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Sydney Sweet Expo

Sweet Expo comes to Sydney this August 26 and 27.

Sweet Expo brings the pages of Sweet Magazine to life in a two day show dedicated to everything cake decorating, baking and celebrating at the Sydney Showground this August!

Shop the latest cake decorating tools and become a master baker with the help of the experts at over 90 pop up specialty shops from local small businesses. Learn from the best bakers, cake decorators and pastry chefs in Australia at hourly demos across our three stages. Buy your morning tea, afternoon tea, and lunch (we don’t judge) from the artisan sweet producers in the Sweet Market – it’s the perfect place to treat yourself, or buy sweet gifts for friends and family!

If it’s cake, bake, or sweets related, you’ll find it at Sweet Expo!

Book tickets to Sweet Expo online, avoid queues!

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Demonstrations + Workshops

Cake + Bake University

Bookings are essential for Sweet Expo’s Cake + Bake University! Tap or click the topics below to see the schedule for each of our stages, the Create + Take Classroom and our Workshops. Tap the session for more information.

Sweet Expo is holding a series of half day and 30 minute workshops, find detailed information about the workshops and how to book here – bookings are essential!

Sweet Expo is home to three stages, check back on the 1st of August to see the full stage schedule.

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  • Saturday 22nd July

    9:30am - 4pm

  • 09:00 - 12:30
    Learn to make the perfect ‘basic buttercream’ for piping stunning buttercream flowers with Queen of the Piping Bag, Kerrie Wyer. Once you’ve learnt the basic recipe, you’ll learn to pipe beautiful buttercream roses on a nail and straight on your cupcakes, you’ll learn how to use buttercream in a mould, how to make sugared buttercream berries, how to texture buttercream, and pipe a basic border. This is a hands on class, you’ll decorate and take home six beautifully decorated cupcakes, and learn skills that you can apply to your own cakes at home again, and again!
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop One

  • 09:00 - 12:30
    Special occasions deserve presents – edible presents are even better! Learn to create a modelling chocolate present box with our Goddess of Chocolate, Jessica Pedemont. In this half day class, you’ll learn how to make modelling chocolate and cover a small square cake* to create a present box. You’ll top it with a beautiful bow and modelling chocolate roses. Modelling chocolate is a great alternative to for people who don’t like the taste of chocolate, and this class is perfect for anyone new to cake decorating! *Participants will use a styrofoam ‘cake’, all skills learnt are easy to translate to cakes made at home.
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop One

  • 09:30 - 10:00
    Learn how to cover cookies with fondant to create a cute set of sweet friends, you'll take home two choc chip cookies and a milk bottle.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 09:30 - 10:15
    Learn everything you need to know about tempering chocolate, then watch on as Jess teaches some delicious chocolatey treats including home-made chocolate Aero!
    Baking Stage
    Where
    Baking Stage

  • 10:30 - 11:00
    Learn how to cover cookies with fondant, add texture, and paint using an edible watercolour technique. You'll take home your own strawberry and pineapple cookies.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 10:30 - 11:15
    Meringue is often considered as one of the hardest baking techniques to master. Join Anneka Manning, founder of BakeClub and author of BakeClass, as she explains the science behind what happens when egg whites are whisked with sugar and give you the understanding and know-how to tackle the three main meringue-making techniques and how and when each are best used. You will leave this session with a bunch of meringue tips and tricks including piping and colouring techniques and the confidence, knowledge and inspiration to tackle a range of deliciously sweet meringue-based creations at home!
    Baking Stage
    Where
    Baking Stage

  • 11:00 - 11:45
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 11:30 - 12:15
    Baking Stage
    Where
    Baking Stage

  • 11:45 - 12:15
    Learn how to create and apply fondant toppers to cupcakes, you'll make a super cute unicorn face cupcake, and a rainbow and clouds cupcake to take home.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 12:00 - 12:45
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 13:00 - 16:30
    Learn all about dimensions and layers with Sharon Wee as you work on a cake board to create an adorable woodland fox to take home and display. The techniques learnt in this class are easily transferred to cakes and cookies, and will help you to give life to flat images using bas relief techniques. Learn how to use images and break down various shapes, create a water splash effect, and bring images to life through shading with various layers of coloured dusts.
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop Two

  • 13:00 - 15:30
    Learn to make 3D cake toppers from fondant with these sweet Lady Bird and Bee babies taking a quick kip on top of your flower topped cakes. You’ll learn from one of Australia’s best cake decorators, Verusca Walker, who’s incredible modelling skills have seen her travel the world! *Participants will use a styrofoam ‘cake’, all skills learnt are easy to translate to cakes made at home.
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop Two

  • 13:00 - 13:30
    Learn how to decorate cupcakes with fondant and model fondant toppers, you'll take home a polar bear and penguin cupcake.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 13:00 - 13:45
    Watch on as Verusca teaches how to create her infamous gravity defying bowl cakes, including milk hovering above a bowl of cereal and chopsticks hovering above a bowl of noodles!
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 13:30 - 14:15
    Watch on as Australia's Queen of Chocolate whips up a delicious chocolate and raspberry tart, then tops it with a beautiful chocolate flower!
    Baking Stage
    Where
    Baking Stage

  • 14:00 - 14:30
    Learn how to paint fondant covered cookies with a pretty antique rose pattern, and guild with edible gold. you'll take home a tea cup and a saucer cookie.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 14:00 - 14:45
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 15:00 - 15:30
    Learn how to create fondant cupcake toppers, you'll make a mermaid tail cupcake and a mermaid face cupcake to take home.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 15:00 - 15:45
    Learn to pipe buttercream flowers and transfer them to a beautifully iced cake with Viva La Buttercream's Kerrie Wyer!
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • Sunday 23rd July

    9:30am - 4pm

  • 09:00 - 12:30
    Learn to make the perfect ‘basic buttercream’ for piping stunning buttercream flowers with Queen of the Piping Bag, Kerrie Wyer. Once you’ve learnt the basic recipe, you’ll learn to pipe beautiful buttercream roses on a nail and straight on your cupcakes, you’ll learn how to use buttercream in a mould, how to make sugared buttercream berries, how to texture buttercream, and pipe a basic border. This is a hands on class, you’ll decorate and take home six beautifully decorated cupcakes, and learn skills that you can apply to your own cakes at home again, and again!
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop One

  • 09:00 - 12:30
    Special occasions deserve presents – edible presents are even better! Learn to create a modelling chocolate present box with our Goddess of Chocolate, Jessica Pedemont. In this half day class, you’ll learn how to make modelling chocolate and cover a small square cake* to create a present box. You’ll top it with a beautiful bow and modelling chocolate roses. Modelling chocolate is a great alternative to for people who don’t like the taste of chocolate, and this class is perfect for anyone new to cake decorating! *Participants will use a styrofoam ‘cake’, all skills learnt are easy to translate to cakes made at home.
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop One

  • 09:30 - 10:00
    Learn how to cover cookies with fondant to create a cute set of sweet friends, you'll take home two choc chip cookies and a milk bottle.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 09:30 - 10:15
    Learn everything you need to know about tempering chocolate, then watch on as Jess teaches some delicious chocolatey treats including home-made chocolate Aero!
    Baking Stage
    Where
    Baking Stage

  • 10:30 - 11:00
    Learn how to cover cookies with fondant, add texture, and paint using an edible watercolour technique. You'll take home your own strawberry and pineapple cookies.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 10:30 - 11:15
    Watch on as Australia's Queen of Chocolate whips up a delicious chocolate and raspberry tart, then tops it with a beautiful chocolate flower!
    Baking Stage
    Where
    Baking Stage

  • 11:00 - 11:45
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 11:30 - 12:15
    Baking Stage
    Where
    Baking Stage

  • 11:45 - 12:15
    Learn how to create and apply fondant toppers to cupcakes, you'll make a super cute unicorn face cupcake, and a rainbow and clouds cupcake to take home.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 12:00 - 12:45
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 13:00 - 16:30
    Learn all about dimensions and layers with Sharon Wee as you work on a cake board to create an adorable woodland fox to take home and display. The techniques learnt in this class are easily transferred to cakes and cookies, and will help you to give life to flat images using bas relief techniques. Learn how to use images and break down various shapes, create a water splash effect, and bring images to life through shading with various layers of coloured dusts.
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop Two

  • 13:00 - 15:30
    Learn to make 3D cake toppers from fondant with these sweet Lady Bird and Bee babies taking a quick kip on top of your flower topped cakes. You’ll learn from one of Australia’s best cake decorators, Verusca Walker, who’s incredible modelling skills have seen her travel the world! *Participants will use a styrofoam ‘cake’, all skills learnt are easy to translate to cakes made at home.
    Workshop
    Where
    Workshop Two

  • 13:00 - 13:30
    Learn how to decorate cupcakes with fondant and model fondant toppers, you'll take home a polar bear and penguin cupcake.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 13:00 - 13:45
    Watch on as Verusca teaches how to create her infamous gravity defying bowl cakes, including milk hovering above a bowl of cereal and chopsticks hovering above a bowl of noodles!
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 14:00 - 14:30
    Learn how to paint fondant covered cookies with a pretty antique rose pattern, and guild with edible gold. you'll take home a tea cup and a saucer cookie.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 14:00 - 14:45
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage

  • 15:00 - 15:30
    Learn how to create fondant cupcake toppers, you'll make a mermaid tail cupcake and a mermaid face cupcake to take home.
    Create + Take
    Where
    Create + Take Classroom

  • 15:00 - 15:45
    Learn to pipe buttercream flowers and transfer them to a beautifully iced cake with Viva La Buttercream's Kerrie Wyer!
    Cake Decorating Stage
    Where
    Cake Decorating Stage



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