Gonk Christmas party - 6-week cake course
Upcoming Start Dates
This course is jam- packed with techniques - be amazed at how much you learn and go home not only with a real show-stopper for your Christmas centrepiece but also with lots of skills and techniques you can use for other cake projects.
- How to ice a cake board
- How to use fun fonts including spacing of messages
- How to flood a message with royal icing
- Marzipan your cakes using the panel method.
- Ice your cakes in sugarpaste - with a focus on sharp edges
- How to create a double height barrel cake
- How to use moulds
- How to use a range of cutters and techniques
- How to create a starburst
- How to create two-tone streamers
- How to make edible bows
- How to use the sugar gun
- How to model gonks
- How to create 'cake' gonks
- How to use lustre dusts
- How to stack your cakes
- How to add ribbon to your cake board
- Transportation and storage
Annabelle
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 3 fruit cakes, marzipan, icing, boards, box, dowels, colours and use of equipment. Students also receive a comprehensive set of notes and a 10% on shop purchases (on items used on the course) for the duration of the course. We provide tea, coffee, drinking water and cake. You may like to bring an apron.
If you would like to take photographs to supplement the notes you are most welcome, we do ask you not to take videos please.
Amazing tutor. Delighted with my cake. Course content what I expected and lots more.
— Hayley, 10th December 2024
Amazing tutor. Course content what I expected and lots more - perfect.
— China, 10th December 2024
This is the most happy I've been with a cake and I've done lots of courses. Course content what I expected and more. Annabelle was excellent as always. Would totally recommend.
— Kirsty, 10th December 2024
I always book the Christmas cake course, it is part of my tradition for the build up to Christmas. I love cake school and cake club. Annabelle is always amazing and when Linda stepped in, she too was amazing.
— Jane, 10th December 2024
Course content what I expected and more. I learnt so much. Annabelle is so lovely - friendly and inviting. Makes you feel at ease if you're struggling. Very informative and really explains things.
— Louise, 10th December 2024