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Cake Finishing Basics: Piping & Writing (July 27)

Cake Finishing Basics: Piping & Writing (July 27)

Part 2 of Our Beginner Cake-Decorating Series / July 27, 2025

Level up your cake-decorating skills with Cake Hoopla's beginner-friendly class, Cake Finishing Basics: Piping & Writing. This beginner-friendly class in Tigard, Oregon, teaches you how to take already stacked and crumb-coated cake to the next level by mastering decorative techniques.

You'll learn to add a bakery-level finishing layer to the cake, pipe elegant designs like borders and rosettes, and write clean, personalized messages.

Already taken this class? Join again for extra practice! Repeating the class is a great way to refine your technique and gain more hands-on experience with new designs.

Whether you're building on skills from Part 1 or jumping in here for the first time, you’ll walk away with new techniques, more confidence, and a beautifully finished cake.

What’s Included:

  • Choose to decorate a real 3-layer 6” cake to take home or practice on a fake cake for skill-building only.
  • Expert instruction to achieve a flawless finishing layer of frosting for bakery-quality results.
  • You'll also learn essential piping skills, including borders, rosettes, drop strings, and written messages—practice first, then apply to your cake!

Recommended Age: Adults and kids 10+

Date/Time: Sunday, July 27, 2025, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Pricing:

  • $50/person with a borrowed fake cake.
  • $65/person with a real cake to take home.
  • Get 20% off when you register for more than one class in the series, including the same class twice! Discount automatically applied at checkout.

Location: Cake Hoopla Studio: 7173 SW Dartmouth St., Tigard, OR 97223 (just outside Portland).

Whether you're starting your cake-decorating journey or building off Part 1 of this 2-part beginner series, this class delivers the tips and techniques you need to rise to the cake-decorating occasion. Reserve your spot today!

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Cancellation Policy

Your booking can be canceled up to 5 days before the event. If you need to cancel your booking with less than 5 days' notice, you will be issued an electronic gift card equal to the price of your booking. No-shows will not be refunded.

Email hey@cakehoopla.com to cancel or reschedule your booking.

Cake Care Instructions

Store leftovers in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month. To avoid color changes, store the cake/cupcakes out of direct light.

Cakes/cupcakes are best consumed at room temperature. Remove the cake/cupcakes from the fridge 1 hour before serving, or from the freezer 2 hours before serving, to bring them to room temperature.

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Mallory Johansen
Super fun experience

My mom and I had a lot of fun taking the cake decorating class. They taught us a lot, and they were very accommodating. The only thing that might make it hard to return for a similar class, is the cake we purchased and decorated just didn't taste very good. We tried vanilla and confetti and neither of us liked them. So we would probably just opt for the fake cake next time...but that feels kind of strange. But overall a fun experience, and I loved that they had a photo booth to take a photo afterwards!

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Susan Squires
Great experience

So nice having everything provided, great guidance and instruction, very happy with the skills I learned

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Gloria Santiago
Piping and writing

It was so much fun. I really enjoyed it. I learned some new tips that I will apply to my cake decorating. I would definitely do it again.

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