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May 2012
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Macaroons Made Easy
Suitable for Beginners
Intricate Macaroons will be made in a variety of flavours and colours.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Thursday 24th May: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Cake Pops Made Easy
Suitable for Beginners
Cake pops are the latest craze from the U.S. and are great for weddings, birthdays and all sorts of parties! Based on a sponge and buttercream lollipop dipped in chocolate, you will learn the ways of making different fillings and decorating them.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 26th May: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Diamond Jubilee Party Cakes
Suitable for Beginners
If you’re planning to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on 2nd–5th June, then join Mark Tilling to find out how to make and decorate goodies which are the talk of the street.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Wednesday 30th May: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
June 2012
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Sugar Flowers: Big Blooms : Skills Development
Prerequisite Skills Required
Create a vibrant display of individually wired, big blooms on this creative and inspiring course. Some previous experience of wired sugar flowers would be advantageous. This course fulfils the criteria for Extended Skills Development C1 towards a Skill Master Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 1st June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Foundation Modelling - A Princess and Unicorn
Suitable for Beginners
New to modelling? Come and enjoy a day of inspiration with Liz for some wonderful ideas for your cakes and learn all you need to know about sugar modelling. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 2nd June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Starting a Cake Business from Home
Once you have experienced the satisfaction of making and decorating a cake, you may feel that you would like to take a step forward and sell your cakes from home.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 8th June: 9:30am to 4:30pm
- Price:
- £140.00
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Starting a Cake Business from Home
Once you have experienced the satisfaction of making and decorating a cake, you may feel that you would like to take a step forward and sell your cakes from home.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 9th June: 9:30am to 4:30pm
- Price:
- £140.00
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Foundation Modelling - Figures
Suitable for Beginners
Author and novelty modelling expert Jan will teach you the secrets of modelling animals and figures and inspire you with some wonderful children’s party ideas. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Thursday 21st June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Sugarcraft Techniques
Prerequisite Skills Required
If you are looking for new ways to decorate your cakes and bakes, then this is the course for you. Suitable for people with previous experience. This course fulfils part of the criteria required towards a Skill Master Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 22nd June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Chocolate Miniature Cakes
Suitable for Beginners
Individual miniature cakes are a popular choice for many occasions - children's parties, birthdays, dinner parties and weddings, to name but a few.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 22nd June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £150.00
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Foundation Sugarpaste
Suitable for Beginners
If you would like to learn the skills needed to cover cakes to a professional finish and the know-how to use basic sugarcraft equipment, this is an essential course for you. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 23rd June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Fruit Cakes Uncovered
Suitable for Beginners
Come and join Mark Tilling to make mouth-watering fruit cakes. This course will cover all the skills that you will need to make three different fruit cakes to use for all kinds of special occasion.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Sunday 24th June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Summer Wedding Cupcakes
Suitable for Beginners
Cupcakes and mini cakes are still a massive wedding trend and are also so incredibly versatile.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 30th June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Piped Flowers with Ceri Griffiths
Suitable for Beginners
Royal icing flowers – a one day course introducing the student to a wide variety of piped flowers in royal icing which will provide a beautiful finishing touch for any special occasion cake.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 30th June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
July 2012
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Celebration Miniature Cakes
Suitable for Beginners
Individual miniature cakes are a popular choice for many occasions including children’s parties, birthdays, dinner parties, weddings and Christmas.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Tuesday 3rd July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Foundation Royal Icing with Eddie Spence MBE
Suitable for Beginners
Join Eddie on this fascinating one-day course to learn the basic skills and secrets of royal icing. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 6th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £150.00
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Perfect Pastry
Suitable for Beginners
Learn how to enjoy making the perfect homemade pastry and become the envy of all your friends.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 6th July: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Beautiful Butterflies
Suitable for Beginners
Butterflies are a popular decorative theme for weddings and other celebrations, so come and learn the many ways in which they can be created.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Thursday 19th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Foundation Sugar Flowers - Roses, Carnations and Sweet Peas
Suitable for Beginners
The ability to create flowers in sugar is extremely rewarding and enables you create wonderful cake decorations for all occasions. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Tuesday 24th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Perfect Sponges
Suitable for Beginners
Wouldn't we all like to make cakes like grandma did? Come along to see how to achieve the best results for delicious classic cakes. Mark Tilling will take you through the stages of successful baking.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Tuesday 24th July: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Summer Wedding Cupcakes
Suitable for Beginners
Cupcakes and mini cakes are still a massive wedding trend and are also so incredibly versatile.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 27th July: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
August 2012
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Perfect Sponges
Suitable for Beginners
Wouldn't we all like to make cakes like grandma did? Come along to see how to achieve the best results for delicious, classic cakes. Mrk Tilling will take you through the stages of successful baking.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 3rd August: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Bread Making
Suitable for Beginners
Learn the art of bread making the way it should be made! We will teach you how to bake classic breads without a breadmaker in sight. Come and learn the best ways of making bread using fresh and dried yeasts and different flours and flavours.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Thursday 9th August: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Royal Icing for Cupcakes
Suitable for Beginners
Come and find out for yourself how versatile royal icing can be with expert Tessa Whitehouse, who will show you how to personalise cupcakes with your own royal icing decorations. This course is suitable for students with little or no experience with the Royal Icing, including those who have completed a Foundation Royal Icing course.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Thursday 9th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Chocolate Miniature Cakes
Suitable for Beginners
Individual miniature cakes are a popular choice for many occasions - Children's parties, birthdays, dinner parties and weddings, to name but a few.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 11th August: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £150.00
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Day of the Roses - Royal Icing
If you already have basic royal icing skills then develop them with this course, which is dedicated to piping a variety of beautiful roses and leaves.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 24th August: 9:30am to 10:00am
- Price:
- £125.00
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Finishing Touches with Ceri Griffiths
Discover how to create a number of small accent pieces to finish off a design with cake decorating expert, Ceri Griffiths.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 25th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
September 2012
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Foundation Sugarpaste
Suitable for Beginners
If you would like to learn the skills needed to cover cakes to a professional finish and the know-how to use basic sugarcraft equipment, this is an essential course for you. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 1st September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Foundation Sugarpaste
Suitable for Beginners
If you would like to learn the skills needed to cover cakes to a professional finish and the know-how to use basic sugarcraft equipment, this is an essential course for you. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Monday 17th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Foundation Modelling - A Spaceman
Suitable for Beginners
New to modelling? Come and enjoy a day of inspiration with Liz for some wonderful ideas for your cakes and learn all you need to know about sugar modelling. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 21st September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
October 2012
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Celebration Miniature Cakes
Suitable for Beginners
Individual miniature cakes are a popular choice for many occasions including children's parties, birthdays, dinner parties, weddings and Christmas.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Monday 1st October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Decorating with Royal Icing Run-outs
Suitable for Beginners
Royal icing run-outs are an attractive and versatile way of making cake decorations. This one-day course will introduce you to the principles that apply to all run-out work, giving you the skills needed to make anything from a simple number through to a more complex decorative piece.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 6th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Bread Making
Suitable for Beginners
Learn the art of bread making the way it should be made! We will teach you how to bake classic breads without a breadmaker in sight. Come and learn the best ways of making bread using fresh and dried yeasts and different flours and flavours.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 12th October: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Baseball Boots
Suitable for Beginners
When it comes to guys, making a fun and inspiring celebration cake can be quite a challenge. If you are a beginner to cake carving and want to decorate a cake suitable for boys, join cake artist Helen Penman on this novelty cake-carving course.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Monday 15th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Getting the Most out of Sugarcraft Moulds
Suitable for Beginners
Discover the secrets behind using moulds to decorate celebration cakes with a difference.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Tuesday 16th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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A Cake for Autumn
Suitable for Beginners
On this fun one day class, learn how to cover and decorate an autumn-themed cake.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Wednesday 17th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Foundation Modelling - First Knight
Suitable for Beginners
New to modelling? Come and enjoy a day of inspiration with Liz for some wonderful ideas for your cakes and learn all you need to know about sugar modelling. This course is suitable for people with little or no experience and will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Sunday 28th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
November 2012
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Perfect Sponges
Suitable for Beginners
Wouldn't we all like to make cakes like grandma did? Come along to see how to achieve the best results for delicious, classic cakes. Mrk Tilling will take you through the stages of successful baking.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Tuesday 13th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Fruit Cakes Uncovered
Suitable for Beginners
Come and join Mark Tilling to make mouth-watering fruit cakes. This course will cover all the skills that you will need to make three different fruit cakes to use for all kinds of special occasions.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 24th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Defying Gravity with Royal Icing
Prerequisite Skills Required
Oriental stringwork gives any cake real ‘wow’ factor. If you have basic royal icing skills then this one-day course will introduce you to this spectacular technique of piping loops of royal icing which appear to float around the cake. This course fulfils the criteria required for Extended Skill Development B3 which counts towards your Skill Master Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Monday 26th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Christmas Inspiration Week - Gingerbread House
Suitable for Beginners
Join Ann Skipp to make and decorate a beautiful gingerbread house along with giner biscuits that can be tree decorations or gifts.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Monday 26th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Couture Cupcakes
Suitable for Beginners
Learn chic and contemporary cupcake decoration for all occasions.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Tuesday 27th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Mini-Christmas Cakes
If you have previous experience with sugarcraft, then this course is suitable for you. Paddi will show new skills and techniques to turn an 8" fruitcake into four small cakes and solve your gift dilemmas with last minute ideas.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Wednesday 28th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Christmas Inspiration Week - Christmas Baking
Suitable for Beginners
Hone your baking skills for the festive season by learning how to make a selection of cakes and bakes to a professional standard.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Wednesday 28th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Christmas Inspiration Week - Chocolates for Christmas
Suitable for Beginners
Learn how to make beautiful chocolate decorations for Christmas which could be given as gifts, or just kept for yourself!
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Thursday 29th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Christmas Inspiration Week - Macaroons Made Easy for Christmas
Suitable for Beginners
Macaroons have made a huge comeback, appearing in the chicest of bakeries.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 30th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
December 2012
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Baking with Chocolate - Christmas
Suitable for Beginners
Join Mark Tilling, the UK’s Chocolate Master 2006- 2009, on one of our new and very exciting courses. Learn how to make beautiful chocolate decorations for wedding cakes, celebration cakes, cupcakes and desserts
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Monday 3rd December: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Chocolate Miniature Cakes
Suitable for Beginners
Individual miniature cakes are a popular choice for many occasions - children's parties, birthdays, dinner parties and weddings, to name but a few.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Wednesday 5th December: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £150.00
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Foundation Sugarpaste
Suitable for Beginners
An essential course for those wishing to become proficient in covering a cake in sugarpaste to a professional standard. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Thursday 13th December: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Christmas Modelling with Jan Clement-May
If you have experience in novelty modelling and would like to learn some more advanced techniques, then this course is for you.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Friday 14th December: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Pretty Pansies
Suitable for Beginners
Learn the skills behind making and displaying beautifully realistic wired sugar pansy flowers.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Saturday 15th December: 9:30am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00
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Savoury Christmas Pies
Suitable for Beginners
Whether you’re a newcomer to pastry and pie-making or you’d simply like to brush up on your skills, Mark Tilling is here to help.
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Course date and times:
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- Sunday 16th December: 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Price:
- £125.00