Come and learn with Coco's!

If you’d rather make cakes yourself but would like to take them to the extra level and give them a professional finish,  you should come along to one of our Cake Masterclasses.  I run my workshops in my beautiful kitchen in Barrowby which opens out onto a fantastic view of the Vale of Belvoir.  Most start from just £50 per person and are limited to 4 to ensure you get my full attention. Individual sessions cost £125 for a half day (3 hours) or £175 for a full day (6 hours).  To book please contact Coco’s Kitchen on 01476 562629. Gift Vouchers are available if you would like to buy a workshop as a gift for a friend or family member.  

Examples of Workshops

Basic Cupcake Making & Decorating £50 (includes all ingredients & materials for 6 cupcakes)
Includes a demonstration of how to achieve the perfect flat- topped vanilla cupcake,  making perfect buttercream icing, piping buttercream in a variety of styles & and introduction to using cutters to make handmade fondant decorations.  You will have plenty of practice at decorating and take home a beautiful box of 6 cupcakes to wow your family & friends.  

Girl’s Themed Birthday Cake £50   How to assemble a cake and cover it perfectly with fondant icing.  Lots of ideas for simple but effective handmade decorations suitable for girls’ birthday cakes of all ages.  Basic animal modelling, using a range of cutters to achieve different effects.  *For the cake workshops  you will need bring your own cake layers, buttercream and fondant.  Coco's will provide the fondant & colours for decorations.

Learn how to make an amazing Rainbow Cake  (demonstration only) £50
How to make a cake in 6 different colours and stay sane!  Mixing colours into sponge, Making and Using Italian Meringue Buttercream.  How to mix and apply ombre buttercream icing 

Boy’s Themed Birthday Cake £50  How to assemble a cake and cover it perfectly with fondant icing, lots of ideas for handmade decorations suitable for boys’ birthday cakes of all ages.  Basic shape / figure modelling, using a range of cutters to achieve different effects.  *For the cake workshops  you will need bring your own cake layers, buttercream and fondant.  Coco's will provide the fondant & colours for decorations.

Advanced Cupcake Making & Decorating £50 (includes all ingredients& materials for 6 cupcakes)
Demonstration of the use of a different range of nozzles to achieve interesting effects.  Grass, Frills, Ruffles.  Decorations including sugar paste roses, butter iced flower cupcakes (sunflowers, gerberas, roses).  Cupcakes & Icing Supplied.  

Christmas Cupcake Decorations £50 (includes all ingredients, materials & a box for 6 cupcakes)
Lots of ideas for different ways to decorate christmas themed cupcakes.  Learn how to make a fondant penguin or snowman.  Learn how to make beautiful cupcakes ideal for gifts and presents for teachers, colleagues, family and friends.  6 cupcakes supplied by Coco's Kitchen.  You are welcome to bring more along. 

Christmas Cake Decorating £50
Bring along your own homemade cake and learn how to cover it with marzipan and sugarpaste to give a flawless finish.  We will be using cutters to achieve different festive decorative effects, embossing fondant and making a basic animal model out of sugarpaste.  

Christmas Cupcake Decorations £50
Lots of ideas for different ways to decorate christmas themed cupcakes.  Learn how to make a fondant penguin or snowman.  Learn how to make beautiful cupcakes ideal for gifts and presents for teachers, colleagues, family and friends.  You will need to bring your own cupcakes and white fondant.