About Classes

As former Chef Lecturers with over 45 years between us in education, your little ones are in safe hands with Chris and Lesley.

There are plenty of fun opportunities for them, with weekly after-school baking clubs, school holiday clubs and even standalone weekend classes too! Whether your little one is a keen cook, a budding baker or even an aspiring sugar artist, let us help them along on their culinary journey!

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We would love to hear your suggestions for future classes and experiences…

Is your little one barmy about baking? Then why not send them along to A House of Cake Academy for a learning experience with a difference? Your child will have the opportunity to explore a variety of different baking skills and techniques, and the best part? You won’t have to clean up the mess!

They’ll also leave with something delicious to share at home AND the recipe to make it again and again.

Mini chef Club £40.00

Junior chef Club £60.00

This Cupcake and Mocktail party is one of our most popular Birthday party activities.  It is the perfect activity for a beginner cake decorator and budding stars on the mocktail scene

This party class is ideal for beginners who have no or little experience. Everything you need will be provided, and you can ask any questions you like about the perfect cupcake during the class. 

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You will leave the class with a set of 6 beautiful cupcakes in a box as well as the cupcake and mocktail you will have during the party

Classes include tea/coffee/soft drinks throughout, use of an apron, all ingredients and equipment, and of course, the amazing cakes you will produce to take home in a neat box

Cupcake parties last between 2 to 2.5 hours (within this time there is time for the children to go off and eat, drink and party

Childrens Prices start at £140 for a children’s party of 6 and additional children are £20 each. 

This cupcake party class is ideal for beginners who have no or little experience. Everything you need will be provided, and you can ask any questions you like about baking the perfect cupcake during the class.

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You will leave the class with a set of twelve beautiful cupcakes in a box, and guidance notes will be emailed to you so that you can recreate your cupcakes again at home.

Classes include tea/coffee/soft drinks throughout, use of an apron, all ingredients and equipment, and of course, the amazing cakes you will produce to take home in a neat box. 

During this class you will learn how to: -

· Make and bake your own cupcakes.

· Make the perfect buttercream for icing.

· Achieve different swirls and effects with different icing tips.

· Learn how to pipe four different effects, including the classic rose swirl, grass effect, and petal piping.

· Create pretty floral toppers.

· Finish your flowers with pearls, dragees and lustre dusts.

· Use a variety of tools.

· Use colourings and choose an effective colour scheme.

The Course lasts between 2.5 to 3 hours (within this time there is time to eat, drink and socialise 

Prices start at £160 for six people, additional guests are £25 each.

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This class is designed for novices and “false beginners” who have made a few loaves but are not happy with the results. 

The course focuses on mastering simple basic techniques and showing how they can be used to create an attractive variety of different doughs including enriched.

You will leave the class with a set of basic dough making skills and techniques, a beautiful box of freshly baked products and memories of a fun-filled, floury day

During this class you will learn to:-

· choose healthy flour 

· mix and knead a beautiful, elastic dough

· how to glaze your dough

· judge when the dough is perfectly risen and know when to put it in the oven, and when to take it out. 

4 hours

£85.00 per person

   This class is aimed at complete beginners to baking and cake making, and by the end of the day you will be able to confidently create a range of popular baked items that you can adapt for your own celebrations.  If you have never made a cake before, or have made a cake but struggled to make it rise properly, taste delicious or look as it should, then this is the class for you.  We will go back to basics, including the science behind baking and learning what each ingredient does, and you will learn the essential skills of baking so that you can apply them to any cake or recipe. 

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In this class, you will make a classic light and delicious vanilla sponge cake for use in everything from Sunday teatime family cakes to children's birthday cakes, a zesty lemon drizzle loaf cake, classic fudgy chocolate brownies, and American style buttercream.​

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All equipment is provided, and we will be happy to help with any questions at all you may have about cake baking during the class. You will also have class notes which include each tried and tested cake recipe so that you can recreate your cakes at home.

· Tweak recipes to suit your occasion 

· Understand the fundamentals of baking and troubleshoot any problems

· Understand your ingredients and how to prepare them

· Bake perfect, level sponges for use in family bakes, birthday and other celebration cakes

· Split and fill cakes

· Adapt recipes to create your own flavours for your cakes

· Bake perfect, fudgy brownies and vary the flavours

· Creating delicious fillings for your cakes

· Bake teatime favourite, loaf cakes

· Scale your recipes up and down to suit your occasion

· Troubleshoot common problems such as domed cakes, cracked cakes, sunken cakes, burned edges, and overflowing tins

· And more!

6 hours

£125.00 per person

This cupcake class is one of our most popular classes.  It is the perfect class for a beginner cake decorator, or an enthusiastic home baker who would like to learn how to make their cakes look as good as they taste.

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You will be taken back to buttercream basics, learning what ingredients to use for different consistencies, how to flavour and colour your icings, and how to fill and use a piping bag with different nozzles.  As well as learning 4 different piping techniques for the perfect cupcake, you will also learn how to make pretty sugar paste flowers.

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This cupcake class is ideal for beginners who have no experience, or those that wish to brush up on existing skills. Everything you need will be provided, including freshly baked vanilla cupcakes ready for you to decorate, and you can ask any questions you like about baking the perfect cupcake during the class.

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You will leave the class with a set of 12 beautiful cupcakes in a box, 

During this class you will learn to:-

· Make the perfect buttercream for icing

· Achieve different swirls and effects with different icing tips

· Learn how to pipe four different effects, including the classic rose swirl, grass effect, and petal piping

· Create pretty floral toppers

· finish your flowers with pearls, dragees and lustre dusts

· use a variety of tools

· use colourings and choose an effective colour scheme

3 Hours

£65.00 per person

This cupcake class focuses on creating opulent luxury style cupcakes, ideal for any special occasion. You will learn various techniques to take your cupcakes to the next level, including stencilling, embossing, painting and making sugar flowers. 

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It is the perfect class for a beginner cake decorator, or an enthusiastic baker who would like to take their skills further. At the end of the class, you will take home 12 beautiful cupcakes decorated in a colour scheme of your choice.​

During this class you will learn to:-

· ​​bake the perfect cupcake

· Make smooth buttercream for icing

· Create fondant toppers for cupcakes

· Decorate your cupcakes in a range of intricate and luxury styles, using stencils, embossers, and edible paint

· Use metallic accents, including gold/silver leaf

· Make handmade sugar flowers

· Use a variety of tools

· Use colourings and choose an effective colour scheme

· Arrange your cupcakes in to a bouquet design

· and more!

4 Hours

£85 per person 

This class is for students who want to perfect their sugar roses, or simply want to learn some basic sugar craft skills. No experience is necessary. 

This class will teach you to have confidence in creating a set of classic sugar roses and sprays, ideal for decorating wedding and celebration cakes. 

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You will learn a set of basic sugar flower making skills and techniques that enable you to tackle other types of blooms and tweak your creations to suit your cake design. 

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In this class you'll make one large reflexed rose, one medium reflexed rose, and one or more sprays of rambling roses with buds, leaves and flowers. 

During this class you will learn to:-

· ​​Handle, colour and use florist paste

· Use tools such as veiners, boards, cutters and other equipment to make your flowers look as realistic as possible

· Use edible dusts and lustres to bring your flowers to life

· Tape flowers and buds, and arrange them 

· Troubleshoot common problems

· And more!

​You will leave the class with a set of basic sugar flower making skills and techniques, and a beautiful box of flowers.

6 Hours 11am – 5pm

£125.00 per person