Wedding Cake Designs & Courses

It has been a very exciting and busy few weeks for us, with the wedding season now in full swing and with the many fantastic wedding shows we have recently attended displaying some of our new wedding cake designs for 2013.

 

wedding cake coursesLast week saw our SugarBliss wedding cake students finishing their 3 tier wedding cake designs in their final lesson At the Sugarbliss Cake School and we think you will agree, how absolutely beautiful their wedding cakes are.

 

This week has also seen some new products arriving at our Sugarbliss Cake Decorating Shop here in Knowle, Solihull. The double piping bag by Culpitt is especially useful for creating those amazing double coloured butter cream swirls for wedding cake classesperfect and stunning wedding cupcakes. Our new extra large 75mm wired sugar flower roses available in white, ivory and light pink our ideal to adorn any tiered wedding cake or to add that final finish on any celebration cake.

 

If you would like more information about our cake school or classes, please contact us.

 

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Cake Courses 2012 & 2013

Please find listed below our new cake course schedules for 2012 & 2013. We will be adding shortly further course dates for our advanced decorating classes, 1 day & 3 day workshops and individual speciality classes. All our classes are held at our cake craft shop studio, 1707 High Street Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 0LN. 

If you would like to book a place or find our further information about our cake courses please call or pop in to our shop.

 

Cake Class Courses & Dates

 

Beginners Cake Course                 9th October 2012 ( For 6 weeks, 7pm-9pm )  Cost £90
Beginners Cake Course                 8th January 2013 ( For 6 weeks, 7pm-9pm )  Cost £90
Beginners Cake Course                 5th March 2013 ( For 6 weeks, 7pm-9pm )  Cost £90
Beginners Cake Course                 7th May 2013 ( For 6 weeks, 7pm-9pm )  Cost £90
Beginners Cake Course                10th September 2013 ( For 6 weeks, 7pm-9pm )  Cost £90

Intermediate Cake Course           12th February 2013 (For 4 weeks 7pm-9pm ) Cost £90
Intermediate Cake Course           4th June 2013 (For 4 weeks 7pm-9pm ) Cost £90

3 Tier Wedding Cake                  12th February 2013 (For 6 weeks 7pm-9pm ) Cost £155
Christmas Celebration cake         26th November 2012 (For 2 weeks 7pm-9pm ) Cost £48
Children’s Christmas Cupcakes    18th December 2012  (For 2hrs  4.30pm-6.30pm ) Cost £15

Modelling Course                        4th February 2013 (For 4 weeks 7pm-9pm ) Cost £55

Sugarflower Course                    17th January 2013 ( For 4 weeks 7pm-9pm) Cost £75

Sugarflower Course                    12th September 2013 ( For 4 weeks 7pm-9pm) Cost £75

Royal Icing Skills                        9th January 2013 (For 4 weeks 7pm-9pm) Cost £65

1 Day Courses

Novelty Cake Course                  Novelty Hand Bag 13th Dec 2012 (10.30am-2.30pm) Cost £35

Novelty Cake Course                  Novelty Hand Bag 17th January 2013 (10.30am-2.30pm) Cost £35

Novelty Cake Course                  Novelty Valentines 12th Feb 2013 (10.30am-2.30pm) Cost £35

Novelty Cake Course                  Novelty Birthday 20th Feb 2013 (10.30am-2.30pm) Cost £35

 

SUGAR FLOWER COURSE

 

In this 4 week floral workshop course, students will learn how to make a number of beautiful sugar flowers, including the over-sized Open Peony (with stamens) and stunning open roses. Other flowers such as gerberas, sweet peas and hydrangea will be created. Corresponding buds and leaves will also be covered where appropriate. During the course, students will use modelling techniques to make flower centers, and then use cutters, veiners and specific techniques to create buds, leaves, and the many wired petals needed to form their large blooms. Once all of the components are dry, students will also learn colouring and dusting techniques, as well as taping, assembling, and finishing touches to complete their flowers.

sugarcraft flower course

 

Learning outcomes:
Modeling flower centers and using stamens
Creating buds using layers of petals
Creating leaves
Creating wired petals
Dusting and coloring techniques
Coloring and glazing leaves
Taping and assembling large flowers
Favorite finishing touches

 

Wednesday & Thursday  2 hours per evening for 4 weeks running 7pm -9pm 

 

To book your course please contact SugarBliss Cake Company on 01564 774 223 or email us at cakeclasse@sugarblisscakecompany.co.uk

 

BEGINNERS CAKE DECORATING COURSE:

 

This is a six week course. During this course, SugarBliss will be showing you the tricks of the trade. These will enable you to build up your own repertoire of decorations that can be applied to so many cake designs.  The six week course will include how to cover cakes in marzipan and icing, hand piping, hand moulding, the use of cutters to get dramatic effects, hand painting and finally ribbon techniques.

 

Tuesdays  7pm-9pm. Total Cost £90

 

To book your course please contact SugarBliss Cake Company on 01564 774 223 or email us at cakeclasse@sugarblisscakecompany.co.uk

 

CHILDREN’S CAKE DECORATING CLASS (1Day)

childrens cake classes

 

Children’s cake classes – here we will teach simple cupcake icing techniques and demonstrate basic sugarpaste modelling to make decorations for cakes. We’ll provide 4 already baked chocolate and vanilla cupcakes and be on hand to help throughout the class. Many already made icings and sprinkles will be available to ensure each cake is different than the previous one to take home in a box. The children’s cupcake decorating classes are 1.5 hours long and we will teach the whole decorating process from start to finish SugarBliss style. All ingredients and materials are supplied by sugarbliss Cake Company for the childrens class.
Cost £15 (2 hour Class.)

 

ROYAL ICING COURSE

 

This is a 4 week course for improving your piping skills for example shells, scrolls, overpiping, writing to name just a few of the fanastic techniques you will be working on and learning during this very popular decorating course.

 

MODELLING

 

This is a 4 week course in sugarpaste modelling which includes creating various modelling figures from characters, animals to shoes and handbags.

 

WEDDING CAKE COURSE

 

In our 3 tier weding cake course you can design and decorate your own 3 tier wedding cake or simply just learn all the skills required to design and decorate a 3 tier wedding cake. If you want to you can bring along your own fruit cakes sizes 6 inch, 8 inch and 10 inch or you can work on dummies to create a 3 tiered wedding cake. This intensive course will teach you all the skills required including cake levelling, marzipan covering, sugarpaste, decorative design work and many more skills to create your own fabulous wedding cake and a stunning centre piece for any wedding reception.

 

All ingredients and additional equipment can be purchased from our sugar craft and decorating shop at a discounted rate during your course.

 

To book your course please contact SugarBliss Cake Company on 01564 774 223 or email us at cakeclasse@sugarblisscakecompany.co.uk

 

On booking the course, we will send through more details about each weeks class. We provide general equipment for all of our classes but edibles must be brought to class by yourselves i.e.  cakes, sugar paste, marzipan and flower paste.  You will also need to bring boards, boxes, ribbons and dowels.  A list will be given for each weeks class requirements at the beginning of the course so that you can prepare.  Everything needed can be pre-ordered at our shop (5% discount will be applied) and it can all be ready for you at the start of your class if this is easier for you. Freshly baked Victoria Sponge cakes can also be pre-ordered for use at our classes if you don’t feel like baking them yourself!

 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON!

 

ABOUT SUGARBLISS CAKE COURSES

Welcome to Sugarbliss Cake Decorating Classes, where nyree regular hosts classes throughout the year for Kids and beginners who want to learn the basic skills of cake decoration, to advanced classes for those who want to enhance and learn new skills in cake decoration. At Sugarbliss we have classes which cater for all skill levels that will enhance and inspire you.

 

Following requests over the years to Sugarbliss Cake Company for cake classes, we have created project-based classes to suit a variety of proficiency levels, from those wishing to start a career in cakes, to those looking for a fun and enriching day out.

 

Classes are led throughout the year by Nyree and students can enroll in an intimate three day ‘Professional Tiered Wedding Cake’ master class and learn how to ice the perfect cake, securely stack and assemble tiers and pipe exquisite spring flowers, or may prefer to take a fun one day ‘Couture Cookies’ class with friends or colleagues and create their own chic collection of iced cookie treats to take home. Our evening 1-2 hour classes are designed for those who can not join a project led class. 

 

At Sugarbliss we have a class to suit everyone. To find out more about our cake classes, schedule or to enroll on our next course date please contact us on 01564 774 223 or complete the contact form here.

 

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Wedding Cake Budgeting

Sticking to the big day budget can be exhausting and difficult and in this months Your West Midlands Wedding magazine we were asked to answer the big question in the Hot Topic experts advice section.

 

Q . My fiance and I are working to a tight budget with our catering, so would like to serve our wedding cake as the desert. We want it to look and taste like a final course though, rather than a plain piece of cake. What might fit the bill?

 

Sugarbliss Cake Company’s Answer :-

 

Your wedding cake designer should be able to recommend a number of different flavours, some of which are more suitable for a dessert than others. You could try a rich chocolate cake served with fresh strawberries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or perhaps a refreshing lemon curd cake served with raspberry coulis and a drizzle of fresh cream.

 

Whatever you decide, remember the cake will need to be taken away well in advance of the dessert for the caterers to cut up into pieces. This might mean your cake will only be on show at the reception for a short amount of time, so you might want to consider having a smaller or fake cake for display purposes only, with the cutting cakes or cakes in the kitchen.

 

Another lovely option is to have individual cakes on each table. A 10 inch cake beautifully decorated with flowers could work well as an alternative centre piece. When the time comes for dessert, the caterers could then bring bowls of strawberries and jugs of cream to go with the cake.