Flagship · Advanced · $147

The flower that says spring is here.

Bright, exuberant, unmistakable. No other flower signals spring like a double daffodil. Master the trumpet centre, the wired double-layer petal build, and the bright yellow-and-cream colour work that defines a spring wedding cake.

Skill Level

Advanced

Lessons

8 lessons

Length

~3 hours

$147

The Double Daffodil

What You'll Learn

The trumpet, the petals, the bright spring colour.

A double daffodil is two flowers in one: the central trumpet, and the wired double layer of petals around it. The skill is making both look balanced, and the colour work that keeps yellow looking joyful instead of cartoonish.

The signature trumpet centre

The distinctive cup at the heart of every daffodil. Rolling, frilling, and shaping a trumpet that looks like it grew that way, with the ruffled edge that’s unmistakable in finished photos.

Wired double-petal layers

The six outer petals taught as individually wired pieces, then a second inner layer that gives the “double” daffodil its fullness. Cleaner taping technique included so wired flowers stay light.

Spring yellow without the cartoon

Yellow is the hardest colour to dust well. Too saturated and it reads as plastic. Too pale and it reads as cream. The exact two-pass dusting that keeps it bright but believable.

Dusting & taping together

How dusting and taping work as one pass, not two. Coloured tape that disappears, dust applied in the right order, the finishing touches that elevate the build into the final flower.

Arrangement & pairings

Daffodils rarely stand alone on a wedding cake. The arrangement-recipe approach for pairing them with anemones, tulips, ranunculus, and spring greenery to build a balanced spring spray.

Double daffodil · trumpet centre detail

Why The Double Daffodil

The flower that ends winter on the cake.

By March every couple is asking the same thing: “Something spring.” And nothing says spring like a daffodil. They’re the first real flowers to come back, they’re the colour everyone associates with the season, and they’re absolutely flooding spring wedding editorials right now. A cake artist who can make a believable double daffodil owns the March-to-May calendar.

The double daffodil is also the technical step up from a regular daffodil. It’s two flowers in one build: a trumpet centre, and a wired double petal layer. Master it, and a dozen other spring flowers become easier, because the wired-layer technique transfers everywhere.

“Alexandria is an exceptional teacher, knowledgeable and genuinely passionate about her craft and about helping others master the techniques.” · Rachel Dolphin · Academy student

And the yellow problem is real. Most sugar daffodils look like rubber. The two-pass dusting technique in this course is the difference between “spring wedding” and “Easter craft project.”

The Curriculum

What you'll watch, module by module.

Five focused modules plus a full downloads vault. Approximately three hours of paced video. Yours to keep, forever.

Module 01

Introduction

2 lessons

▷Welcome & what you’ll be making
▷Classic gum paste recipe video

Module 02

The Trumpet Centre

2 lessons

▷Rolling and shaping the trumpet
▷Frilling the ruffled edge

Module 03

Wired Petals

2 lessons

▷Cutting, shaping & wiring the outer six petals
▷The inner second layer that makes it “double”

Module 04

Dusting & Taping

2 lessons

▷Two-pass yellow dusting (bright but believable)
▷Assembling and taping the finished flower

Module 05

Outro & Arrangement Ideas

2 lessons

▷Pairing daffodils with anemones, tulips & ranunculus
▷Spring spray arrangement walkthrough

Downloads

Tools, recipes, arrangements

3 downloads

📄Tools & Materials List
📄Spring Arrangement Recipes
📄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 Double Daffodil

$147 one-time

Lifetime access. Watch as many times as you like.

✓Five focused modules
✓~3 hours of paced, in-depth video
✓The trumpet centre with its signature ruffled edge
✓Wired double-petal-layer technique taught from scratch
✓Two-pass yellow dusting that stays believable
✓Pairing with anemones, tulips, and ranunculus for spring sprays
✓Tools list, arrangement recipes, sugarpaste recipe PDFs
✓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 have taken the Wedding Cake Challenge course, but it wasn’t until watching your gumpaste hydrangea video that I got the courage to create the flowers in this photo. Watching your How to Make an Elegant Organic Floral Piped Cake video also helped with this cake, which was for a wedding.”

Pauline Brinkman · Finespun Cakes Academy student

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 Double Daffodil 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.