The Cake Workshop

05/07/2024

Popping up a school holiday class for 11 - 99 year olds. Come along Saturday 13th July 1.30 pm for fun with cupcakes and buttercream. You will make and colour your own buttercream, learn how to use several piping tips and practise techniques, then decorate six beautiful cupcakes to take away. $79 per person and class is around 3 hours. Message me to book.

20/11/2023

Like the idea of attention-seeking cupcakes ?! A Fondant Covered Cupcake workshop will certainly fit the bill. Saturday 2nd December @ 2pm, $79 pp for three hours of cupcake fun.

04/11/2023

Traditional fruit cakes are iced with a layer of almond icing or marzipan and covered with a smooth rolled fondant coating before the finishing decorations are added. Maybe this year is the time to learn how to do it well, and, fortuitously, I have my annual workshop coming up on Saturday 25th November 9.30am until finished ( probably around 3.30pm). You will need to bring your lunch and a 17 - 20cm round fruit cake ( homemade or bought) to ice and decorate. All other materials, tea and coffee, and use of tools provided. $175 pp. Book now as limited spaces available.

05/10/2023

The last Cake Dressing 101 course for this year begins on Saturday 14th October at 2pm. It's a great introduction to a whole range of cake decorating skills and always a lot of fun. You will work with fondant, gumpaste, buttercream and royal icing. Over the five weeks you will make a variety of decorations, learn piping skills, decorate cookies, dress cupcakes and finally, learn all the steps to successfully cover a layer cake with smooth fondant. (Everything is relevant to buttercream or ganache covered cakes too, right up until the fondant layer.) $415 pp Message me to book.

25/09/2023

Love Royal Iced Cookies? Come along to a great workshop next Tuesday October 3rd 6.45pm - 9.45-ish pm and learn how to decorate them yourself! A variety of cookies will be decorated and a range of techniques learned. Lots of fun! $79 Message me to book your spot.

21/07/2023

Next Cake Dressing 101 course starts Wednesday 2nd August 7pm. This is a great introduction to helpful basic skills to launch you on your cake (and cookie and cupcakes) decorating journey. Learn how to use cutters neatly and maximise their effectiveness; make gumpaste, buttercream and royal icing; colour and pipe buttercream; prepare and cover a cake with buttercream and then cover it with fondant; decorate cookies, cupcakes and your fondant covered layer cake; have fun and gain confidence! $415 for five workshops (all materials included). Message me to book or book through my website

21/07/2023

Next Cake Dressing 101 course starts Wednesday 2nd August 7pm. This is a great introduction to helpful basic skills to launch you on your cake (and cookie and cupcakes) decorating journey. Learn how to use cutters neatly and maximise their effectiveness; make gumpaste, buttercream and royal icing; colour and pipe buttercream; prepare and cover a cake with buttercream and then cover it with fondant; decorate cookies, cupcakes and your fondant covered layer cake; have fun and gain confidence! $415 for five workshops (all materials included). Message me to book or book through my website

Cake decorating classes for adults, teens and children in Christchurch.

12/06/2023

NOTE - Postponed due to illness! New date coming soon!

A 2 hour workshop this Wednesday 7 - 9 pm, making and colouring buttercream, playing with Russian tips and then using them to decorate six cupcakes. Should be fun! $67.50 includes use of all tools and materials. Just bring an apron and something to transport your cupcakes home in. Message me to book!
(Edited to correct date - should be Wednesday 14th June )

03/06/2023

Royal Iced Cookies are classic, fun to decorate and very versatile. Get the basic skills down and then let your creativity flow! We will begin by making and colouring royal icing, and filling piping bags before outlining and flooding a range of cookies. You will learn to do wet-on-wet, overpiping (wet-on-dry) and side-by-side icing as well as feathering, adding premade decorations and painting metallic gold highlights. Did I mention it's a lot of fun and no previous experience required. $79 includes all materials etc. Thursday 8th June 6.45 - 9.45pm. Message me to book your spot.

19/05/2023

Change of date for Cake Dressing 101. Now starting Sunday 4th June at 1.30 pm and running for five weeks. You will learn lots of skills and have lots of fun too! Book your spot now!!

10/05/2023

Royal Iced Cookies - fun and classic! This Sunday 14th May 2 - 5 pm. A great way to spend an afternoon and you’ll have an assortment of cookies to take home with you. Better yet, bring your mum along too for a special time together! $79 pp. Message me to book your space.

12/04/2023

It's been a slow start to the year on the work front but I have some dates and classes available now!

Royal Iced Cookies - so popular, so much fun! $79
Sunday 14th May 2-5 pm (A great Mother's Day gift!)
Thursday 8th June 6.45 - 9.45 pm

Russian Tips - come for a play with these! And decorate some cupcakes to take home too. A two hour workshop @$67.50
Wednesday 14th June 7 - 9 pm

Cake Dressing 101 - Learn the basics! $415
Wednesday 3rd May 6.45 - 9.45 pm (x5 weeks) OR
Sunday 21st May 1.30 - 4.30 pm (x5 weeks)