Do you want to make gorgeous cupcakes? Join Tania Penny for a day of fun trying different piping styles and decorations that will make you look like a pro.

Course Outline:

• How to make buttercream
• How to fill a piping bag
• How to use different piping tips
• How to make fondant decorations
• Placement of sprinkles
• How to keep your cupcakes for utmost freshness and flavour

You will also get to take your masterpieces home and impress your family and friends. This is the cupcake decorating class you’ve been waiting for, so don’t miss out.

Learning Outcomes:

• Make and colour buttercream
• Use different types of piping tips
• Decorate and safely transport and keep cupcakes

What to bring:

• Piping bags, piping tips = 4B, 6B, Leaf petal tip, 1M, ruffle tip (such as #104), silicone spatula.
• hand held mixer or stand mixer
• 250g butter
• 450g pure icing sugar
• vanilla
• Mixing bowls
• gel food colours
• Optional: sprinkles, fondant and cookie cutters
• 12 un-iced cupcakes
• A box to take your creations home

About the tutor:

'Tania is the owner of Penny Lane Bakery, a local Shire business who specialises in delicious and beautiful cakes, cookies and other treats. Tania started baking as a teenager, decades ago, tempering chocolate and making Easter eggs, then moved on to small treats and cakes.

With a Brazilian background, Tania focuses on delicious flavours and perfect looking treats. Her motto is: practice, practice, practice. When things go wrong, take a deep breath, dance a little and never give up!'

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run ("we try our hardest to get those") . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled prior to the commencement and you will be informed.