Master the latest craze and create easy great looking cupcake decorations that you can do in your own home. Learn the tips, tricks and secrets of turning a simple cupcake into a delicious masterpiece. Using professional cake decorating techniques, amazing and creative designs and a variety of garnishes, your cupcakes will become works of art! Make decorative cupcakes for everything from children’s parties to sophisticated high teas.

Materials

You will need to bring 6 un-iced cup cakes to each class. Suggested recipe is below.

Bring along any cake decorating equipment that you already have at home, including paint brush and pallet.

From week 2 you will need to bring fondant to class; this can be purchased at most supermarkets or you can make it yourself.

Vanilla Cupcake recipe (Makes 8 standard cupcakes)
Ingredients
1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
90g softened butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk

1. Preheat oven to 160/180 degrees. Line your cupcake pan with 8 liners.
2. Sift flour into a small bowl. Add the butter, vanilla, sugar, eggs and milk. Using an electric beater, mix the ingredients on low speed until all the ingredients are combined. Increase the speed until the mixture is a paler colour
3. Fill your cupcake liners (3/4 full) with the mixture. Bake for around 20 minutes.
4. Once cooked, let them sit for 5 minutes to cool

If you like, you can make a bigger batch and freeze your extra cupcakes, in glad wrap bags. You will need to take them out of the freezer and out of the glad wrap bags to thaw at least 1.5 hours prior to class start time.

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