Summer Meadow Cupcakes

The perfect introduction to sugar flowers & cupcake piping. Make edible mini poppies, buttercups, forget-me-nots & daisies. Pipe 4 different styles onto cupcakes and decorate with your flowers.

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We will bake you four scrummy cupcakes.  Over the 2.5 -hour workshop you will learn how to make stunning flowers suitable for cupcakes and all celebration cakes.  We will explain how to use colour to its best effect and how to create realistic, totally edible flowers.  We will then teach you how to pipe a 'Mr Whippy' swirl and 3 styles of rose swirl on the top of your cupcakes.

This is a delightful workshop which covers many new skills and even better, you take four delicious cupcakes home with you!

  • Tutorial – all about flower paste, what it is and how to use it
  • How to make a selection of flowers – buttercups, forget-me-nots, daisies and poppies
  • How to frill petals
  • How to use the flower centre mould
  • Clever ways with edible non pariels
  • Shaping and drying techniques for sugar flowers
  • How to use a selection of modelling tools.
  • How to fill a piping bag (without getting in a mess!)
  • How to use an adapter
  • How to pipe with 4 different nozzles
  • How to pipe 3 styles of rose swirl
  • How to pipe a traditional Mr Whippy swirl
  • Storage and transportation of your cupcakes
Annabelle 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 including the cupcakes, all icings and a box.  Course attendees will also receive comprehensive course notes and 10% discount on items purchased in the cake decorating supplies shop on the day of your course.

Lots of different skills used to create stunning summer meadow flavours. Annabelle is so patient and helps you with absolutely everything. Cannot wait for the next course.

— , 15th April 2025

Friendly environment and very well explained. Very good tutor, very helpful.

— , 29th September 2024

Very peaceful and the tutor was very kind and patient. Fantastic!

— , 29th September 2024

A lovely evening. Annabelle is knowledgeable, friendly, helpful, explains techniques, tips and advice and makes it fun. 5 star course.

— , 29th September 2024

Better than expected, very wonderful tutor. All lovely.

— , 29th September 2024

What a great class...what I expected + more. Excellent tutor. I love coming to school!

— , 29th September 2024

Excellent. Very good tutor. I will come back.

— , 29th September 2024

I love this course - done it before and still enjoyed it. Brilliant tutor.

— , 29th September 2024

Very friendly + informative. Annabelle is a mine of information and very helpful.

— , 29th September 2024

A delightful fun & informative evening. Wonderful tutor. Course as always so much more than expected.

— , 14th June 2022

Tutor is very knowledgeable and helpful. Courses always informative and enjoyable.

— , 14th June 2022

Course spot on. A lot learnt in two hours. Fine detail in flowers. Tutor excellent.

— , 14th June 2022

Just a perfect class to do on an evening. Very creative. I did this course with my nine year old niece who loves baking and she had such a lovely time. We learned new skills and had so many cupcakes to take home to share with the family. Definitely coming back.

— , 14th June 2022

A thoroughly enjoyable evening. Very impressed. Excellent tutor. Very good clear instructions. Thank you!

— , 14th June 2022

Highly recommend, great fun, lots of laughs, learnt so much. Exceeded expectations. Annabelle was wonderful: full of encouragement and so easy to follow her instructions. Very safe.

— , 20th July 2021

I love it here. Course everything I expected & more.... Making flowers is lovely & so is Annabelle!

— , 20th July 2021

Totally enjoyed every minute. The course was fun, learnt lots of new skills, met lots of lovely people. Tutor was very helpful and patient, very knowledgeable, a joy to do the course.

— , 20th July 2021

The tutor was excellent, she was patient and gave us lots of tips and not always referring to this course. Her knowledge of baking, icing, buttercream, frosting is amazing and knows the answers to every question I have heard people ask. This course was exactly what it said when advertising the course and perfect. I recommend the Cake Club too - there are so many benefits to joining including a free gift when you join.

— , 20th July 2021

Better than expected. The course is very helpful. It gives you useful tips so I would recommend to everyone.

— , 21st July 2017

I loved it - will make lots more at home.

— , 21st July 2017

Everyone should try a course. Tutor excellent, paced well, friendly, shared time.

— , 21st July 2017

Loved the experience, had so much more fun than I thought I would. Tutor was very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful and very patient. Will be looking to book more courses.

— , 21st July 2017

Annabelle explained everything so clearly and stopped me from panicking that I couldn't do it. Fun & a great way to spend time with my daughter / friend.

— , 21st July 2017

Amazing experience, I love baking anyway (& want a cupcake café when I'm older), so this was the best day ever for me. Very friendly, approachable tutor, had loads of fun.

— , 21st July 2017

This course has given me the confidence to create more cupcakes with a more decorative top. Loved it.

— , 21st July 2017

I love Annabelle's courses & teaching. So easy to follow instructions.

— , 21st July 2017

Really enjoyable, perfect pace. Would love to come to another course.

— , 4th August 2015

Love the discount sheet! The course is very informative. Course notes are a great help for re-creating at home. No complaints.

— , 4th August 2015

A lovely experience and I learnt a lot. Very detailed tutorial - had a lovely time.

— , 4th August 2015

Had a great time - interesting and fun! Excellent facilities and teaching.

— , 11th July 2015

A fun way to learn! I liked how our tutor showed us a close up of each stage.

— , 11th July 2015

Everyone was very friendly. Lots to learn, but not too much to take in and everyone was given enough time to complete their work.

— , 11th July 2015

Well run and friendly. I came away with some new skills and some yummy cupcakes.

— , 11th July 2015

Good fun.

— , 11th July 2015

Our tutor made us feel very welcome and delivered a very enjoyable and informative evening.

— , 19th September 2014

Excellent! Very good and helpful tutor. Enjoyed a cuppa before it started.

— , 19th September 2014

Enjoyable course. All techniques fully explained.

— , 16th July 2014

Had fun and learnt a new a new skill. Made to feel very welcome.

— , 16th July 2014