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.
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
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!
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