Saturday's Busy Cupcake Classes

We started yesterday morning with a Vintage Style Cupcake Class; using delicious lemon cupcakes, we concentrated on mastering new tools and techniques.

Using lustre powders, moulds, embossers we created lovely little buttons, brooches, flowers, butterflies and bunting in pale vintage colours.

In the afternoon we had a Stage 1 Cupcake Class, which covers baking, icings and decorations.

Everybody made lovely little decorations to decorate their beautifully baked vanilla cupcakes.

For the full photographs from the two classes please visit: 

Colourful Cupcakes Blog

Welcome to the New Term

 As the sun sets on the Summer holidays, I thought I would let you know how the classes are looking for next term, as we get ready to open our doors again next week.

Aga bookings are going well for our two classes, there are spaces available on both:

Friday 21 September - Effortless Entertaining

Friday 9 November - Christmas Aga (Turkey)

Christmas Flowers is almost full on Tuesday 4 December, but there are spaces available on Wednesday 5 December.

Watercolour bookings have been coming in very fast;

Misty September Sunrise - Wed 12 Sept - 2 spaces left

Beginners - Thurs 27 Sept - FULL

Reflections after the Rain - Thurs 11 Oct - 1 space left

Mixed Media - Thurs 18 Oct - 2 spaces left

Life into Still Life - Wed 14 Nov - 3 spaces left

Beginners - Thurs 15 Nov - 2 spaces left

Winter Morning - Mon 26 Nov - 2 spaces left

Winter Morning - Tues 27 Nov - 4 spaces left

Cupcake classes this term are:

Free From (Gluten/Dairy/Egg/Soya etc) 

Sat 29 Sept  11am-1pm   4 spaces

Stage 2

Sat 29 Sept  3.30pm - 6pm   5 spaces

Vintage

Monday 1 Oct  11am-1pm  6 spaces

Vintage

Saturday 13 Oct  11am-1pm  5 spaces

Stage 1

Saturday 13 Oct  3.30pm-5.30pm  2 spaces

Christmas

Saturday 1 Dec  10am-12 noon  3 spaces

Christmas

Saturday 1 Dec  3.30pm - 5.30pm  6 spaces

To book a space or to enquire about timings or prices please call or email me asap.

See you soon!

Autumn Cupcake Dates Announced

Here are the dates for next term's Cupcake Classes, for detailed information visit the Colourful Cupcakes blog:

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Monday 10 September:  STAGE 1 CUPCAKES  12.30pm - 2.30pm  £50

Sunday 23 September: COACH TRIP TO THE CAKE & BAKE SHOW  £39.50

I know, it's not a class, but it's an important date in our Cupcake Calendar!

There are still spaces available, we leave Newbury Wharf at approx 8am, we will be taken to Earls Court and collected again at 4pm.

Mary Berry and a host of other bakers and chefs will be there, talking and demonstrating alongside stalls full of baking goodies.  For more details visit the show website:

www.thecakeandbakeshow.co.uk


Saturday 29 September:  FREE-FROM CUPCAKES  11am - 1pm  £60

Saturday 29 September:  CUPCAKES STAGE 2  3.30pm - 6pm  £60


Monday 1 October:  VINTAGE CUPCAKES  11AM - 1PM  £50

Saturday 13 October:  VINTAGE CUPCAKES  11AM - 1PM  £55

Saturday 13 October: STAGE 1 CUPCAKE CLASS  3.30PM - 5.30PM  £55

Saturday 1 December: CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES  10AM - 12 NOON OR 3.30PM - 5.30PM  £55

Busy day of Cupcake Classes

A busy day at Treetops with beautiful cupcakes.

This morning we had a Stage 2 Cupcake Class, where we concentrate on decorating skills.  Learning about gum paste, new tools and different techniques.  We used new nozzles to make buttercream flowers, and created tiny rosebuds and full 5 petalled roses.

This class is the next step for after you've attended our Stage 1 class.

Our next Stage 2 class is on:

Friday 11 May at 11am - 1.30pm £60

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This afternoon we had a group in for a Chocolate Cupcake Class.

We had chocolate cake, icing, fondant, cocoa, ganache, sprinkles, grated chocolate, it was brilliant!

We shared lots of ideas, top tips and techniques.

Here is a selection of the creations, to see more please visit the

Colourful Cupcakes Blog

If you are a group of 6 and would like your own class, please contact me to arrange a date and theme.

Well done everybody, it was a great day.

(I will refrain from posting a photo of the state of my kitchen!)

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!

Spring Term - Available Classes

It hasn't been too chilly a half term break, and we've had some lovely sunny moments.

Looking ahead at the rest of term, here is an update of spaces that are available on our classes:

Beginners Watercolour 

Wednesday 22 February

9.30am - 3pm  £70

Cupcakes

Wednesday 29 February

10.30am - 12.30pm  £50

Sewing - Making a Bag

Friday 2 March

10am - 12.30pm  £50

Fun with Acrylics

Thursday 8 March

9.30am - 3pm  £70

A Day at the Races Watercolour

Friday 16 March

9.30am - 3pm  £70

I'm also taking bookings for the following classes:

Cupcakes - Stage 2

Saturday 21 April

9.45am - 12.15pm  £60

Aga - Fabulous Fish

Friday 18 May

9.45am - 1.30pm  £65

Aga - Effortless Entertaining

Friday 21 September

9.45am - 1.30pm  £65 

Aga - Christmas 2012 (Turkey)

Friday 9 November

9.45am - 1.30pm

Cupcake Class and latest class info

We had an enjoyable Cupcake Class yesterday morning, pretty pastel colours and valentine love hearts.

Cupcake classes are still really popular and selling out very quickly, at the moment I only have spaces available on Wednesday 29 February, 10.30am - 12.30pm.

New Spring Term dates will be out shortly.

I have a few spaces left on this Friday's Aga Class, Sarah is coming to demonstrate Aga Roasts and Puddings.  9.45am - 1.30pm  £65, to include a glass of wine and a tasting lunch of all the delicious food cooked.

Sarah is also here on Friday 23 March for Casual and Comfort Aga Cooking.

Our NEW SEWING CLASS, still has spaces available on Friday 2 March, this is from 10am - 12.30pm, and involves using a sewing machine to make a really pretty bag, you can choose your fabric and lining. £50

There are some Watercolour classes with spaces available this term:

BEGINNERS on Wednesday 22 February

ACRYLICS on Thursday 8 March

WATERCOLOUR:  "A Day at the Races" on Friday 16 March

Painting classes run from 9.30am - approx 3pm and cost £70, this includes all of your materials, a 2 course lunch with wine and plenty of refreshments and freshly baked biscuits throughout the day.

Latest Autumn Term Class Availability

Here is an update for you on spaces available on this term's classes:

WATERCOLOUR

Venice  Thursday 10 Nov  1 space left

Autumn Glow  Friday 11 Nov  1 space left

A Winter Scene  Thursday 17 Nov  2 spaces left

A Winter Scene  Tuesday 22 Nov  1 space left

9.30am - 3pm  £70  Lunch and materials included 

SEWING - MAKING A BAG - NEW!!

Friday 4 November - 5 spaces left

10am - 12.30pm  £50

Cake and materials included

CHRISTMAS AGA & CHRISTMAS FLOWERS

All Full

CUPCAKES

Visit the Colourful Cupcakes blog for news

Happy Easter from Treetops

The sun is shining and the garden is blooming.

The doors may be closed to classes for the holidays, but there is alot going on behind the scenes, new dates being planned, meals being tested, admin being done and bookings being taken.

The butter is out of the fridge softening ready for some new cupcakes to be made later (http://colourfulcucapkes-newbury.blogspot.com)

The bookings for Autumn Term's watercolour dates are already underway:

Beginners Watercolour - Tuesday 20 September

Animals in a Scene - Wednesday 21 September

Autumn Glow - Friday 21 October

Venice - Thursday 10 November

A Winter Scene - Thursday 17 November

A Winter Scene - Tuesday 22 November

Watercolour classes cost £70 and include all of your materials, a 2 course lunch with wine and refreshments throughout the day.  It is a full day class from 9.30am - 3-3.30pm.  Claire teaches in a step by step style and you will take home a finished painting at the end of the day.

If I quietly mention CHRISTMAS classes, just so that you have the dates for your diary, these get booked up very very quickly each year.

Christmas Aga with Sarah is on Friday 25 November from 9.45am -1.30pm.  £60.

Last year we did Turkey this year we are cooking Beef Wellington and a large glazed Ham, there will be plenty of opportunity to talk Turkey, so don't worry!

Christmas Flowers with Susanna is on Tuesday 6 December or Wednesday 7 December, you choose.  The class runs from 9.45am - 2pm.  £80.

Susanna provides everything from flowers, foliage, fruits, aprons, secateurs whilst I get busy with a simple lunch and glass of mulled wine for you.  You can make a wreath for your front door, or something for your home.  Susanna demonstrates a variety of new ideas to decorate your home this Christmas.  It's definitely a class to get you into the Christmas Spirit!  The smells are divine!

Cupcake continue to be very popular, keep checking the cupcake blog for new dates and ideas.

Saturday Dates:
 8 October 10am - 12 noon or 3pm - 5pm
12 November 2pm - 4pm
Christmas Cupcakes 3 December 10am - 12noon or 3pm - 5pm
Christmas Cupcakes 10 December 2pm - 4pm

Classes cost £50 and sell out QUICKLY!

Weekday Classes:
Friday 30 September
Christmas Cupcakes Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 November.

If you are a group of 6 and would like to book your own date please call me to book a date.

Gift Vouchers are available for all the classes.

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

Recent Cupcake Classes

We had two really good Cupcake Classes on Friday and Saturday.

We covered baking, icing (both fondant and buttercream) and then had plenty of time to decorate them.  

Some lovely sparkling boxes of Cupcakes were taken home.

There are some spaces left on our Easter Cupcake Class on Tuesday 29th March, which will cover baking and icings but with the focus on CHOCOLATE!  The class is from 11am - 1pm and costs £50.

For those of you who have already been to a Treetops Cupcake Class, there are some spaces left on the next stage class on Wednesday 23rd March.  From 11am - 1pm, cost £50.  We will spend more time on decorating, using different nozzle techniques with the buttercream and looking at gum paste and fondant roses.  Great fun.

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!)

Final Cupcake Class of 2010

There were some lovely Festive Cupcakes made this afternoon.

The smells of orange and mixed spice filled the kitchen.

More photos on the Colourful Cupcakes blog:

http://colourfulcupcakes-newbury.blogspot.com/

Christmas Cupcake Classes

Here is the availability for our Christmas Cupcake Classes:

Monday 8 November - 4 spaces

Tuesday 23 November - 1 space

I'm looking forward to these classes, we'll have some lovely Christmas smells baking in the kitchen, and some new festive sprinkles and twinkles.

We've had two really good classes this week, creativity in abundance!

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.

Latest News from Treetops

We are back from St Ives, it was as beautiful as ever, the sun shone on the first two days, but that was it, grey, drizzle, wet, misty, downpours for evermore after that!

Stormy Seas, one of our Autumn Watercolour Classes, is proving very popular, with only 2 places left, so if you want to check your diary it is on Wednesday 6 October, fom 9.30am - 3pm.

There are spaces left on our new Watercolour Class on Wednesday 22 September, which is titled "A Newbury Scene", this will be a great class, Claire has painted some stunning Newbury scenes, the canal, locks, old buildings etc.

Arty Beginners, be brave and join a small group on Tuesday 21st September, when Claire will teach you everything to get you started; she will cover, paints, brushes, paper, brush strokes and you will be amazed at the finished painting you will take home with you ... all your own work!

The Cupcake Classes are filling up, there are spaces in October on Friday the 1st and Thursday the 14th, both classes are from 10am - 12 noon and cost £45.

I'm doing some special Christmas Cupcake Classes, with spaces available on Monday 8 November, Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 November. There are 3 spaces left on the SATURDAY class on 4 December (2pm - 4pm).

Festive Flowers has 3 spaces remaining on Wednesday 8 December, so hurry, even if you can't bear to think about Christmas, the spaces will have gone when you do!!

Our Christmas Aga class with Sarah Whitaker is currently half full, this is held on Friday 26 November from 9.45m - 1.30pm.

I think that's enough updating for now. If you need any further information give me a call or check the website www.treetops-newbury.co.uk

A very creative Cupcake Class!

We had a great morning learning the art of Cupcake making, swirling and icing!

Here is an example of some of the brilliant Cupcakes that were taken home.

Please visit the blog of Colourful Cupcakes, to see future Cupcake Class dates as I have added some new ones. http://colourfulcupcakes-newbury.blogspot.com

Cupcake News

Colourful Cupcakes has just done a wedding in Southampton on a boat, 80 bright and beautiful cupcakes with the theme Cherry Pie. It was great fun, I loved making them.

Cupcake Classes are from next week, I have added a new date; Wednesday 26 May. For any other details visit the blog: http://colourfulcupcakes-newbury.blogspot.com/.