Upcoming Classes for 2021

PIPED SUCCULENT CAKE WORKSHOP

£125.00

Skill level: beginner

Create an edible urban garden!

Learn how to pipe realistic succulents and cacti with delicious Italian meringue buttercream. You will create six gorgeous succulent cupcakes to take away (which can be frozen to take to a special occasion) and a dummy concrete planter cake filled with a variety of succulent plants, all in our signature meringue buttercream. Believe it or not even the trailing plants are edible!

We will also cover basic colour theory, how to mix colours and tint buttercream to create natural and realistic tones, how to smooth a cake, how to model 3-d shapes with Rice Krispie Treats (RKT) and how to make chocolate soil.

Coffee, tea and a light lunch are included, but do let me know of any dietary requirements in advance if you can.

I’ll supply all the equipment needed for the class.

Painted Floral Cake Workshop

£210.00

Skill level: hobby/beginner

Paint your own impressionist floral cake. Learn how to paint one of my signature floral designs onto a two tier cake with palette knives using delicious Italian meringue buttercream. We will use printed templates to practice painting a selection of different flowers from different angles and at different stages of development with a range of palette knives, and then create a two tier floral dummy cake with a textured background using the flowers we have practiced, which is yours to take home.

We will also cover basic colour theory, how to mix colours and tint buttercream to create natural and realistic tones.

 Coffee, tea and lunch are included, but do let me know of any dietary requirements in advance if you can.

Woven texture cake Workshop

£225.00

Pipe a beautiful buttercream cake that looks exactly as if it were woven from different textiles. If you love luxuriously textured wall hangings, you’ll be amazed at how you can create the same effect using a carefully chosen palette of Italian buttercream colours and just a handful of basic piping tips.

I’ll teach you how to pipe ribbons, coarse weaves, checks, plaits and even tassels! Once you’ve got the hang of maintaining a steady tension with the bag, we’ll go on to learn how to over pipe (the Lambeth technique) and add metallic details to you work.

I’ll supply a tall six inch dummy cake for you to work on or you can bring your own real cake (A crumb-coated cake with a diameter of six inches, five inches tall). We’ll practice on boards first.

A light lunch, tea and coffee all included.

Vintage piped cake Workshop

£160.00

Learn to create beautiful statement cakes by combining traditional and contemporary buttercream piping techniques. After perfecting the techniques on a set of four adorable cupcakes, we will build up elegant designs using ribbon, scroll, star and petal tips to create dramatic swags and borders, and embellish them with lacework, piped roses, leaves and floral sprigs.

I will supply a two tier dummy and cake drum, four cupcakes and a box.

A light lunch is included alongside tea and coffee.

Sculpture painting with buttercream

£320.00

The technique that has taken the cake making world by storm!! Learn how to sculpt peonies, poppies and hydrangeas with palette knives. It’s tricky but totally addictive. I’ll teach you how to load your knife correctly and apply it to form the perfect shape for each type of petal and, using templates, you’ll learn how to build each type of flower before creating your own sculpted two tier cake!

We’ll look at colour mixing, composition and where to go for inspiration for your own sculpted cakes. I guarantee you’ll be hooked.

A light lunch, tea and coffee all included.