Cupcakes for Beginners - Arnold Library - Adult Learning

About this course

This course is a beginner guide to cupcake decorating. You will learn skills and techniques using fondant icing to produce a selection of themed cupcake toppers. 

A great course for learning how to make sugar fondant cake toppers for cupcakes and to be introduced to basic piping techniques to create your own designs. 

During the course we will cover: 

• Equipment needed to decorate cupcakes 
• How to make cupcakes and the best cases to use 
• Using cake decorating tools 
• Experiment with a range of cutters and plungers 
• Designing your own cake toppers 
• Packaging and costing cupcakes to sell 

By the end of the course your will be able to: 

• Design and produce cake toppers using fondant 
• Make and pipe butter cream using different piping nozzles 
• Produce a box of decorated cupcakes 

This is a great course for beginners who want to develop their skills or a hobby baker looking for new ideas. 

For week 1 please bring:

• a packet of white fondant icing, 
• a small nonstick board, 
• a rolling pin 

For week 2 please bring

• a packet of readymade fairy cakes and buttercream . 

Cutters, plungers, and piping nozzles will be available to use. 

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Any questions?

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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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