The daddy of cupcake courses! The longest running specialist cupcake course in the area, if you want to learn cake decorating at a professional bakery and shop, then this is the course for you.
An intensive, fully comprehensive baking and decorating course for all levels - you won’t believe what we can cram into a day! From baking your own light-as-a-cloud cupcakes on the day, to making a variety of icings and decorations… Let baking mishaps be a thing of that past! Our experienced and professional tutors are on hand to quiz at your leisure, and will show you all the tricks of the trade so you too can turn around beautiful, creative and original cupcakes with a professional finish.
Everything you need is provided for the day including equipment, tools, ingredients, cake boxes and even a special bag to take your cakes home in. Just bring yourself and your love of cakes!
We are also pleased to be able to cater for those with a gluten intolerance on this course too! Scroll down for more details.
Our cake courses are held at our lovely bakery and cake decorating shop in central Chelmsford, Essex. Did you know we do over 15 different courses for all types of cakes? And that you can get a 20% discount after you’ve booked one?! For details on this fantastic offer, and to check out all of our courses, click here.
Course Content
- Baking a dozen of your own cupcakes on the day
- Baking principles – stop the sinking, the lumps & bumps, the peeling cases.. hooray!
- Cupcake Recipes & interesting recipe variations
- Perfect cupcakes EVERY time – Tips & Tricks
- Icing Techniques including colouring and flavouring
- How to make Buttercream Icing
- Piping perfect buttercream swirls
- How to ice cupcakes with Poured Fondant Icing
- Introduction to sugarcraft – how to work with professional sugarcraft products
- Sugarcraft tools and techniques
- Making sugar decorations
- How to embellish cupcake decorations
- Sugar floristry techniques
- Edible painting
- How to make beautiful handmade roses
- Making layered blossom flowers
- Making pretty sugar bows
- Troubleshoot your cupcake problems with experienced bakers plus handy hints along the way…..
Skill Level
Any level, beginners and upwards
Age Restrictions
Accompanied children age 11 and upwards, unaccompanied age 16 and upwards
Course Location
This course is held at our professional bakery and cake decorating shop in Chelmsford in Essex. Car parking is available very nearby if you are driving, otherwise Chelmsford is just a 30 minute train ride from London Liverpool Street station if you decide to travel by train, and our shop is just a few minutes walk from the station.
Course Times
The cupcake course is a day-long intensive baking and decorating course starting at 10am and wrapping up by around 3:00 to 3:30pm.
Course Prices
This course costs £95 for weekdays and £125 for weekends.
What’s Included?
The course price includes all baking ingredients, materials, recipe and icing handouts to take home, all sugarcraft tools, equipment, refreshments and of course your dozen beautifully baked and decorated cupcakes all boxed up to take home.
Exclusive TGCC Discounts for you!
Course attendees will receive a 10% discount on any items purchased in the cake decorating shop Creative Baking Supplies on the day of your course – with no minimum spend! PLUS, if you book one course with us, you will be entitled to 20% off other courses in the future. For more information on how to get this fantastic discount or to book just give the shop a call on 01245 283986.
GLUTEN FREE option available on this course!
If you are wheat / gluten intolerant fear not – with us you can enjoy making AND eating your cakes! Whilst the rest of the group make their own regular cupcakes, you will have your very own set of equipment and special ingredients for a surprisingly delicious gluten free version. Book your course as normal following the links below then email us in advance to let us know you require a gluten free course so we can make sure we have everything you need.
**PLEASE NOTE!** Our online booking & payments system is via PayPal but you do not need a PayPal account to pay! PayPal is also a secure payments system for most credit or debit cards. If you have problems with the booking system, please call the shop to book your course on 01245 283986. Click on a date below to book your course:
Original Cupcake Course