SMOOTH & SHARP EDGES

SOLD OUT | 10-5pm

Skill level: BEGINNER

£150 per person

The best cakes are created from solid foundations, applying sound knowledge to the basic skills. Learn the secrets of achieving super sharp edges with fondant; time permitting, we will add sugar ruffles, gold leaf and small blossoms.

You will learn how to:

• Split, fill and ganache a 6″ sponge cake, giving a level and firm foundation to your cake
• Ice your cake using luxury fondant sugar paste to achieve the super sharp edges
• Add a small row of sugar ruffles*
• Apply touches of gold leaf to your cake*
• Make small blossom flowers*

(*) Time permitting only

LIFELIKE SUGAR ROSES

SUNDAY 17th November 2019 | 10-5pm

Skill level: BEGINNER

£165 per person

Learn Mama Cakes’ techniques to create 2 varieties of beautiful modern style roses: “The Classic Rose” and “The David Austin Rose”, with leaves and filler flowers. Practise colouring your florist paste to produce romantic tones, veining and petal forming to create a natural look.

You will learn how to:

• Select the right tools for each step
• Work with colourful pastes to make lifelike sugar roses, leaves and filler flowers
• Add texture to petals and leaves
• Use colour dust to add natural shading, depth and dimension to sugar flowers
• Learn how to tape your flowers

STYLISH CUPCAKES

SOLD OUT | 10-5pm

Skill level: BEGINNER

£115 per person

Learn how to create stylish cupcake designs using sugar paste, florist paste and royal icing and the best bit – you get to take home the cakes you make in the class!
(Cupcakes will be pre-made for the class so that you can concentrate on learning the decorating techniques).

You will learn how to:

• Cut out and fill your cupcakes
• Make dome shaped toppers
• Use Mesh Stencil
• Pipe little beads
• Colour and work with florist paste
• Create sugar roses and leaves along with filler flowers

BISCUIT DECORATING

SOLD OUT | 10-5pm

Skill level: BEGINNER

£115 per person

Expand your skills using a variety of techniques to create beautiful inspirational biscuits. Decorate your little treats with brush embroidery, floral accents, watercolour painting and more!

You will learn how to:

• Pipe dots with royal icing
• Pipe a shell shape border
• Pipe a floral detail consistently
• Use brush embroidery technique
• Produce wet-on-wet decorating to create perfect watercolour designs

(Biscuits will be pre-made so that you can concentrate on learning the art of decorating them).

DOUBLE BARREL CAKE

SOLD OUT | 9-5.30pm

Skill level: INTERMEDIATE

£250 per person

In this class you will make a romantic gold sequinned two-tiered cake. You will learn the techniques of working with edible sequins, assembling a double-barrelled cake and also how to add the final touches to guarantee the WOW factor.

You will learn how to:

DAY 1

• Split, level, ganache and cover a tall double-barrelled cake
• Start to make your rose, filler flowers and leaves

DAY 2

• Create a pearlised finish on a dummy cake
• Attach edible sequins to your double-barrel cake
• Learn how to dowel and stack your two tier cake
• Finish sugar flowers and attach to your cake

PRIVATE TUITION

ALL YEAR ROUND | All Skill Levels

1:1 tuition: Full Day £325 per person

1:2 tuition: Full Day £275 per person

If you want to gain knowledge and skills on a specific topic then private sessions may be right for you. Private classes will ensure that you focus on learning and developing expertise in your chosen area. Why not make the experience even more special by sharing it with a friend?

Mama Cakes’ extensive experience can help you to:

• Achieve the cake professional look
• Make sugar flowers
• Produce marble effect
• Make edible gold and silver leaf
• Create sugar ruffles
• Work with wafer paper
• Use watercolour on icing
• Make bespoke sequins
• Learn decorating techniques