Latest Cupcake Class Availability

Just a quick update on the spaces we've got available this term:

This Saturday 21 April - Stage 2 - 9.45am -12.45pm  £60

2 spaces available

Friday 11 May - Stage 2 - 11am-1.30pm  £60

4 spaces available

Wednesday 30 May - Stage 1 - 10.30am-12.30pm  £50

4 spaces available

AND NEW FOR SEPTEMBER

Saturday 29 September - FREE-FROM CUPCAKES

11am-1pm

£60

During this new class we will cover techniques needed to bake cupcakes for those with intolerances or allergies.

(gluten, wheat, egg, dairy and soya)

Come and learn about alternatives flours and ingredients, and understand the whole new world of xantham gum, flaxseeds, egg replacers, milks, oils and flavourings!

A Busy Saturday Creating Cupcakes

We had a busy Saturday with two different cupcake classes.

An Easter Chocolate class; there were so many varieties of chocolate to choose from to decorate the cupcakes!  The kitchen smelt gorgeous.

Here are a few of the boxes that were taken home.

We also held a Stage 2 Cupcake class, for bakers who have already been to our Stage 1 class.

We spend the class learning new decorating skills, with flower paste, buttercream and experiment with new nozzles.

This group were amazingly creative, the cupcakes looked great! 

Look at this beautiful peony!

To see the rest of the groups creations, click here: Colourful Cupcakes

There are a few spaces left this term at Cupcake Classes:

Saturday 21 April: Stage 2   9.45am - 12.15pm

Friday 11 May: Stage 2  11am - 1.30pm

Wednesday 30 May: Stage 1  10.30am - 12.30pm

A Busy Cupcake Day

We started our Saturday morning with a Stage 2 Cupcake Class

We spent more time on shaping our flowers with flower paste, making buttercream roses and shaping petals into larger roses.

In the afternoon we had a Stage 1 Cupcake Class, here are a selection of the photos, for more details and photographs please visit the Colourful Cupcakes blog:

www.colourfulcupcakes-newbury.blogspot.com

A Busy Day at Treetops - Cupcake Classes

We started the day today with a Stage 2 Cupcake Class, which is the next step from our first class, we take the skills previously learnt and experiment with gum paste/flower paste, we then use different nozzles to great effect and create stunning roses and rosebuds.

This afternoon we had our Stage 1 Cupcake Class, where we learnt the basics of baking, how to use fondant icing, how to make perfect buttercream icing and talked about colouring and decorating.

6 beautiful boxes of cupcakes left Treetops at t-time.

To see more pictures visit the Colourful Cupcakes blog

I will run another Stage 2 Cupcake Class in the New Year.

Summer Holidays coming to an end ......

We're in the final week of school holidays, many of us preparing school uniform, labels, shoes, trainers etc.

Our Autumn Term at Treetops is finalised with some great classes coming up.

There are lots of Cupcake classes, and in November and December we will be having Christmas Cupcake Classes.

Sarah is back for her Aga Christmas, this year it's baked ham and beef wellington.

Susannah is here for Festive Flowers, come and make a wreath for your front door, from an amazing selection of foliage, flowers, nuts and fruits.

Claire is running a variety of watercolour classes, with a Beginners class next month and then topics such as Autumn Glow, Venice and Winter Scene to keep us all busy.

Please visit the dates page on the website for more information.

www.treetops-newbury.co.uk

The Vineyard Wedding Fayre Biscuits

Billions of biscuits!!

Well, 200 glittery pinky ones, made for today's Wedding Fayre at The Vineyard hotel.

I make Cupcakes for Weddings, birthdays, parties and gifts in my Aga at home (which is registered with West Berkshire council).   I also hold a Level 2 Award in Food Safety, from the Institute of Environmental Health.

There are lots of photographs on my Colourful Cupcakes blog, but please contact me for any further information.

http://colourfulcupcakes-newbury.blogspot.com

I also run classes at Treetops, where over 2 hours you can learn to make, bake and decorate your own Cupcakes.  You receive plenty of advice and tips and can enjoy the abundance of sprinkles, decorations and cutters that I have here.

Current classes with spaces are:

Tuesday 29 March - Easter Cupcakes 11am-1pm

*NEW* Wednesday 11 May - Cupcakes 11am - 1pm

*NEW* Friday 24 June 11am - 1pm (Stage 2 for those who have been to Stage 1)

Saturday 7 May - Cupcakes 2pm - 4pm

Saturday 18 June - Cupcakes 2pm - 4pm

Saturday 9 July - Cupcakes 2pm - 4pm

Stage 2 Cupcake Class

This afternoon was our first Stage 2 Cupcake Class.

  This class is for people who have already been to our Stage 1 Class and the idea is that we are able to take the skills and techniques learnt forward to another level, and give ourselves time to learn some useful (and slightly more complicated!) skills.

This shows a section of the kitchen all set up and ready to go.  I had already baked this morning, so we could concentrate on decorative skills and icing techniques.

We spent some time with fondant icing and gum paste, we made cut-out flowers and did some shaping and styling of them.  They looked fantastic.

We made some miniature fondant roses, very fiddly but they just take practice and then we made lots of petals to create a large rose (shown above).  Despite the nerves, they looked beautiful, really impressive!

Below are some of the beautiful boxes of decorated Cupcakes that went home this afternoon.  (We had a bit of a Valentine February theme going on!)

First Cupcake Class of Year - Spaces Available

Spaces available on the first class of the year

Wednesday 26 January 2011

11am - 1pm

£50

Come and learn all the secrets of making delicious and pretty cupcakes.

We will cover baking, buttercream icing, fondant icing and decorating skills.

The class is full of top tips to help you make pretty, sparkly cupcakes.

You will make and decorate 6 cupcakes to take home with you at the end of the class.

 

To book please call or email Emily: 0163 5 44 850.

Cupcakes Spring Class Dates

Saturday Dates:

(2pm - 4pm)

5 February - Stage 2 Cupcakes (if you have been before, this will take you a stage further)

19 February - Stage 1

5 March - Stage 1

2 April - Easter Cupcakes

(SPACES ARE DISAPPEARING ALREADY, PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT)

Weekday Classes:

(11am - 1pm)

Wednesday 26 January - Stage 1

Friday 18 February - Stage 1

Wednesday 9 March - Stage 2

Wednesday 23 March - Stage 2

Tuesday 29 March - Easter Cupcakes

 

Classes cost £50 and include all materials, 6 decorated cupcakes of yours to take home and a recipe/top tips booklet.

New Term is starting

I'm looking forward to our classes starting again next week.

We have two full Cupcake classes next Wednesday and Saturday, so look out for the photographs from those both on this blog and on colourfulcupcakes-newbury.blogspot.com

Claire Warner is here the following week for a Beginners Watercolour class, there are still some spaces available, so if you are tempted to come along, please give me a call. You will really enjoy it, very relaxing and Claire will fill you with confidence.

Her Autumn Colours class is on Thursday 21 October, which is followed by A Winter Scene on either Tuesday 16 or Wednesday 17 November. All 3 classes have spaces. The cost is £65 to include all your materials, 2 course lunch, glass of wine, and refreshments throughout the day.

There are some spaces left on the following Cupcake classes:

Friday 1 October 10am - 12 noon
Thursday 14 October 10am - 12 noon
Christmas Cupcakes Monday 8 November 10am - 12 noon
Christmas Cupcakes Tuesday 23 November 10am - 12 noon

Festive Flower classes are now all full, but I am starting a reserve list, if you would like to put your name down on that.

8 spaces left on Sarah's Christmas Aga, so get your name down quickly if you know you want to come, it is on Friday 26 November 9.45am - 1.30pm £55.