Class Dates

Tuesday 31 January 2012

Cupcake Class Monday 30 January 2012



A lovely way to start the week, a relaxing Cupcake Class.

Pretty pastel colours, flowers and butterflies.

With a touch of Valentine love hearts and new rice paper butterflies.







Saturday 21 January 2012

21 January Stage 1 Cupcake Class


A fun afternoon with a group from Wash Common, using plenty of colours and sprinkles.


Their buttercream was beautifully whipped, light and delicious.






Hope to see you back at Treetops again, probably for the Chocolate Class?!!


January Stage 2 Cupcake Class


The morning started early with me making some gorgeous Red Velvet Cupcakes with a vanilla creamcheese frosting, sprinkled with cake crumbs.

We enjoyed eating them whilst talking about the recipe and the frosting!

Today's group were here to take their skills a stage further.  We looked at a new nozzle that created the beautiful buttercream flower below.


Using gum paste and fondant paste we made small rose buds and large petalled rose flowers.

Fiddly and time consuming but fun!

Practice practice practice.....



Then it was the fun part, decorating!  Swirling, glittering and sprinkling. 



Here are today's AMAZING cupcakes that were taken home.






Friday 20 January 2012

Chocolate Cupcakes


These chocolate cupcakes were so light and moist, with a deliciously creamy chocolate buttercream.

Topped with a milky way star!


Lavender Cupcakes


I made these pretty lavender cupcakes yesterday, I have had some lavender sugar infusing in a jar which I used in the cake mixture, also adding just a few drops of lavender extract (from Planet Bake).

Lavender cupcakes do have quite a distinct flavour, so as to be not too overpowering I made vanilla buttercream for the top coloured with grape violet paste.

Topped with a lilac sprinkle mix and a dried sprig of Treetops lavender.


Wednesday 18 January 2012

Chocolate Valentine Cupcakes


I was having a play today with new chocolate cupcake recipes and some deliciously smooth chocolate ganache.


Chocolate and Red go beautifully together for Valentines Day.





Monday 2 January 2012

Happy New Year - Class News


There are some spaces available on the following dates for Cupcake Classes

Monday 30 January  11am - 1pm

Wednesday 29 February  10.30am - 12.30pm

Both classes cost £50 and include all of your ingredients and materials, and a box of 6 of your decorated cupcakes to take home.

The class covers baking the cupcakes, making buttercream icing, using fondant icing and playing with lots of glitter and sprinkles!