Top 10 Best Cupcakes classes, courses, learnings kits and gifts in the UK

n this exciting new workshop you will learn how to beautifully decorate 6 cupcakes (as pictured) including buttercream piping skills and fondant work. Each cupcake will teach you new techniques which you can use on your future cupcake or cake projects. The cost is only £65 and all materials, including the cupcakes are provided, and you'll have 6 delicious cupcakes to take home.

This is the perfect class for you if you’re interested in mastering your cupcakes from scratch. At the end of the class you will take home a dozen beautiful cupcake creations. You will learn everything you need to know to ensure perfectly baked cupcakes time and time again. Xanthe will share all her knowledge gleaned from years of baking and teaching. In this class you will learn to bake either a classic English (vanilla) or American (Red Velvet) cupcake. Xanthe will then demonstrate how to make a delicious cream cheese frosting to top your cakes During this class we will cover step-by-step techniques, which will be fully explained so that you never again need to worry about anything from the mixture curdling oto how to ensure that your cupcakes are equal in size. You will learn when it is necessary to sift, what kind of sugar you should use and how to adapt the recipe to create countless variations. She will even advise you on how to control the shape of your cupcake depending on whether you want a ‘peak’ or a ‘flat’ top. You will learn the following; Fail safe recipe Correct weighing and measuring How to adapt the recipe for a variety of flavours What to do if your mixture curdles How to ensure cupcakes are equal size The perfect technique for light, fluffy icing How to check the cakes are perfectly baked The perfect icing recipe The RiGHT way to fill a piping bag How to pipe a variety of swirls Using sprinkles to accentuate your piping You will leave the class with a box of 12 cupcakes

Spend the day with Cookie Girl in her North London kitchen where you will try your hand at a variety of icing techniques from sugar paste roses to fondant domes and you get to take your beautiful creations away with you at the end. In this class No previous cupcaking/decorating/piping skills are needed.just turn up and enjoy! You won't spend your time faffing about with cake mixture or oven timings - no no that's not why you are here. Cookie Girl (also known as Xanthe) will have prepared the cupcakes earlier in the day so you can focus on what you came here to do - getting creative. All it takes to become a pro is: learn the right way to fill a piping bag (yes, there is a wrong way to do it) make a sugar paste use cutters to make flowers, leaves and lattice effects the classic swirl, the rose swirl, the two tier and the iced gem techniques sprinkles and decorations are all fun and games, but sometimes less is more! Everything is provided by the Cookie Girl; including aprons, tea, coffee and cupcakes, so all you need to do is bring yourself and buckets of enthusiasm. Cupcakes aside, you're guaranteed to have a ball - bring those cake-loving friends of yours or meet some fellow baking enthusiasts. You can even bring a date - what a great way to break the ice(ing).. (sorry).

Come along and have some fun with your fellow classmates learning how to decorate some deliciously yummy cupcakes. During this class, you will watch a demonstration from your teacher on how to make buttercream and learn how to handle and colour it along with filling piping bags and fitting the piping nozzle, all without making a huge sticky mess! When this has been mastered the class will progress on to learning how to pipe the buttercream successfully. You will then decorate 6 vanilla cupcakes with these new found skills. You will learn 6 different piping techniques during the class so you can let your creative juices flow by decorating each cupcake with a bespoke design! There are no rules, it's about having fun so you can either make all the cupcakes look identical for a coherent finish, or you can have a different design on each cake! You will also make some easy beginner sugarpaste flowers and leaf toppers to add finesse to your cupcake creations. When the class is finished you will take all of your cupcakes safely home in a special cupcake box to enjoy with your friends and family.