Flagship · Intermediate · $147

From cake maker, to cake artist.

The step-by-step Flower Formula for the Classic Rose, the rose that proves you’ve crossed the line from following tutorials to creating with confidence. Spiral centre, colour theory, dynamic dusting, and the technique that translates to every flower you’ll ever make.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Lessons

28 lessons

Length

4 hours

$147

What You'll Learn

The five skills that mark the transition to cake artist.

Not a paint-by-numbers rose. The techniques that turn into colour theory, dusting depth, and the artistic confidence you carry into every other flower.

The spiral centre

The signature spiral centre that’s defined rose-making for centuries. Different cutters, the par-drying trick, and the technique to nail it the first time.

Colour theory, properly

Mauve to taupe gradient. Antique warm undertones. The kind of colour work that turns a flat sugar flower into one you’d swear was picked this morning.

Petal placement

No more weirdly symmetrical, artificial-looking flowers. The placement decisions that give the rose its natural movement and its life.

No-veiner technique

I made roses for years without a veiner. So can you. Options taught with and without, so you can start with what you’ve got.

Dynamic dusting

Layered dusting to create gradients, freshness, decay, and antique hues, all without ending up splotchy. The dusting technique that comes back in every flower after.

Why The Classic Rose

The flower that proves you've crossed the line.

Every sugar flower artist has a moment. The moment your work stops looking like an attempt at a flower, and starts looking like a flower. Most students tell me that moment happens during the Classic Rose course. The spiral centre clicks. The dusting starts behaving. And suddenly you’re not following along, you’re making it.

This is the rose that teaches the techniques every other flower needs. Colour theory you’ll use forever. Dusting you’ll use forever. A petal-placement instinct that becomes second nature. It’s why I recommend it to students who want to build a sugar flower practice, not just a single flower.

“She has a way of making complicated techniques feel approachable.” · Rachel M · Dreamcakes, Austin

And yes, you use the same simple teardrop cutters you’ll use for almost every other flower in the library. I am not in the business of making you buy a new tool every week.

The Curriculum

What you'll watch, chapter by chapter.

28 lessons across three chapters and the downloads vault. Four hours of paced video. Yours to keep, forever.

Chapter 01

Preparations, Colouring & Tools

5 lessons

▷Chapter 1 Overview
▷Classic gumpaste recipe
▷Colouring your gumpaste
▷Choosing your tools
▷Creating your centres

Chapter 02

Creating your Rose Petals

6 lessons

▷Chapter 2 Overview
▷Second layer of petals
▷Third layer of petals
▷Fourth layer of petals
▷Fifth layer of petals
▷Shaping your centre petals

Chapter 03

Dusting, Calyxes & Repair

4 lessons

▷Chapter 3 Overview
▷Adding your calyx
▷Repairing petals
▷Dusting your classic rose

Bonus

Majolica Workshop

4 lessons

▷▷Majolica Workshop Day 1
▷Majolica Workshop Day 2
▷Majolica Workshop Day 3
▷Majolica Rose Schedule
📄Majolica Workshop Tools List

Downloads

Cheat sheets, schedules, recipes

5 downloads

📄Tools & Materials List
📄Classic Rose Arrangement Recipes
📄Classic Rose Sample Schedule
📄Classic Rose Colours
📄Sugarpaste Recipe

when you're ready

Yours to keep, forever.

Pay once. Watch in your kitchen, on your phone, or with a friend. No subscription, no expiry, no platform that disappears.

The Classic Rose

$147 one-time

Lifetime access. Watch as many times as you like.

✓Full course, three chapters, 28 lessons
✓Four hours of paced, in-depth video
✓Options taught WITH and WITHOUT a silicone veiner
✓Bonus: Majolica Rose Workshop (3 recorded classes)
✓Arrangement Recipes, Sample Schedule, Tools List, and Colour Guide PDFs
✓Sugarpaste Recipe download
✓30-day money-back guarantee

If the first lesson doesn’t land for you, email me within 30 days and I’ll refund you in full. No questions, no friction.

What Students Say

“I love the Finespun Academy. From simple flowers to complex blooms, the courses are well organized and easy to follow. It is great to be part of a community that helps improve your skills, offers help when things aren’t going your way, or sings your praises when you post your latest creation.”

Fiona McKnight · Fiona McKnight Cakes

What You'll Need

Almost nothing.

You can start this course with what’s already in your kitchen and at most one quick trip to a craft shop.

The essentials

✦Gum paste, store-bought is fine to start
✦A ball tool (or a clean paintbrush handle)
✦A foam pad (or a folded kitchen towel)
✦Floral wire, 24-gauge for the petals
✦Florist tape, white or green

The nice-to-haves

✦A small rolling pin
✦A veining or Dresden tool
✦A pair of small needle-nose pliers
✦A set of petal dusts, any soft-pink and yellow
✦A small paintbrush for dusting

Once you’re enrolled, I’ll send you my full Sugar Flower Starter Kit PDF with affiliate links to everything I personally use. You don’t need it to start, but it makes the second flower easier.

Your Teacher

Hi, I'm Alexandria.

I founded Finespun Cakes in Toronto in 2015 and have spent the last decade designing wedding cakes and teaching sugar flowers to over 1,000 students worldwide.

I trained at Le Cordon Bleu, studied under Ron Ben-Israel in New York, won an American Cake Award, and was named one of Wedluxe’s Top 10 Wedding Cake Designers in Canada.

My courses are taught the way I wish someone had taught me, with every step shown, no gatekeeping, and no rushing through the parts that actually matter.

a smarter way

Why buy one course when you could have all of them?

The Classic Rose is included in the Finespun Academy at $29/month, along with every other course, over 100 studio recipes, all seven studio tools, and live time with Alexandria every month.

After five months in the Academy, you’ve already gotten more than the price of this single course. Most members stay much longer.