Christmas cupcake bouquet & piping day

Learn an array of buttercream piping techniques, pipe 13 festive designs - then assemble 7 into a Christmas bouquet and box the rest.

Upcoming Start Dates

Cupcake bouquets are very 'on trend' and the perfect gift. With step by step expert tuition in a friendly environment be amazed at what you can create.

The focus of this course is entirely on decoration - We will bake you a batch of delicious cupcakes ready for you to decorate, you will use different nozzles to pipe buttercream and frosting to create 13 festive designs. We will show you how to create a cupcake bouquet using a selection of the designs you have created. Your remaining cupcakes you will take home in a box.

Tutorial - buttercream and frosting - their pros & cons & best applications
Tutorial - how to colour buttercream and frosting (including deep colours)
How to filling a piping bag
How to use an adapter
how to flat ice a cupcake
How to create a rose swirl using 3 different nozzles
How to pipe a poinsettia with individual petals
How to pipe leaves
How to pipe a pine cone
Star piping, shell piping, ribbon piping - use these to create Christmas tree designs
How to pipe a festive wreath
How to use flowerpaste to make holly leaves and bows
How to assemble and create a cupcake bouquet (with lots of Annabelle top tips/ insider secrets)

Annabelle

Director

Annabelle established Confection Perfection (now re-branded as Annabelle Jane Cake School) in 1996 from her kitchen table; bought her first retail premises in 2000 and is now settled in a delightful setting in Bearsted, just outside Maidstone. Annabelle has extensive cake decorating experience and is highly creative and artistic. Annabelle is an accredited tutor for the PME Diplomas in Sugar craft and also designs and delivers a wide range of other highly successful cake baking and decorating classes. Annabelle has a huge vision for our Cake School and ensures that the strong reputation we have earned continues to grow lead by her consistently high standards.

Everything is included - the cupcakes, buttercream, frosting, materials to create the bouquet and a box to take your bouquet home in. We provide use of all equipment.

I can't believe I have been able to create these amazing cupcakes. I am so pleased. I've learnt so much today. The tutor was excellent. Very helpful & considerate about individual needs & preferences. The course was great!

— Lesley, 2nd December 2023

I have been really impressed by all the things we learnt today. Tutor very good as always.

— Paula, 2nd December 2023

Great course, so much to learn and lots of fun! Tutor amazing as always - helpful, patient + fun! Thank you so much!

— Susie Hunter, 2nd December 2023

Such a wonderful xmassy day. More than I expected. Clear teaching, patient, fun & kind. I can't believe how many new skills I learnt & I'll be able to do this again at home. Thank you.

— Alexis, 2nd December 2023

Thoroughly recommend this course. Thoroughly enjoyed it and very relaxing and therapeutic. Tutors knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and sooo patient. 5 stars

— Karen Airey, 2nd December 2023

I had an amazing day learning new skills. Annabelle is an amazing tutor and has the patient of a saint when needing to repeat things for me. Linda is just as amazing helping me when needed. The course is perfect, much more than I expected.

— Simone, 2nd December 2023

Absolutely amazing day, such fun but also learned so much! Amazing way to spend time & learn lots. Tutor excellent as always. Thank you SO much!

— Pauline Canniffe, 3rd December 2022

Sun a fun, christmassy day. Piping is so therapeutic! Really enjoyed the whole day. Amazing tutor. Wonderful day.

— Julia Cleaver, 3rd December 2022

Fantastic time. Loved every minute. Fantastic tutor. Perfect.

— Elizabeth Lukehurst, 3rd December 2022

Perfect course to learn different piping. Lots of different piping techniques, good use of all nozzles. What I expected + more. Thank you.

— Becky, 3rd December 2022

Lovely course and lots of skills/ content. Very friendly. Brilliant tutor.

— Donna, 3rd December 2022

Great set up/friendly/relaxed environment; everything provided; simple steps. Very friendly tutor helped and relaxed me by her patience; took time to explain and show how to work with tools. More than expected - learnt new techniques/presentation.

— Margaret, 14th December 2019

Linda was very good, shared own experience, extremely knowledgeable, welcoming & patient. I'm leaving with new skills & the ability to use my nozzles.

— Joanne Northage, 14th December 2019