Cake Decorating Courses

Learn how to make modern contemporary cupcakes with Wedding Ideas Magazine's "Best Cake Designer" finalist 2012. As seen at Essex Fashion Week 2011, London Fashion Week 2010 and coming up soon on ITV's Dinner Date!

Maybe you need help with your piping, advice on your sponges, or learning how to embellish your cupcakes with gorgeous decorations and sugarcraft designs? Come and join one of our relaxed and friendly Cupcake Masterclasses. All classes are taught by approachable and fun tutors.

We specialise in modern, up to date techniques in our luxury contemporary styles.

Book onto one of our popular cupcake courses held here at our kitchen in Rayleigh, Essex and learn all the tricks of the trade and take home a box of 12 amazing cupcake creations, course notes and some of our brilliant cupcake cases as well as a special lucky dip gift of the day! (this may be a paste colour, nozzle, mould, lustre, cutter etc)

Our Masterclasses start at 10am and finish up by 4pm, with lunch and refreshments being provided. All courses are held in Rayleigh, with easy access to the A127, A130 and Rayleigh Train Station.

What you will learn on our Full Day Cupcake Masterclass:

• Baking Your Own Cupcakes
• Discussing Cupcake Recipes & Flavours
• Baking Tips & Troubleshooting
• How to make Buttercream Icing *Discussion*
• How to Flavour and Colour Buttercream
• Piping 6 Cupcakes with Love Cupcake Buttercream Swirls including our secret on how to stop your swirls sinking.
• Covering 6 cupcakes with Sugarpaste/Soft Fondant Tops
• Embossing Sugarpaste
• Learning About Sugarcraft
• Using Sugarcraft Tools and Cutters
• Making Your Own Sugarcraft Decorations
• Using Edible Lustres & Tints to give colour and sparkle
• Making Elegant Bows
• Using Moulds
• Introduction to Flowers: Leaves with handmade Roses, plus how to bring your cutter flowers to life using tools!

At Love Cupcake, we are so proud that many of our class bookings are based upon recommendation.  Here are some fabulous little fact about us and our Masterclasses:

• We are professionally trained by award-winning cake designers to the stars
• Love Cupcake are registered with our local environmental authority as well as holding a CEIH (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) Level 2 for Caterers Certificate
• British Safety Council Health & Safety at Work qualified + All course equipment PAT tested
• Fully Insured
• First Aid Trained
• There is no limit to the questions you can ask, if you need to know where to get good cupcake cases, just ask :D Our classes are designed to be relaxed and friendly with approachable staff.
• We are happy to help with business advise on starting your own Cupcake Business at NO EXTRA CHARGE
• We also have the highest rated score with "Scores on the doors" scheme where we were awarded the maximum 5 stars for a very good standard of hygiene.
• Small classes of 4 so you get the very best learning experience.
• Payment is via card, on our online system, to book your place just visit the Cupcake Masterclasses page on our website and register online under your chosen date and you will be transferred to our online payment system.

Why not take a look at our Facebook page (link on our website) at the Student Photo album to see the kind of cupcakes you will make with us. Look out for our new style classes in 2012 coming soon!