Cakes of Good Taste hold regular sugarcraft and cake decorating courses throughout the year. The range of courses accommodate beginners through to the more experienced and offer the opportunity of private tuition either one to one or group. All courses are held at Cakes of Good Taste premises in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire and have limited places. The full list of upcoming courses can be found online below on this page.
You will require some specialist equipment for all of these courses which can be purchased from Cakes of Good Taste with a 10% discount. Please note, these courses are highly popular and regularly full weeks before they are due to start. All places are reserved on a first come first served basis.
To reserve a place on any of our courses a £30 deposit or £38 full payment for workshop is required. This is payable by cash, cheque or credit card.
To check availability, receive an application form or enquire about a course please either:
call on 02089500077
or email courses@cakesofgoodtaste.co.uk
Saturday & Sunday 20th/21st March 2010
Course Sixteen - Gerbera and Foliage
Tutor – Paddi Clark
Saturday Workshop 10.00am – 4.00pm
1st May 2010
Cost £38
Welcome on this course, to learn the techniques and methods to make the gerbera. This very popular flower will be teamed with some unusual foliage, simple and stunning. It would be all you would need on a cake to create a visual impact.
Beginners and those with some experience
Course Seventeen - a day with Sugarpaste and Techniques for Beginners full
5th June 2010
Course Eighteen - Sugarpaste a Stunning Two tier Cake full
3rd July 2010
Courses 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Finished
Course Twenty Four - Ways with Writing on Cakes full
2nd May 2010
Courses 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Finished
Course Thirty Nine - Ways with Writing on Cakes
Tutor – Carol Haycox
Wednesday & Thursday evening 7.30pm – 9.30pm
7th & 8th April 2010
Cost £26
On this course students will learn and appreciate the techniques, tips and methods of writing on cakes either directly, or using alternative methods. Create a colourful sample board for reference at a later date.
Beginners and those with some experience
Course Forty - Two Tiered Wonky Cake full
Saturday & Sunday 17th & 18th April 2010
Course 41
Finished
Course Forty Two - Sugarpaste and Techniques for Beginners full
15th/16th March 2010
Course Forty Three – Chocolate full
22nd & 23rd March 2010
Course Forty Four - Individual Miniature Wedding and Celebration Cakes full
22nd May 2010
Course Forty Five – Chocolate Cake Fit for a Wedding full
9th May 2010
Course Forty Six - Novelty Handbag Cake full
15th May 2010
Course Forty Seven - Cookies
Tutor – Paddi Clark
Sunday Workshop 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
23rd May 2010
Cost £39.00
Create fabulous designer cookies for weddings and celebrations. On the course we will use the mediums of sugarpaste, royal icing and flower paste giving us many choices for decoration. A fun course ahead so join us. An added incentive is that cookies will be baked for you in different shapes to decorate.
Beginners and those with some experience
Course Forty Eight - Cup Cakes
Tutor – Carol Haycox
Saturday Workshop 10.00am – 4.00pm
12th June 2010
Cost £38.00
Cup cakes are now on all well dressed tables. Your day will be filled decorating cup cakes in many different ways and styles, using sugarpaste, butter cream and fondant. You will be able to impress both your family and friends.
Beginners especially welcome
Course Forty Nine- Sugarpaste a Stunning Heart Shape Two Tier Cake
Tutor – Carol Haycox
Tuesday & Wednesday 7.00 pm - 10.00pm
15th & 16th June 2010
Cost £38
This course offers the students the opportunity to decorate a two tier stacked heart cake (can be round if you prefer) with simple but stunning decorative hearts, toped with an open rose also made using the heart cutter. You will also learn to dowel (support) and stack a cake and other techniques.
Beginners and those with some experience
Course Fifty - Summer Posy
Tutor – Paddi Clark
Saturday Workshop 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
10th/11th July 2010
Cost £76.00
Join us to create a stunning floral summer posy. Learn the techniques of flower making to make an Open Rose, Alstroemeria and foliage, choose the colours of your choice, and wire the flowers into a beautiful posy for use on a cake or as a display in a vase.
Beginners and those with some experience
Course Fifty One – Pretty Summer Cake (beginner’s sugarpaste)
Tutor – Paddi Clark
Saturday Workshop 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
17th July 2010
Cost £38.00
On this course students will learn the skills to cover a cake to a good standard, with additional tricks, tips, and techniques along the way. Achieve a beautiful cake with a summer theme using modelled roses and pretty daisies for a beautiful effect.
Beginners especially welcome
