Baking and Cake Decorating Classes
Class Schedules and Descriptions
Classes listed below are conducted at 10 Belmore Road, Natick, MA. Linda also teaches classes at Create A Cook http://www.createacook.com. Please check their website for class descriptions and schedules.
Each class has a maximum of five participants, who must be at least 14 years of age. Cost includes all materials. Students younger than 14 years may attend if accompanied by an adult.
Payment is made in advance via PayPal or by check payable to "Sweet Alternatives" and sent to our address on the website.
To sign up, please contact via phone at 617-820-7670 or complete the online class registration form.
Group classes can be scheduled for children or adults with a specially designed theme. This can be decorating cupcakes for birthday parties, or a ladies night out. Please contact us at 617-820-7670 or info@sweet-alternatives.com to discuss your idea.
Piping Buttercream Flowers | This course teaches you to use a pastry bag and buttercream to create beautiful flower decorations. We learn to pipe the rose and rosebud, large and small blossoms, pansies, sweet peas, and other flowers using only one or two tips!
We also some basic border designs to help you learn to create your own buttercream cake designs. Students can bring their own 8" wide by 3" high
round cake (or a dummy cake will be provided in class) to decorate and bring home to share with friends and family |
Tues. Sept 14, 2010 6:30-9:00 p.m $50.00/ person |
Covering Cakes and Decorating with Fondant | Fondant is a firm, rollable sugar icing used by professional bakers that has been used in increasing populatity over the past few years. It is great to create a smooth cake finish and spectacular effects.
We learn how to cover a cake with fondant, make bows and ribbons, create lacey fabric effects, stencil on fondant, create modern floral design and figure modeling. Students can bring their own 8" wide by 3" high
round cake (or a dummy cake will be provided in class) to decorate and bring home to share with friends and family. |
Sat. Sept 25, 2010 10:00 am to 1:00 pm $60.00/ person |
Covering Cakes and Decorating with Fondant | Fondant is a firm, rollable sugar icing used by professional bakers that has been used in increasing populatity over the past few years. It is great to create a smooth cake finish and spectacular effects.
We learn how to cover a cake with fondant, make bows and ribbons, create lacey fabric effects, stencil on fondant, create modern floral design and figure modeling. Students can bring their own 8" wide by 3" high
round cake (or a dummy cake will be provided in class) to decorate and bring home to share with friends and family. |
Sat. Oct 2, 2010 10:00 am to 1:00 pm $60.00/ person |
Working with Gumpaste | Gumpaste is similar to fondant except that extra gum ingredients are added. This enables the sugarpaste to be rolled very thin to create realistic floral, fabric, and other delicate decorations
that can be placed on a buttercream frosted or fondant covered cake or cupcakes. We learn to create flowers, both wired and unwired, fabric swags, bows, and other decorations.
Linda then shows how to put together a sugar flower arrangement and place the various decorations on a cake. Students bring home all their decorations, which can be kept indefinitely.
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Tues. Oct 12, 2010 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm $50.00/ person |
Creative Holiday Cookies | Using vanilla sugar cookie dough, fondant, and royal icing we create beautiful and simple holiday cookies to give as gifts for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We practive techniques in piping, stenciling, painting, and "flooding"
to create a least a dozen cookies to take home.
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Tues. Nov, 2, 2010 6:30-9:00 p.m $55.00/ person |
