Play With Your Food

02/20/2012 02/20/2012

New Class – Working with sugar (evening)

Learn the basics of working with caramel sugar including  pouring, shards and spikes as well as spun sugar.  Learn the basics of working with isomalt, including colouring, moulding and isomalt coral.

02/25/2012 02/25/2012

Wedding Cake Demo

See a wedding cake constructed from start to finish.

02/27/2012 02/27/2012

Figurine Modelling – People (evening)

Learn to model a person of your choice during the class

03/08/2012 03/08/2012

Easter Class (morning)

Learn to decorate Easter eggs with petal paste and royal icing and painted eggs. Picture by The Cookie Shop

03/09/2012 03/09/2012

Flowers 2 (morning)

Learn to make orchids, sweet peas, carnations and miniature fruits

03/12/2012 03/12/2012

Easter Class (evening)

Learn to decorate Easter eggs with petal paste and royal icing and painted eggs. Picture courtesy of The Cookie Shop.

03/15/2012 03/15/2012

Advanced Class 1 – Intro to Design (morning)

Learn all about cake design and how to bring your wildest imaginings to life. Learn about the history of cake Learn how to draw your cakes. Learn how to design cakes to a client’s specifications. Learn about perspective and perception.

03/16/2012 03/16/2012

New Class – Wedding cake intensive class (all day)

A full day intensive course, during which you will make a 2 tier wedding cake including stacking and a short course on flower basics. Please bring along a packed lunch.

03/26/2012 - 03/30/2012 03/26/2012 - 03/30/2012

Intensive course (8 week beginner course run over one week)

Learn the basics of cake decorating in a comprehensive, fun eight week course. This course covers basic piping skills, making sugar flowers and basic chocolate work. You will also learn how to work with plastic icing and you will have the opportunity to make a project of your own choosing. Normally the 8 week beginner [...]

04/16/2012 04/16/2012

Cake Pops (evening)

Learn about making the basic cake pops and select from a variety of ideas to decorate your very own. Pictures by Bakerella.

04/19/2012 04/19/2012

Advanced Class 2 – Stencils and Airbrushing (morning)

Learn how to use stencils to decorate a cake. Learn how to operate and care for an airbrush. Learn how to use airbrushing for textured effects and with stencils.

04/20/2012 04/20/2012

Flower 3 (morning)

Learn to make proteas, lilies and poppies out of sugar.

04/23/2012 04/23/2012

Petit Fours (evening)

Learn to make and decorate traditional petit fours. Bake a true Genoise sponge, fill your sponge and use a simple sugar syrup to soak it, cover your petit fours with marzipan and fondant and decorate your petit fours with traditional piping. We will also be making our own marzipan!

05/03/2012 05/03/2012

8 Week Beginner Course (morning)

Learn the basics of cake decorating in a comprehensive, fun eight week course. This course covers basic piping skills, making sugar flowers and basic chocolate work. You will also learn how to work with plastic icing and you will have the opportunity to make a project of your own choosing.

05/05/2012 05/05/2012

Fairy Tale Cake Demo

See a Fairy Tale themed cake constructed and decorated before your very eyes! Picture by Cathy Delanssay

05/07/2012 05/07/2012

Cupcakes 1 (evening)

Learn to make and decorate cupcakes with miniature rubber “duckies”, with beach flip flops and in the style of sporty balls for boys.

05/08/2012 05/08/2012

8 Week Beginner Course (evening)

Learn the basics of cake decorating in a comprehensive, fun eight week course. This course covers basic piping skills, making sugar flowers and basic chocolate work. You will also learn how to work with plastic icing and you will have the opportunity to make a project of your own choosing.

05/12/2012 05/12/2012

New Class – Wedding cake intensive class (all day)

A full day intensive course, during which you will make a 2 tier wedding cake including stacking and a short course on flower basics. Please bring along a packed lunch

05/14/2012 05/14/2012

Figurine Modelling (evening) – Animal Theme

Learn to model an animal of your choice during the class

05/18/2012 05/18/2012

Chocolate Collar Class (morning)

Please note: that this class is the equivalent of Class 4 of the eight week course Learn how to ice a fresh cake (chocolate gateaux with chocolate ganache), learn all about the basics of working with chocolate. Make a chocolate collar, pipe with chocolate, learn to make chocolate curls and chocolate leaves. Make chocolate modelling [...]

05/21/2012 05/21/2012

New Class – to be announced (evening)

Exciting new classes to be announced. Stay tuned for updates!

05/26/2012 05/26/2012

Themed Cake Demo

Watch as a themed cake, designed by one of the advanced student’s is constructed and created.

06/09/2012 06/09/2012

Extreme Cake Demo

See how an extreme cake with extreme elements (such as fire works, moving parts or smoke) is constructed.

06/15/2012 06/15/2012

Chocolate Truffles and Moulded Chocolates (morning)

Learn to make chocolate truffles (rolled, dipped and piped), moulded chocolates and filled chocolates.

06/18/2012 06/18/2012

Cake Decorating Motifs (evening)

Learn to make a variety of decorations for your cakes. Choose from a variety of children’s or novelty ideas, animals or seasonal motifs

06/22/2012 06/22/2012

Cake Pops (morning)

Learn about making the basic cake pops and select from a variety of ideas to decorate your very own. Pictures by Bakerella.

06/25/2012 06/25/2012

Advanced Class 1 – Intro to Design (evening)

Learn all about cake design and how to bring your wildest imaginings to life. Learn about the history of cake Learn how to draw your cakes. Learn how to design cakes to a client’s specifications. Learn about perspective and perception.

06/28/2012 06/28/2012

Advanced 3 – Building Structures (morning)

Discussion about using different flavours and the practicality of alternative fillings and icings. Discussion of extreme elements and how to integrate them into your cakes. Learn how to build stable structures using pipes, columns, spacers and supports. Learn how to make and use cereal treats. Learn how to operate the jigsaw.

06/30/2012 06/30/2012

Topsy-Turvy Demo

Learn how to shape, cover, stack and decorate a 3 tier “wonky” cake.

07/02/2012 07/02/2012

Chocolate Collar Class (evening)

Please note: that this class is the equivalent of Class 4 of the eight week course Learn how to ice a fresh cake (chocolate gateaux with chocolate ganache), learn all about the basics of working with chocolate. Make a chocolate collar, pipe with chocolate, learn to make chocolate curls and chocolate leaves. Make chocolate modelling [...]

07/05/2012 07/05/2012

Figurine Modelling (morning) – Animal theme

Learn to model an animal of your choice during the class

07/09/2012 07/09/2012

Advanced Class 2 – Stencils and Airbrushing (evening)

Learn how to use stencils to decorate a cake. Learn how to operate and care for an airbrush. Learn how to use airbrushing for textured effects and with stencils.

07/12/2012 07/12/2012

Petit Fours (morning)

Learn to make and decorate traditional petit fours. Bake a true Genoise sponge, fill your sponge and use a simple sugar syrup to soak it, cover your petit fours with marzipan and fondant and decorate your petit fours with traditional piping. We will also be making our own marzipan!

07/13/2012 07/13/2012

Cupcakes 2 (morning)

Learn to decorate cupcakes with butter icing piped roses and leaves. Make ribbon roses out of petal paste, make a bow and practice piping onto cupcakes with royal icing, to make dots, embroidery and swags.

10/04/2012 10/04/2012

Biscuits 1 (morning)

Learn to make chocolate chip biscuits, gingerbread men and decorated shaped biscuits. Practice piping and decorating biscuits! Picture from www.allthetea.co.uk

10/06/2012 10/06/2012

Fairy Tale Cake Demo

See a Fairy Tale themed cake constructed and decorated before your very eyes! Picture by Cathy Delanssay

10/08/2012 10/08/2012

Advanced 3 – Building Structures (evening)

Discussion about using different flavours and the practicality of alternative fillings and icings. Discussion of extreme elements and how to integrate them into your cakes. Learn how to build stable structures using pipes, columns, spacers and supports. Learn how to make and use cereal treats. Learn how to operate the jigsaw.

10/09/2012 10/09/2012

Chocolate Collar Class (evening)

Please note: that this class is the equivalent of Class 4 of the eight week course Learn how to ice a fresh cake (chocolate gateaux with chocolate ganache), learn all about the basics of working with chocolate. Make a chocolate collar, pipe with chocolate, learn to make chocolate curls and chocolate leaves. Make chocolate modelling [...]

10/11/2012 10/11/2012

8 Week Beginner Course (morning)

Learn the basics of cake decorating in a comprehensive, fun eight week course. This course covers basic piping skills, making sugar flowers and basic chocolate work. You will also learn how to work with plastic icing and you will have the opportunity to make a project of your own choosing.

10/16/2012 10/16/2012

8 Week Beginner Course (evening)

Learn the basics of cake decorating in a comprehensive, fun eight week course. This course covers basic piping skills, making sugar flowers and basic chocolate work. You will also learn how to work with plastic icing and you will have the opportunity to make a project of your own choosing.

10/19/2012 10/19/2012

Chocolate Truffles and Moulded Chocolates (morning)

Learn to make chocolate truffles (rolled, dipped and piped), moulded chocolates and filled chocolates

10/22/2012 10/22/2012

New Class – to be announced (evening)

Exciting new classes to be announced. Stay tuned for updates!

10/27/2012 10/27/2012

Themed Cake Demo

Watch as a themed cake, designed by one of the advanced student’s is constructed and created.

10/29/2012 10/29/2012

Halloween Charity Class (evening)

Learn to make a three tier creation and decorate it as a group. The cake will be donated to a children’s charity.

11/09/2012 11/09/2012

Biscuits 2 (morning)

Learn to make tuiles, Florentines, rusks, meringues and crunchies. Picture from One More Moore

11/17/2012 11/17/2012

Extreme Cake Demo

See how an extreme cake with extreme elements (such as fire works, moving parts or smoke) is constructed.

11/19/2012 11/19/2012

Home Made Sweets (evening)

Learn to make fudge, honey comb, marshmallows and Turkish delight. Picture by Market Hall Food

12/01/2012 12/01/2012

End Of Year Competition and Graduation

12/03/2012 12/03/2012

Christmas Cake Decorating (evening)

Learn to decorate your Christmas cakes with holly berries and leaves, Christmas trees, candy canes, wrapped presents, Santa stockings, Christmas roses, bells, pine cones and Christmas baubles.

12/06/2012 12/06/2012

Christmas Cake Decorating (morning)

Learn to decorate your Christmas cakes with holly berries and leaves, Christmas trees, candy canes, wrapped presents, Santa stockings, Christmas roses, bells, pine cones and Christmas baubles.

12/10/2012 12/10/2012

Christmas Baking (evening)

Learn to bake mince pies, orange and ginger cookies (with “stained glass centres” for decorating your tree) and bouche de Noel (a traditional French Christmas chocolate log) Pic by Nigella

12/13/2012 12/13/2012

Christmas Baking (morning)

Learn to bake mince pies, orange and ginger cookies (with “stained glass centres” for decorating your tree) and bouche de Noel (a traditional French Christmas chocolate log) Pic by Nigella