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Buttercream Essentials: Palette Knife Art

Set loose your inner artist with palette knives and shape striking abstract buttercream pieces using a trending cake decorating method. Pick up the craft of color and texture placement inside NY Cake Academy's latest class, where you'll dig into palette knife flower cakes using Italian Meringue Buttercream. Get ready to push your cake decorating to a higher level!

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  • 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY
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Thu. Nov 5, 2026, 10am ET


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Channel your inner van Gogh and explore the artistry behind one of cake decorating's most striking and sought-after techniques.

In the fourth of five Buttercream Essentials Certificate classes, presented by NY Cake Academy's Cake Decorating Fundamentals series, you will learn this beautifully adapted technique for placing bold forms of color and texture using palette knives. Originally a fine art tool, the palette knife has been embraced by cake decorators to create flowers and abstract motifs that are vivid, modern, and unmistakably painterly. The resulting decorations are intentionally artistic rather than realistic, producing a rich visual display that feels more like an oil painting than a traditional cake design.

You will begin with palette knife drills to develop control and confidence before working on an edible artist palette, then apply everything you have learned to decorate your very own Palette Knife Flower Cake using Italian Meringue Buttercream.

What You Will Learn:

  • How to work with a small silicone spatula as a decorating tool
  • The differences among the main types of buttercream
  • How to use a piping bag, couplers, and tips effectively
  • How to assemble a cake with a nut paste filling
  • How to use a turntable for precision decorating
  • The properties and applications of various palette knives
  • Palette knife technique drills to build control and consistency
  • How to create and blend colored buttercream
  • How to use gold leaf or gold dust for a sophisticated finishing touch

All supplies and materials are included. Classes are fully hands-on and interactive, so please plan to dress accordingly. Comfortable casual clothing you do not mind getting buttercream on is recommended, along with flat, closed-toe shoes. Open-toed shoes and sandals are not recommended due to safety considerations in a kitchen. Long hair should be tied back.

School Notes: Please note, if you require a gluten free option for your baking class, you must alert the school in advance and there will be a +$15 fee applied for each gluten free substitute which will be collected directly by the school. Please contact them or CourseHorse to arrange this.

Refund Policy

Classes are not eligible for refunds, however classes are transferable.

  • Students may reschedule their class to an alternative date up to 4 business days prior to the class date for in-person classes.
  • All deposits & fees are forfeited for no shows.
  • We do not provide make-up classes.

The school reserve the right to cancel a class due to low enrollment up to 48 hours before the class date. The school reserve the right to change class schedules. If for any reason the school should cancel a class, a full refund will be offered to the student. However, we do not accept responsibility for any other expenses incurred such as hotel or airline cancellation penalties.

Cancellations or changes can be made through email at [email protected]. Please be sure to include the full name of the registered student, and class registration confirmation.

If a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, or other circumstance beyond our control (facility issues, power outages, etc.), we will contact you with as much advanced notice as possible by email or telephone, and issue you a refund to the original form of payment. We will make every effort to run the class as long as it is safe to do so. If we make the decision to run a class during inclement weather and you make the decision not to come, you will not be able to get a refund, we will offer only a credit for future use.

Credits are valid for a 12 month period of time.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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