MARCH

Wednesday 3rd
To
Thursday 4th

2 DAYS

Sugarpaste for Beginners
An essential course for those looking to learn the key skills for covering cakes to achieve a professional finish.
Bring a 6” round fruit cake and Paddi will teach you how to cover it with marzipan and sugarpaste, decorate it with a fabric-effect drape and bows, and use moulds to make decorations such as simple unwired flowers.
You will leave this course with the confidence and ability to create simple and impressive cakes.   

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FOUNDATION CORE

12 Credit points towards Squires Kitchen’s Master Certificate

Paddi Clark

£185

MARCH

Friday 5th

1 DAY

Flowers for Beginners: Lilies
This course is ideal if you are looking to learn the basic techniques for making beautiful sugar flowers, including assembly, taping and wiring skills.
Paddi will teach you how to make a realistic display of longiflorum and stargazer lilies and foliage - perfect for a wedding cake decoration.

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FOUNDATION CORE

6 Credit points towards Squires Kitchen’s Master Certificate

Paddi Clark

£99

MARCH

Monday 15th
to
Friday 19th

5 DAYS

5-Day School with Guest Tutors at the Farnham Maltings          
This exciting and challenging course is a great chance to learn essential cake decorating and sugarcraft skills with a variety of our talented tutors, including Alan Dunn, Eddie Spence, Paddi Clark, Sue Griffiths, Jan Clement-May and Mark Tilling.
Over the five days, you will learn about flower making, modelling, royal icing, sugarpaste and chocolate. This course offers a unique opportunity to work with five different experts each with their own specialist skill and style.
On completion of the course, you will have a very good understanding of the craft and the confidence to further your sugarcraft abilities, whether it is for personal or professional purposes.
Early booking on this popular course is advised to avoid disappointment. For further details contact the Course Coordinator.

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FOUNDATION FOCUS

Guest Tutors

£545

MARCH

Monday 22nd

1 DAY

Easter Cupcakes with Mark Tilling
Learn how to make the perfect cupcakes for Easter with tutor Mark Tilling, the UK Chocolate Master 2006-2009.
This course will cover many different skills including mixes, frostings, moulding, piping, using different colours and powders, decorations and different designs.
You will make delicious chocolate cupcakes decorated with mini chocolate eggs, piped butterflies and pretty piped flowers.
You will also make lemon cupcakes to top with lemon icing and a rose petal design to decorate. Finally, there are simnel cupcakes that you will bake, ice and complete with Easter decorations.
Mark’s teaching style is relaxed and fun, and you will go home with the knowledge and skills to make your own Easter cupcakes.

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FOUNDATION FOCUS

Mark Tilling

£99

MARCH

Tuesday 23rd
to
Wednesday 24th

2 DAYS

Mini showpieces course
Lean how to make an amazing showpieces with your tutor Mark Tilling Squires Kitchen’s Master Chocolatier and UK Chocolate Master 2006-2009. He will teach you all you need to know about chocolate and the different techniques from using transfer sheets, moulds, to moulding chocolate and spraying with different cocoa butter colours.

ADVANCED

Mark Tilling

£250

MARCH

Wednesday 24th
to
Friday 26th

3 DAYS

Professional Wedding Cake Course
Whether you make cakes professionally or for friends and family, this course will guide you through all aspects of making a wedding cake from the initial design, through to the final assembly.
Paddi will work with you to design your own individual tiered sugarpasted cake of your choice with a colour coordinated wired spray of Calla Lilies, jasmine and foliage.
You will learn a variety of techniques to decorate the top and sides of the cake, with skills that include appliqué, piping, embroidery, and moulds.
This course will give you the confidence to create your very own wedding cakes. Some previous experience in cake decorating would be an advantage. Early booking is advisable!

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FOCUS COURSE

Students should be confident covering a cake with sugarpaste

Paddi Clark

£375

MARCH

Saturday 27th to
Sunday 28th

2 DAYS

Beginners’ 2-Day Chocolate Class with Mark Tilling
Join Mark Tilling, the UK Chocolate Master 2006- 2009, on one of our new and very exciting courses.
Learn how to make beautiful chocolate decorations for Easter which could be given as gifts, or just kept for yourself!
Mark will give you a brief history of chocolate and the transition from bean to bar. You will then get to work piping chocolate eggs, moulding Cocoform into bunnies and flowers, and producing chocolate cups (made using balloons!) to use for Easter desserts. Mark will also show you how to make a 50g chocolate bar and solid chocolate eggs, and you will learn how to make and decorate mini Easter eggs.
Mark’s teaching style is relaxed and fun, and you will go home with the knowledge and skills to make your very own chocolate gifts for Easter.

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FOUNDATION FOCUS

Mark Tilling

£295

MARCH

Monday 29th

1 DAY

Cookie Decoration
Pretty decorated and shaped cookies make a fabulous and fashionable alternative to traditional gifts and wedding favours and are sure to be enjoyed by your guests.
Learn a variety of creative styles and techniques to impress every time!

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FOUNDATION FOCUS

Susan Griffiths

£99

MARCH

Tuesday 30th to
Wednesday 31st

2 DAY

Advanced Novelty Modelling
If you have experience in novelty modelling and want to learn some more advanced techniques, then this course is for you.
Best-selling author Debbie Brown will take you though some of the tricks of the trade, so you leave with the confidence to create your own novelty models using the skills you have learned.

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ADVANCED

Debbie Brown

£290

MARCH

Tuesday 30th March
to
Thursday 1st April

3 DAYS

Professional 3-Day Chocolate Wedding Cake Course with Mark Tilling at Barry Callebaut
Join UK Master Chocolatier Mark in Banbury, Oxford for this professional three-day course to learn everything from making a chocolate wedding cake all the way through to decorating it.
You will learn new and contemporary techniques with Mark, who will show you how to make chocolate sponge cakes, chocolate fillings, how to use syrup alcohol flavouring, and even the science behind working with chocolate.
Mark will teach you about storing chocolate, shelf life and planning guidelines for making professional chocolate cakes, making this an essential course to attend whether you are making cakes for a business, or for friends and family.
But it’s not all work – you will also have the opportunity to make taste comparisons of cake fillings, ganache and various grades of chocolate.
The techniques covered include:

• Colouring chocolate and cocoa butter
• Making chocolate pencils
• Making smooth and rustic decorations
• Working on marble to make fans and wraps
• Making chocolate roses
• Using chocolate moulds
• Airbrushing
• Making ganache

During this course you will make your own two-tier chocolate wedding cake that you will then design and decorate based on the techniques you have been taught.
Mark’s teaching style is relaxed and fun, and you will go home with the knowledge and skills to make your very own beautiful chocolate wedding cakes.
Early booking is advisable.
Please note that this course will be held at Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy in Banbury, Oxford, UK.