Baking and Cake Decorating Classes
Class Schedules and Descriptions
Classes are conducted at 10 Belmore Road, Natick, MA or at Create A Cook Cooking School on 52 Winchester Street in Newton, MA. http://www.createacook.com.
For classes held at Create A Cook, sign up on their website via the link provided at each class listing.
For classes held at 10 Belmore Road sign up by contacting us at 617-820-7670 or info@sweet-alternatives.com. Payment is made in advance via PayPal or by check payable to "Sweet Alternatives" and sent to our address on the website.
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.
Ace of Cakes | For teens ages 12 and up. Each students makes their own fondant decorated novelty cake.
Linda will bake the cake and have it all ready to go. You're going to roll the fondant and cover the cake, make all the decorations and take your new creation home!
Sign up at
Create a Cook Ace of Cakes Class |
07/12/2011
Located at Create a Cook 6:00-9:00 p.m $80.00/ person |
Authentic French Fruit Tarts | Adult Class. Patisseries in France pride themselves in the perfect fruit tart, and a good one is truly a slice of heaven. It is a mixture of slightly sweet and light pastry dough, with a hint of almond,
lightened pastry cream, and fresh fruit adorning the top. Students learn to make all components and build the tart from scratch. You will then work with Linda on how to decorate your tart with fresh summer fruits.
(Note: this dessert has almonds, but can easily be made almond free.) Sign up at Create a Cook Fruit Tart Class |
07/23/2011
Located at Create a Cook 2:00-4:30 p.m $80.00/ person |
Covering Cakes and Decorating with Fondant | Adult Class. Fondant is a firm, rollable sugar icing used by professional bakers that has been used in increasing popularity over the past few years. It is great to create a smooth cake finish and spectacular effects.
In this 3 hour class, we learn how to cover a cake with fondant, make bows and ribbons, stencil on fondant, and create modern floral design. Students can bring their own 8" wide by 3" high frosted round cake
(or a dummy cake will be provided in class) to decorate and bring home to share with friends and family. No experience using fondant is necessary for this class. Sign up at
Create a Cook Fondant Class |
07/26/2011
Located at Create a Cook 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm $80.00/ 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. Students bring home all their decorations, which can be kept indefinitely.
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07/20/2011 Located at 10 Belmore Rd 7:00 - 9:30 pm $65.00/ person |
Creative Cupcakes | TEEN Class. In this 2-hour class using vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, fondant, buttercream, and various candy decorations we create beautiful and simple cupcakes to give as gifts or take home.
We practice techniques in piping, stenciling, painting, and fondant molding to create a least a dozen cupcakes to take home. Sign up at
Create a Cook Creative Cupcakes Class |
07/24/2011
Located at Create a Cook 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm $80.00/ person |
Covering Cakes and Decorating with Fondant | Adult Class. Fondant is a firm, rollable sugar icing used by professional bakers that has been used in increasing popularity over the past few years. It is great to create a smooth cake finish and spectacular effects.
In this 3 hour class, we learn how to cover a cake with fondant, make bows and ribbons, stencil on fondant, and create modern floral design. Students can bring their own 8" wide by 3" high frosted round cake
(or a dummy cake will be provided in class) to decorate and bring home to share with friends and family. No experience using fondant is necessary for this class. Sign up at
Create a Cook Fondant Class |
08/27/2011
Located at Create a Cook 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm $80.00/ person |
Summer Pies | Adult Class. In this class you will learn the techniques to make a perfect pie dough every time! Linda will make dough before class to use during the class and you will also make a dough yourself
during class that you can take home to use later. You will be making several pies that you will take home with you ready to bake or freeze: Blueberry Pie, Peach Crostata, and Lemon Merinque.
Sign up at Create a Cook Summer Pies Class |
08/30/2011
Located at Create a Cook 6:00-9:00 p.m $80.00/ person |
Autumn Pies | Adult Class. In this class you will learn the techniques to make a perfect pie dough every time! Linda will make dough before class to use during the class and you will also make a dough yourself
during class that you can take home to use later. You will be making several pies that you will take home with you ready to bake or freeze: Apple Pie, Peach Crostata, and Chocolate Cream.
Sign up at Create a Cook Autumn Pies Class |
09/13/2011
Located at Create a Cook 6:00-9:00 p.m $80.00/ person |
Cake Baking from Scratch | Adult ClassLearn the techniques and science behind what makes a cake moist, tender and delicious. In this 3-hour class, we will make a pound cake to learn the absolute basics of a beaten
butter based cake. Then we will make a chocolate cake to expand on that technique. Finally, we will make a sponge cake to learn the theory and skills of cakes with whipped eggs as
the base. The goal is to give you the tools and knowledge to be able to successfully make other cake recipes at home and maybe even to create your own recipes.Sign up at
Create a Cook Cake Baking Class |
09/17/2011
Located at Create a Cook 10 am - 1:00 p.m $80.00/ person |
Ace of Cakes | For teens ages 12 and up. Each students makes their own fondant decorated novelty cake.
Linda will bake the cake and have it all ready to go. You're going to roll the fondant and cover the cake, make all the decorations and take your new creation home!
Sign up at
Create a Cook Ace of Cakes Class |
09/27/2011
Located at Create a Cook 6:00-9:00 p.m $80.00/ person |
Buttercream Flowers | We all know how beautifully buttercream pipes into flowers. In this class we learn how to pipe the 5 petal flower, leaves, daisies, chrysamthumums, and roses - and more.
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09/20/2011
6:30-9:00 p.m $50.00/ person |
