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Thursday, December 29, 2011

New Year - New Skills to learn!

New Year - New skills.
We have lots going on in the New Year to take your cupcake decorating skills to the next level, and don't forget if you have been on 4 workshops the 5th one is FREE

Cupcakes the complete story - Wednesday 4th January, Wednesday 1st February
Bake180 kitchen opens up to 2 (max) people for a baking, decorating, sugarcraft making experience, with lunch and cakes included, 10am - 3pm. If you want to know how to make, you will receive the Bake180 recipes to use for both the cupcakes and icing, not to mention how you get your cupcakes with flat tops and all the same size why not book on this workshop! £100 pp You will make 12 cupcakes, ice and decorate them and pick up tricks and tips to try at home.

Beginners cupcake decorating workshop
This is an oppertunityto work with moulds, cutters and plungers to make sugarcraft items to decorate your 12 (pre baked) cupcakes, you will learn how to ice perfect swirls and add your decorations to take home your 12 lovely cupcakes.
Tuesday 10th January 6-8.30pm £40pp, Tuesday 7th February 6-8.30pm, Tuesday 28th February 6-8.30pm

Jungle Animals
Modelling made easy! Why mot come and spend a few hours learning the art and skills of modelling, we will model animals which you can then take home and add to your own cake.Suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
Tuesday 17th January 6-8pm £45pp

Vintage Workshop
Create pretty Vintagestyle cupcakes using a variety of tools and equipment. Make handmade bows, pearls, cameo's, roses and buttons. With tea and cakes served in our vintage crockery. Max group size 8.
Saturday 21st January 10-12.30pm £45pp

Stencilling and Embossing Workshop
The stencilling and embossing workshop is for those that have already attended a cupcake decorating workshop. Make your cupcakes look even more proffessional looking with a number of skills and techniques. You will receive 12 cucpakes to decorate with a number of stencils and embossing materials. There will also be oppertunity to purchase some of these items to practice at home, 2.5hr, £40 pp
Tuesday 24th January 6pm-8.30pm

Chocolate Workshop

A workshop where we use modelling chocolate, decorate chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream, you will also lear how to make beautiful roses 2.5hr, £45 pp
Sunday 29th January 10am-12.30pm

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 pp Saturday 4th February 10am-2pm

Valentines Workshop - Sunday 12th February
Rather than giving your loved one a boring box of chocolates how about presenting them with a beautiful box of cupcakes decorated by you? or praps come to the workshop together? Each person will get a box of 6 cupcakes to decorate with hearts, flowers and all things romantic! £30pp or £50 per couple.


Mothers Day workshop - Sunday 18th March

If you would like to give your mom / mum a special gift this Mother's Day why not come to our workshop. You will receive 6 cupcakes ready for you to decorate with pretty handmade flowers you make, bows, hearts etc.You could treat your mom to a morning cupcake decorating together? £25 pp or £45 for two


Baby Themed Cupcake Decorating
This is a workshop especially for anyone wanting, expecting or organising a baby shower! Each person gets a box of 6 cupcakes and we decorate them in all things baby! We will use moulds and cutters to make:
Baby bibs, baby grows, baby blankets, hands, feet, abc, toys etc. £25 per person £45 per couple.

http://www.bake180.co.uk/adult_workshops.asp - click for payment links

You can also buy vouchers for the above, what a great gift.
Hope to see you at a workshop soon!
— Sarah, Bake180

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Workplace winday!

Workplace Winday! 
I have just baked 24 mini christmas themed cupcakes for one lucky winner!!!!
If you live or work in Tamwoth, why not play along to try and win them!
  1. Like our facebook page link below
  2. Then write on the wall where you work (doesnt matter if your workplace isnt Tamworth if you live here its fine)
 Make sure you get your workmates to play along too! Winner picked later today.
https://www.facebook.com/cookies.cupcakes
 

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Straight Talking

Its not wasy to cut a cake perfectly level with a normal knife.

However we can cheaply address this with a cake leveller

I found mine on ebay for approx £10, it's adjustable to give different heights

A good tool i think!


Monday, November 28, 2011

Buttercream

Buttercream is called buttercream as it contains butter.
Dont ever use soft margerine as a subsitute.

It's too soft for piping and doesnt look or taste as good.


Years ago this was my attempt using margering, eeek

Friday, November 25, 2011

Quick cake decorating tip

A quick way to decorate a sponge cake in a hurry is to;

place a doyley over the top of the cake and sprinkle icing sugar over the top.

Remove the doyley and you have a lovely pattern on the cake!


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Coloured Icing tip

When mixing coloured icing, make sure you make more than is needed, as it may be difficult to achieve exactly the same colour again.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Cigerello Cake

Making a ciggerello cake
Ingredients for cake
250g margerine (at room temp)
250g of caster sugar
4 free range large eggs
2 tbsp milk
245g self raising flour
65g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder

Ingredients for decoration
250g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
440g icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
60g cocoa powder
1 x box of cigerellos
1 x bag of chocolate curls

Equipment
8" round cake tin
Turntable
Palette knife


Method:
Cream your butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy
Beat eggs, vanilla and milk together, put to one side.
Mix together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder in a seperate bowl.
Alternate adding the wet and dry to the butter / sugar mixture.

Spoon into your tin (ensure greesed and lined) bake at 160 for approx 1 hour


Shop around for your cigarello's they can really vary in price. I bought these from The Chocolate Trading company. http://www.chocolatetradingco.com/





Once your cake is baked and cooled, make your buttercream in the usual way. Cut the cake in half and sandwich back together with a layer of buttercream. Smooth bittercream around the outside of the cake and the top, refridgerate for 15 mins before repeating the process, then once you have added your second layer of buttercream start placing your ciggarellos to the outside of the cake. Once all round the edgesprinkle all your chocolate curls on the top.

Finished with a bow!