Ideal Christmas gift for the cake baker in your family from Lily

Leading Cake baker Lily Vanilli has an illustrious clientele as she has been designing incredible cakes for numerous names you'll recognise, including Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Jamie Oliver.

Now, Lily is launching an academy to give the keenest bakers out there the opportunity to recreate her Instagram-worthy creations. The newly launched academy is a place for (and to meet) cake lovers, master the art of cake decorating, and learn new skills to bring their cake designs to a whole new level.

Courses can be purchased from Lily's website and they'll make a perfect gift, delivered as a beautiful gift card for a loved one this Christmas.

Each course grants a year's unlimited online access, with the option to revisit as often as desired or required, both in real-time when decorating and at leisure to focus on learning some new skills. Each subscription also unlocks an open forum with other users, and Lily herself, for discussions and advice around best practices and new ideas.

Courses begin from as little as £4 and are designed for anyone who wants to master the core skills required for perfect cake decoration, from complete beginners up those with more expertise who would like to brush up their skills and learn some tricks of the trade.

The courses are designed by Lily to break down and demystify some of the key techniques needed to be a confident cake decorator, and inspire users to create their own beautiful creations.

All course materials are beautifully illustrated and packed with video tutorials, recipes, shopping lists, downloadable PDFs and piping practice sheets to help users master their intricate piping skills.

As an example, the Icing on the Cake package offers access to:

• An introduction to your tools plus equipment list and links

• In-depth video tutorials on how to stack, fill, crumb coat and final coat a cake, broken down into great detail with lots of tips, tricks and troubleshooting.

• 'Ice-along!" videos – for all the steps above – designed for to revisit once the basics are mastered recapping the key steps each time you make a cake.

• Video recipes for buttercreams, including American Buttercream and Swiss Meringue Buttercream

• Three of Lily's favourite cake recipes

• Beautifully designed PDF booklets you can print off or just refer to – breaking down all the info in the course

• Academy mailing list with tips, recipes and special offers

• Lifetime discount code for online orders of Lily Vanilli Cakes

• A glossary of easy reference video clips focusing on how to use your tools

• Five #bolt-on!"courses teaching specific cake styles and piping techniques to create beautiful cake designs

• Beautifully illustrated piping practice sheets you can print and reuse to master your piping skills before going onto the cake

"I'm self taught, so I know how hard and frustrating it can be to watch YouTube tutorials by people with years of experience, in these courses I've really broken it down and simplified everything in order to help you become a better cake maker.” - Lily Vanilli

Suitable for all skill levels, including complete beginners, the classes are perfect for anyone who wants to grow their confidence as a cake decorator and learn some really achievable decorating tricks and techniques to use again and again.

To see the full course offering, visit: lilyvanilli.com/online-cake-classes

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The full package is priced at £65

Still packed with beautiful and helpful course materials - the smaller packages, starting at £4, focus on specific cake designs and the versatile techniques needed to create them.

Gift cards now available too!