake with buttercream and lucky red fondant. We’ll adorn our cakes with gold painted fondant characters and other good luck symbols to ring in the Chinese New Year.