Bake180 £1 Raffle....

Fancy getting your hands on a £40 Bake180 gift voucher?

Redeemable against anything we do, workshops, products, cakes, equipment, printing, cupcake jars etc

We are running this raffle from today until 5th November 2011

To partake you pay £1 per entry, click link below
http://mall.payvment.com/h/5Ke4

On the 5th November all names will be entered into random.org where a person will be picked at random to win a £40 Bake180 voucher which is valid for 12 months so it would make a great Christmas pressie (no one will know what you paid for it)

Good Luck all

How to make a cupcake bouquet........

Want to make a pretty cupcake bouquet for someone?

What you will need:

A container; watering can, flower pot, vase etc.

Oasis *

Inserts: flowers, butterflies etc *

Tissue

Ribbon

6 cupcakes

1/2 pack of bouquet spikes*

To assemble:

Take the container and fill with Oasis (you may need to shape this)

Place a sheet of coloured tissue in (you may only need half a sheet)

Arrange inserts

Place cakes in the spike holders see how they look

(you may need to do this a couple of times to ensure they are stable, well positioned etc)

Twist tissue inbetween spikes for more stability, add inserts of your choice.

As you can see from the first picture on this blog I added a row of pearls to the container and a butterfly, you can me as creative as you like!!

All items marked with a * can be bought from Bake180

See pictures of our bouquet workshop here

Cupcake in a jar winners...

I have used list www.random.org to pick 6 people at random to win a cupcake in a jar and the first 6 people it picked are;

1. Chloe Saunders
2. Rebecca Ryan
3. Anna Moore
4. Marg Byatt
5. lucy Stokes
6. Katie Sullivan

Email or text me your address please hello@bake180.co.uk 07599403600

Thanks to everyone who played

Want to win a cupcake in a jar?????

To win a cupcake in a jar I need you to be a fan on facebook;

www.facebook.com/cookies.cupcakes

then write on your wall

"I want to win a cupcake in a jar from (tag my facebook page)" 

I will pick 6 people to win cupcakes in jar posted all over the uk!!

Winners will be picked at 9pm tonight xx

Cupcake in a jar.......

Ok so the new craze is here! Cupcakes in a jar, a great little treat for yourself or a gift for someone else to make their day!

These keep fresh for 5 days at room temp or last 4 weeks in the fridge (must bring to room temp before eating) can also be frozen to keep for longer (again needs to be room temp before eating)

We do a couple of sizes at the moment the large is £6 plus £2.50 postage, the small is £3, pluse £1.50 postage.

Better cake decorating tip..........

To make tiny chocolate swirls the easy way....

use a potato peeler

to shave curls off the side of a block of chocolate 

Want to start your own cupcake business?

Do you love baking cupcakes so much you wish you could start your own business? Maybe you don’t know where to start, or you have started but need to develop it further? Agenda; • The Recipe: where to start, what to do before you start selling. • The shopping list: What products do you want to sell / market sector you want to sell to / costing your business correctly. ... • Compliance: the important stuff to make sure you are running legally and professionally. • Self Raising: growing your business, how to be found. • Promotion: how to promote, the tools you have (includes social media). • How to retain customers. • Sinking cupcakes: the pit falls of running your own business. • Bake180’s learning curve, saving you from making the same mistakes we did. This course is suitable for anyone who is thinking of starting a business, in the early stages of setting up a business or needing to progress a business further. It’s an open discussion and a really good way to meet like minded people and learn from someone who has gone through the same journey. 10-2pm includes refreshments, lunch and of course cakes!  £80 per person, you can pay through the website or email me hello@bake180.co.uk

Better cake decorating tip

To colour white chocolate use powdered / paste food colouring.

Liquid colouring will cause the chocolate to thicken and become unstable.

Want your own cupcake business?

Do you love baking cupcakes so much you wish you could start your own business?

Maybe you don’t know where to start, or you have started but need to develop it further? If so you may want to come on this workshop!

Agenda;
• The Recipe: where to start, what to do before you start selling.
• The shopping list: What products do you want to sell / market sector you want to sell to / costing your business correctly.• Compliance: the important stuff to make sure you are running legally and professionally.
• Self Raising: growing your business, how to be found.
• Promotion: how to promote, the tools you have (includes social media).
• How to retain customers.
• Sinking cupcakes: the pit falls of running your own business.
• Bake180’s learning curve, saving you from making the same mistakes we did.

This course is suitable for anyone who is thinking of starting a business, in the early stages of setting up a business or needing to progress a business further. It’s an open discussion and a really good way to meet like minded people and learn from someone who has gone through the same journey.

10-2pm includes refreshments, lunch and of course cakes!

£80 per person (you can pay securely on the website www.bake180.co.uk)