Specific chapter selections available by selecting arrow on bottom right of screen. Special features include design insights, ideas and tips from the Chefs and a recipe for Swiss meringue buttercream (PDF requiring a computer with a DVD-ROM drive).

Producer- director, Philip Miller ; executive producer, Mark Erickson, CMC and Nathalie Fischer ; instructors : Chef Kate Cavotti and Chef Alison McLoughlin. Subtitled in English.

Menu selections : (left side) The basics -- Buttercream roses cake -- Fondant gift wrapped cake ; (right side) Meet the Chefs -- Play all -- Special features -- English subtitles.

Videography : Philip Miller, Skip Thela and Ernest Mortuzans.

Instructors : Chef Kate Cavotti and Chef Alison McLoughlin.

With a focus on decorating mediums, techniques, and equipment, Cake Art offers clear and easy-to-follow directions for preparing several items, including the gift-wrapped cake, buttercream roses cake, and buttercream flowers cupcakes. Demonstration-based lessons offer detailed video featuring the following techniques: preparing buttercream, with tips for delicious and attractive results ; creating single and multicolored buttercream designs using different piping tips ; covering a cake with decorative fondant using professional techniques for success ; making a selection of fondant decorations, including a bow, a plaque, and circles ; as well as writing and painting fun and simple images using food coloring. Featuring the decorating insights of Chefs Kate Cavotti and Alison McLoughlin of the prestigious CIA baking and pastry arts faculty, Cake Art will give you the skills you need to create amazing cakes and cupcakes for all your special events.-- CIA website. Pastry chefs demonstrate cake decorating techniques.

Junior High School

Subtitled in English.