Suzanne Thorp at The Frostery: Cake Boutique
23 Court St
Uppermill
Saddleworth
Oldham

suzanne@thefrostery.co.uk
01457 778111
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Masterclasses at The Frostery

2013

If you would like to register for one of our classes or be kept informed of the latest schedule please leave your contact details below.

Gift Vouchers are available to buy for any of our classes.  Please contact us if you would like to buy a voucher.

Date


26/01/2013

Time


10:30 - 2:30 

Course Information

Vintage Cupcakes

In this class you will learn the skills to enable you to create your own beautiful cupcakes suitable for a wedding or a ladies party.  Our delicious cup cakes will be made in advance so you can spend longer perfecting your edible decorations.  We will show you how to pipe buttercream whirly domes for the 'frosting' look and separately how to top your cupcakes with sugar paste, creating the perfect elegant base with which to add your edible decorations.  We will talk about colour combinations and how to work with food colours and then perfect tiny handmade rose buds, ruffle flowers, ruffles, vintage brooches and lace pieces and pearls, all of which are completely edible.  Your cupcakes will be packaged in a box for you to take home and impress your friends. This class is suitable for beginners.

Cost


£85.00


16/02/2013

10:30 - 4:00

Easy Novelty Cake

Following on from the success of last years easy novelty cake class, we are going to be creating a simple children's novelty cake in the shape of an owl, suitable for both boys and girls. In this class you will learn how to carve sponge cake into a shape, how to cover this shape in sugarpaste to give you a professionally smooth look and how to colour sugarpaste with food colours. You will learn how to bring expression and personality to your cakes and how to use simple techniques to create stunning effects. This class is suitable for beginners.

£90.00


02/03/2013

10:30 - 4:00

Easter Themed Cake

This class is one for those who want learn how to model little characters. In this case we will be modelling animals to create a farmyard scene, including rabbits and chicks for Easter. The class will include layering up a sponge cake, covering it in sugarpaste and colouring sugarpaste with food colours. We will look at how to put expressions on the animals faces and give them different poses to make the finished cake more appealing to look at. We will learn little tricks like how to make stones, fences and grass. This class is suitable for beginners.

£95.00


11/05/2013

10:30 - 4:00

Rag Doll Cake

This masterclass is designed for people who have some experience with sugarpaste and want to learn how to model figures. The cake base will be prepared in advance, giving us time to concentrate on creating a large rag doll to sit on top of the cake. We will decorate the cake and then focus on making the doll. We will go through the order in which we build up figures, the types of paste we use and how to create detailed expressions with the eyes and mouth. We will talk about how to create different hair styles and tiny outfit details such as bows and frills and how to support the figure when it is on the cake. You will take home a stunning cake perfect for any little girl.

£110.00


10/08/2013

10:30 - 4:00

3D Handbag Cake

Learn how to create a cake in the shape of a handbag - perfect for the handbag lover in your life. We will learn how to carve the sponge cake into a handbag shape, colour, roll out sugarpaste and cover the cake to give a professional finish. We will texture the sugarpaste and learn about colouring and dusting the covered cake to give realistic effects. You will learn how to make details such as clasps and stitching on the handbag as well as a handle. This course is better suited to those with a little sugarpaste experience.

£100.00


23/11/2013
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10:30 - 4:00

Christmas Cake

Our signature class is back for another year. Learn how to make our cute Santa teddies in a snowy scene with penguins and Christmas trees.  You will learn about almond pastes and how to cover your fruit cake in almond paste and sugar paste. Our delicious 6" fruit cakes are made in advance for you to cover and decorate and then take home all ready for Christmas.
This class is suitable for beginners

£95.00


30/11/2013
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10:00 - 5:00

Christmas Hamper

How could we not do this workshop again! What a fun packed, lovely way to get festive. Come and learn how to make lots of edible Christmas treats. From beautiful iced cookies, cinnamon stars, a mini Christmas cake and Christmas puddings and Yule log rum truffles. All wrapped in gorgeous ribbon and packed in a hamper for you to take home and treat your friends and family. This class is suitable for beginners.

£125.00

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The Frostery 2013
23 Court St, Uppermill, Oldham