National 5

Practical Cake Craft · National 5

Cake baking, finishing and decoration, plus cake design and a written paper.

The course

What Practical Cake Craft is about

Practical Cake Craft is a hands-on course in baking and decoration: cake production methods, finishing techniques and decorated cake design, assessed largely through practical work.

Where it leads

What it offers you

Technique and confidence for bakery, patisserie and hospitality work, and finished pieces for a college portfolio.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

2025

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2024

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2023

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2022

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Practical Cake Craft National 5 on sqa.org.uk.

All Practical Cake Craft levels