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Designer Handbag Cakes
Elisa Strauss![Class Preview](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145211/Color-Texture-3-768x432.jpg)
- In-depth Instruction; over 281 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
![Introduction](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145133/Introduction-1-1.jpg)
![Cake Template](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145137/Cake-Template-1.jpg)
![Color & Texture](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145141/Color-Texture-2.jpg)
![Sugar Decorations](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145144/Sugar-Decorations-1.jpg)
![Building the Cake](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145147/Building-the-Cake-1.jpg)
![Sculpting & Spackling](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145151/Sculpting-Spackling-1.jpg)
![Piecing the Fondant](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145154/Piecing-the-Fondant-1.jpg)
![Adding the Soft Details](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145157/Adding-the-Soft-Details-1.jpg)
![Putting It All Together](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145201/Putting-It-All-Together-1.jpg)
![Bonus: Fondant Faux Wood](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145204/Fondant-Faux-Wood-1.jpg)
![Bonus: Distressed Leather](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/05145208/Distressed-Leather-1.jpg)
Get a handle on designing handbag cakes, including custom color and texture choices. Sculpt your cake into a fashionable handbag with divots and pleats to form an authentic sense of movement; and create genuine-looking zippers, rivets and buckles from gum paste. Learn new techniques for doweling your cake and applying textured fondant. Develop dynamic sculpting methods; and explore exotic fondant patterns and textures like ostrich, alligator, and giraffe. Make a handbag so cute you could just eat it up.
Elisa Strauss
Confetti Cakes owner and founder Elisa Strauss is a former Ralph Lauren designer turned award-winning cake artist. Her cakes have appeared on the Today show, The View, the Food Network's Extreme Cake Challenge and Sex and the City. Elisa's work also has been featured in the pages of InStyle, Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, Modern Bride and many more. In 2008, she was selected one of the 10 best pastry chefs in America by Pastry Art and Design magazine.
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Bonus materials available after purchase