Wednesday's Cupcake Class

We had a lovely class this morning, very calm with pastel shades. 

They all looked delicious and very pretty. 

We spent time making our buttercream especially light and fluffy.

Two of our ladies were in practice for making family wedding cupcakes this year, so we spent time talking about making and baking for large events.

Here is one of today's Cupcakes in a pretty wrapper, perfect for weddings.

If you have been to one of our Cupcake Classes, the Stage 2 class is now open for bookings on Saturday 21 April 9.45am - 12.15pm.  £60.

Simple Gluten & Dairy Free Lemon Cake

A lovely and simple gluten free and dairy free cake for a sunny afternoon.

I used Dove's self-raising gluten free flour (my favourite) with half a teaspoon of baking powder, and sunflower spread instead of the usual butter.

Plenty of zest from a plump unwaxed lemon and half of it's juice.

Recipe:

100g self raising gluten free flour

100g dairy free spread

100g golden caster sugar

1 large egg

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1 lemon

Mix together the spread and sugar until light and fluffy, add the whisked egg along with the sifted flour.

Add the zest of a whole lemon and the juice from half of the lemon

(add all of it if it's not very juicy)

Bake for 20 minutes at 180C/Fan 160C/Gas 4

(Or 25 minutes in the middle of the Baking Oven in an Aga).   

Spring Cupcakes

Some pretty Spring Cupcakes

Vanilla flavour with a hint of yellow colour in the buttercream

Colourful Cupcakes make delicious cupcakes to order, made with fresh, organic, fair trade and free range ingredients where possible then baked in the Aga.

Perfect for presents, birthdays, weddings and anniversaries.

New Stage 2 Class date added

New date for Stage 2 Cupcake Class

Saturday 21 April

9.45am - 12.15pm

£60

During this class we take the skills you have learnt in the Stage 1 Class a little further.

We get more creative with the sugarcraft side of decorating, try different nozzles to the usual classic star shape, make sugarpaste flowers and petals and buttercream flowers, it's great fun!

Places go very quickly, so book soon!

A great Cupcake Class and Birthday

We had a really fun time this weekend at the Saturday Cupcake Class, not only was it a birthday for two of our ladies (twins!) it was one of those afternoons where I could have baked and chatted for hours!  A great bunch of people and they really did create some beautiful cupcakes.

Future class news: there are 2 spaces left on Wednesday 29 February, Stage 1, 10.30am - 12.30pm and 1 space left on Stage 2 Saturday 24 March 10am-12 noon.