High Quality bespoke wedding and celebration cakes
This week we are moving our bakery to its new home at Halecat House, Witherslack, and opening a new showroom at Brackens Florists just down Lake Road (Number 50) from where we are now.
You’ll need an appointment to come and see us, but we’re keeping our phone number (015394 48204).
We will no longer be selling accessories in Bowness, but will continue to supply our Wedding and Celebration cakes from our new bakery, and we will still be hosting courses, so keep your eyes on the website.
Please ring 01565 755336 to book, or call in at No.8 King Street ! Thank you.
Introduction to Cake Decorating £150
Course Tutor: Lea Rogers
This is our most popular course, enabling you to understand how to ice the perfect cake in fruit cake, sponge cake, round and square.
Course includes: Course notes and tuition, a 6in fruit and a 6in sponge cake, use of all equipment. Lunch and refreshments
9.45am – 4pm: Mon 1st October 2012
9.45am – 4pm: Tues 6th November 2012
Sugar Flowers £135
Course Tutor: Lea Rogers
Welcome to the world of Sugar Flowers.
Let us teach you how to make Sugar Roses, Carnations and Sweet Peas and an introduction to some simple leaves.
You will use various techniques and a range of cake decorating tools.
Finally you will assemble your flowers into a beautiful cake decoration.
9.45am – 4pm: Tues 2nd October 2012
9.45am – 4pm: Weds 7th November 2012
Writing in Icing £95
Course Tutors: Lea Rogers
Do you find writing on a cake difficult, then this is the course for you, throughout the day you will practise and perfect the art of writing in icing, making the perfect royal icing and colouring techniques.
Course includes: Course notes and tuition, use of all equipment on the day , lunch and refreshments.
9.45am – 4pm: Weds 3rd October 2012
Birthday Cake Workshop £45
Course Tutor: Lea Rogers
An introduction to simple cake decoration and finishing, lasting 3 hours.
The course will cover:-
Layering a sponge cake, flat icing with sugar paste, crimping, using cutters, colouring sugar paste.
Finished cakes are yours to take home to impress your friends and family!
Use of all equipment on the day and refreshments will be available.
10am – 1pm: Thursday 4th October 2012
Cup Cake Workshop £45
Let us show you how to decorate six gorgeous cupcakes & make additional edible decorations so you will be able to produce a variety of cupcakes for any occasion.
These will include swirling buttercream and flat icing designs, embellished with hand-made sugar roses and simple flowers.
Use of all equipment on the day is included
2pm – 5pm: Thursday 4th October 2012
Sugar Paste Figure Modelling £135
Course Tutor : Mary Tkachuk
This course provides a great introduction to the techniques and methods for creating sugar paste ‘people’.
You will learn how to create realistic characters, correctly handle sugar paste, assemble and ‘pose’ your figures, and how to use a range of basic modelling tools to add those all essential details.
10am – 4pm: Thurs 4th October 2012
We are proud to host our first Cake Decorating Demonstration at Halecat House at Witherslack on Sunday 9th September at 11am and 2pm.
Our new base in the Old Kitchen is just next door, but we will be hosting decorating demonstrations in Halecat House itself, followed by Afternoon Tea, included in the entrance fee of £15 per person.
Come along and visit us at our new base, enjoy the demonstration and settle down to a scrumptious Afternoon Tea in one of Halecat House’s lounges. You may also like to wander around the garden centre afterwards.
We are expecting to be very busy and spaces are limited, so please ring to book on 015394 48204
I was contacted last week by the Windermere & Bowness Chamber of Trade to say they’d voted our Bowness shop as having the Best Dressed Christmas Window 2011! We’re delighted. Thanks to all that voted – we do try our best. This is Lea picking up the certificate from vice-chairman Paul Frain at the Chamber’s January meeting. The first thing we did the next day was empty the window and start all over again !
We took part in the North West Food Lovers Festival at Tatton Park a week or so ago and it was mad busy (hence the late blog post!).
The Friday was a steady start – probably just as well as we got the stand sorted and found our feet – but Saturday was absolutely non-stop crazy, and Sunday really busy with families. Oh, and we spotted Simon Rimmer (@simonrim) from Something For the Weekend
It took a day or two to recover but well worth it! A big Thank You to everyone who came.
