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  • Wednesday 1st February

    New classes with Carlos Lischetti

    Carlos’ much-anticipated classes are back! If you missed out last time and you’re a big fan then make sure you book today. On 1st–2nd March, Carlos will be teaching all the techniques he uses to create an amazing sugar baby, which would be ideal for a baby shower, christening or any baby’s celebration cake. You’ll learn how to build the figure from sugar step-by-step including how to mix colours, achieve correct proportions, use modelling tools and ensure your work is crack-free and flawless. Discover the secrets of successful figure modelling with expert Carlos on 3rd–4th March and learn how to capture his unique style on your own cakes and models. Once you know how, you can adapt the figures to suit any celebration cake. Join Carlos on 19th–20th March as he shows you how to make a rabbit in a flower pot out of sugar, which would be a great decoration for an Easter cake and could be adapted for any occasion. The proportions you will learn to make for the rabbits can be applied to many other different small animals.

    http://squires-school.co.uk/courses/view/310

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  • Tuesday 14th February

    Smeg 50’s style fridges make repeat TV performance on The Great British Bake Off

    Four Smeg FAB30 50's Style Retro Fridges in Pastel Blue and Pastel Green recently appeared on the new series of Great British Bake Off in January following on from a hugely successful series in the autumn of 2011.

    The contest comprised a number of heats during which celebrities competed to be crowned 'Bake Off' Champion in aid of Sports Relief.  Only one amateur baker from each heat could proceed through to the final and each heat became increasingly more challenging.

     

    The baking skills of the finalists were tested to the limit as they faced tough Bake Off challenges under the critical eyes of the judges, renowned cookery writer and baker Mary Berry and Master Baker Paul Hollywood.

     

    The winner who was judged to have excelled over the other contestants in the closely fought final, was high profile television presenter and journalist, Indian born Anita Rani. Anita took the title after producing a stunning 3-tiered chocolate and orange cake with chocolate ganache and topped off with a quirky sugarpaste teapot, inspired by the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party of Alice in Wonderland fame.

    Anita admitted that completing the ultimate challenge wasn’t exactly a piece of cake, saying ‘I got so stressed, the adrenaline was coursing through my veins.  I was physically shaking.  I just wanted to bake my cake to perfection.’

  • Monday 20th February

    SK launches new magazine, Squires Kitchen Bake School

    Now you can discover how easy it is to bake and decorate your own cakes to a professional standard with Squires Kitchen School tutors in the comfort of your own home. Available from 8th March, Squires Kitchen Bake School presents a whole host of baking inspiration from expert tutors at the esteemed International School in Farnham, Surrey as well as other top names in the industry. This unique, new magazine for budding bakers and cake decorators is the latest addition to Squires Kitchen Magazine Publishing’s collection of titles, which includes Cakes & Sugarcraft, Wedding Cakes – A Design Source, and Inspired by Food.

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