Beginner Courses
Choose from our range of certificate courses which offer technical skills in cake baking, cake covering using buttercream, ganache, sugarpaste / fondant, character modelling, tempering and making chocolates, buttercream and royal icing piping skills, sugar flowers using gum paste / sugar flower paste and wedding cake design...
SEPTEMBER, 2018
The Wilton Method® - Course 1 - Building Buttercream Skills
07/09/2018 (Friday) : 09:00 to 17:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
Learn how to decorate cakes and sweet treats with basic buttercream techniques and six simple to pipe flowers that transform ordinary cakes and cupcakes into extraordinary results.
PRICE: £155.00
The Wilton Method® - Course 2 - Royal Icing (Flowers and Cake Design)
08/09/2018 (Saturday) : 09:00 to 17:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
Learn how to create professional-looking flowers and designs using royal icing. You will develop core skills to make many varieties of flowers such as Rosebuds, Pansy Flowers, Lilies and The Wilton Rose.
PRICE: £155.00
The Wilton Method® - Course 3 - Fondant and Gum Paste
09/09/2018 (Sunday) : 09:00 to 17:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Susan Wilcox |
Learn how to work successfully with fondant and gum paste. From covering your cakes, cutting shapes and painting on fondant to making unwired flowers like Calla Lilies, Roses and Carnations, you will learn all the essentials.
PRICE: £155.00
Beginners to Sugarcraft - 5 Week Course
11/09/2018 (Tuesday) to 09/10/2018 : 19:30 to 21:30
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
This short certificate course is perfect if you are a complete beginner or are self taught, fairly new to the craft and just want to learn the basics.
PRICE: £180.00
PME Diploma Course - Fondant/Sugarpaste - 4 Day Intensive (25 hours)
15/09/2018 (Saturday) to 18/09/2018 : 10:15 to 16:30
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Susan Wilcox |
The PME Sugarpaste Skills Diploma is an Internationally recognised Certificate course packed full of everything you need to know about working with sugarpaste to professionally cover cakes make cake decorations.
PRICE: £380.00
NEW - Unwired Peony, Dahlia & David Austin Rose in sugar
22/09/2018 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 16:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
On this 1 day course, you will learn how to make some beautiful statement sugar flowers, a frilly peony, the popular David Austin rose, and a delicate dahlia.
An all inclusive one day workshop providing you with the perfect design for a wedding cake. Suitable for both beginners and those with experience of making sugar flowers.
PRICE: £125.00
Introduction to Wired Sugar Flowers - Roses & Foliage
29/09/2018 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 16:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Susan Wilcox |
On this 'all inclusive' workshop you will learn the essential skills needed to make realistic delicate looking wired sugar flowers and create this beautiful spray of Rose, Rose Buds and Foliage.
PRICE: £97.00
OCTOBER, 2018
NEW - Unwired Peony, Dahlia & David Austin Rose in sugar
03/10/2018 (Wednesday) to 31/10/2018 : 19:30 to 21:30| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
In this 5 week evening course (Wednesdays), you will learn how to make some beautiful statement sugar flowers, a frilly peony, the popular David Austin rose, and a delicate dahlia.
An all inclusive one day workshop providing you with the perfect design for a wedding cake. Suitable for both beginners and those with experience of making sugar flowers.
PRICE: £180.00
PME Diploma Course - Fondant/Sugarpaste - 4 Day Intensive (25 hours)
05/10/2018 (Friday) to 08/10/2018 : 10:15 to 16:30| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
The PME Sugarpaste Skills Diploma is an Internationally recognised Certificate course packed full of everything you need to know about working with sugarpaste to professionally cover cakes make cake decorations.
PRICE: £380.00
Buttercream Piped Flowers
06/10/2018 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 13:30
| Skill Level: | Some Piping Experience |
| tor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
Extend your piping skills with this fun 3 1/2 hour workshop. Learn how to pipe a selection of beautiful flowers using just a few piping tips and multi coloured buttercream.
PRICE: £75.00
Introduction to Sponge Cake Covering & Character Modelling Skills
13/10/2018 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 16:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Susan Wilcox |
On this workshop you will learn and practice the art of splitting, filling, crumb coating using buttercream & covering sponge cakes with sugarpaste, to a perfect, professional standard. You will also learn the essential beginner skills required when modelling characters.
PRICE: £95.00
The Wilton Method® - Course 1 - Building Buttercream Skills
26/10/2018 (Friday) : 09:00 to 17:00| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
Learn how to decorate cakes and sweet treats with basic buttercream techniques and six simple to pipe flowers that transform ordinary cakes and cupcakes into extraordinary results.
PRICE: £155.00
The Wilton Method® - Course 2 - Royal Icing (Flowers and Cake Design)
27/10/2018 (Saturday) : 09:00 to 17:00| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Hannah Collison |
Learn how to create professional-looking flowers and designs using royal icing. You will develop core skills to make many varieties of flowers such as Rosebuds, Pansy flowers, Lilies and The Wilton Rose.
PRICE: £155.00
The Wilton Method® - Course 3 - Fondant and Gum Paste
28/10/2018 (Sunday) : 09:00 to 17:00| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Susan Wilcox |
Learn how to work successfully with fondant and gum paste. From covering your cakes, cutting shapes and painting on fondant to making unwired flowers like Calla Lilies, Roses and Carnations, you will learn all the essentials.
PRICE: £155.00
Beginners to Sugarcraft - 5 Week Course
30/10/2018 (Tuesday) to 27/11/2018 : 19:30 to 21:30| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
This short certificate course is perfect if you are a complete beginner or are self taught, fairly new to the craft and just want to learn the basics.
PRICE: £180.00
DECEMBER, 2018
NEW - Festive Christmas Wreath Cake (Buttercream Piping Skills)
01/12/2018 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 16:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
A Master Class with Lynn Crees-Glendinning where you will learn how to professionally coat a sponge cake with buttercream and pipe a selection of beautiful festive flowers.
PRICE: £105.00
NEW - 3D Cake Carved Rudolf (Children aged 8+ welcome)
22/12/2018 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 13:00
| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| tor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
A fun 3 hour 'all inclusive' workshop where you will learn how to carve a 4 inch round chocolate mud cake into a cute Reindeer Head, suitable for all levels, children aged 8+.
PRICE: £45.00
NEW - 3D Cake Carved Rudolf (Children aged 8+ welcome)
22/12/2018 (Saturday) : 14:00 to 17:00| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| tor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
A fun 3 hour 'all inclusive' workshop where you will learn how to carve a 4 inch round chocolate mud cake into a cute Reindeer Head, suitable for all levels, children aged 8+.
PRICE: £45.00
JANUARY, 2019
NEW - Unwired Peony, Dahlia & David Austin Rose in sugar
26/01/2019 (Saturday) : 10:00 to 16:00| Skill Level: | All Levels |
| Tutor: | Lynn Crees-Glendinning |
On this 1 day course, you will learn how to make some beautiful statement sugar flowers, a frilly peony, the popular David Austin rose, and a delicate dahlia.
An all inclusive one day workshop providing you with the perfect design for a wedding cake. Suitable for both beginners and those with experience of making sugar flowers.
PRICE: £125.00