Cupcake Bootcamp

The Cupcake Boot Camp workshop is our most popular class and is jammed packed with tips, tricks and techniques.  This class is a must, and is perfect for the beginner who has no experience of making or decorating cupcakes, as well as those struggling to master certain techniques.

In this class we take you back to basics, thus giving you a great foundation to send you on your journey for baking and decorating. It is very hands on and you get to do everything thing yourself on this class, right from mixing the ingredients, baking, and finally decorating twelve delicious cupcakes to take home.

Introduction to working with Sugarpaste
How to achieve the perfect colour
Storage of your sugarpaste
Adjusting sugarpaste to suite your working conditions and environment
Discussion on ingredients used for making cupcakes
Weighing and measuring out your mixture
Baking tips for creating flat cupcakes
Myths around cupcake cases and why cases peel
How to work and correctly use:
moulds, cutters & veiners and plunge cutters to create decorations
Making the perfect buttercream
Piping those perfect swirls & rose swirls
Application of your decorations
Working with lustre
Boxing and storage of cupcakes

At the end of the class, you will take home twelve beautiful cupcakes made and decorated by yourself to show off to family and friends, as well as a wealth of new techniques to build on!

Classes cost is £80 per person and are fully inclusive of all ingredients, tools and aprons. Refreshments and sandwiches are included. Online booking is available, please see the list of classes available to the right. You may wish to bring a notebook and pen.

This class is a beginner’s class so prior experience is a must.  Please be advised that children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a full paying adult.

Classes runs from 10:00 until approximately 16:00