Cake Decorating Videos

Sharon Zambito of SugarEd Productions offers a completely comprehenisive library of cake decorating videos to guide you through the basics of baking your cakes and decorating them. Her easy-to-follow instructions will teach you the skills you need to create a flawless cake. 

Back To Basics
Baking for Cake Decorating

Sharon Zamitos cake decorating videosEvery beautifully decorated cake needs a stable and delicious cake at its foundation. Sharon Zambito will lead you through all of the basics you need for successful cake baking. Every detail is covered, from preparing the pans and oven, to decorating a beautiful dessert style cake. Bonus section and recipe booklet included. Run time approx 2 hrs, 16 mins.

This video covers oven and pan preparation, preparing cake batter, baking and testing for doneness, cooling, freezing cakes, leveling methods, covering cake boards, torting and filling cakes, making buttercream, icing and decorating a cake, and making cake balls. More details.



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Perfecting the Art of Buttercream

buttercream cake decorating videoCake artist Sharon Zambito takes you through her step- by- step process for icing a cake with a crusting buttercream. Close-up video coupled with detailed explanations of each technique make this the perfect resource for any decorator striving to improve their icing skills. Also included is a complete supply list with suggested vendors. 80 minutes.

This dvd covers making the perfect, airless buttercream, covering the cake with buttercream to prevent bulges and blow-outs, smoothing the buttercream and creating perfect edges. Two bonus sections include using an impression mat and creating sharp edges on a square cake. More details.


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Flawless Fondant 

fondant cake decorating videoSharon Zambito takes you through a complete A to Z education on how to prepare and cover your cakes properly with rolled fondant. This all inclusive 2 disc set includes a full supply list and suggested vendors.

These cake decorating videos take you through preparing the cake for fondant, kneading and coloring fondant, rolling and applying fondant to the cake, and covering round, square, hexagon, and petal shaped cakes. Bonus sections include using an impression mat, crimpers, and a tracing wheel. More details.

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Successful Stacking

cake stacking videoSharon Zambito will lead you through the complete process of stacking a multi-tiered cake, using a method which minimizes the amount of damage that occurs to the icing during the process. Learn how to stack in a way that will allow very small borders or no borders at all. The techniques taught in this lesson can also be applied to many different types of stacking systems and equipment. This complete step-by-step video also includes a full supply list and suggested vendors.

Includes instruction for cutting and preparing cake boards, preparing buttercream and fondant cakes for stacking, using dowels, placing the tiers and repairing icing damage. More details.

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Boxes and Bows

gift box cakes video SugarEd Productions presents Sharon Zambito as she leads you through an all inclusive lesson on Boxes and Bows in cake. This two disc DVD set takes you through the entire decorating process for four different package cake styles and their corresponding bows. Bonus techniques are also included. Total run time is 3 hours, 50 minutes. More details.

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Totally Topsy Turvy

topsy turvy cake videoLearn to create this beautiful cake style as Sharon Zambito leads you through the entire process from start to finish. You will learn everything from filling the tiers, carving and construction, to every last decorating detail. This 2 disc set is a complete A to Z lesson on the topsy turvy cake.  Run time 3 hours, 51 minutes.

Video covers preparing the cake base, carving the cakes, covering the cake with ganache, covering cakes in fondant, stacking,creating a diamond pattern, using a silicone mold, rope swags, bead border and more. More details.

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Sheet Cake Secrets

sheet cake videoSharon Zambito shares with you all of her secrets for making fantastic sheet cakes. Learn four different methods for creating images on your cake, basic airbrushing techniques, borders in both buttercream and fondant, fondant decorations and a lot more. Watch Sharon decorate three cakes from start to finish. This 2 disc set includes special bonus items as well as outtakes from filming. Run time: 4 hours, 44 minutes.

These cake decorating videos include step-by-step instructions for creating a kitty cake, a cowboy cake and a puppy cake. More details.

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Sheet Cake Secrets Bonus Lagniappe


sheet cake dvdSharon shares with you even more techniques that you can use to bring your sheet, single layer, and tiered cakes up to the next level. The techniques taught in this DVD compliment the instruction in the Sheet Cake Secrets DVD, but also stand alone and may be used on many different cake styles and shapes. Run time: 25 minutes.

Covers royal icing message transfer, airbrushed border highlight, and shell borders. More details



A Design Gallery

cake gallery dvdLooking for inspiration and want to enhance your design skills? This DVD is a video slide show of some of Sharon Zambito's favorite creations. Sharon narrates this beautiful on-screen display that is set to pleasant background music.

Sharon discusses 120 of her most successful cakes, giving hints and tips along the way. For all skill levels. More details.




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