Baby Shower Class

Cupcakes by Chrissie now hosts Baby Shower classes. To book a class please visit the website.

Birthday Parties

I'm delighted to announce that Cupcakes by Chrissie now hold Birthday Cupcake Parties. These are some vintage flower cupcakes decorated at a 15th Birthday party last weekend - fab aren't they! The parties all follow the same general formula - baking demo, icing demo then students decorating their cakes. I am able to hold cupcake decorating parties for children aged 11 and over so please do get in touch via the website to discuss your specific needs.

It's National Cupcake Week

As it's national cupcake week I thought I would showcase some creations from my latest wedding themed class held on Saturday....these were made by my students! If you would like to book a wedding class please see the website for details of dates and times.

Don't forget to join me on the Cupcakes by Chrissie Facebook page tomorrow evening and every Wednesday thereafter for your chance to win some cupcake themed goodies.

Learn how to decorate wedding cupcakes

For more details on wedding classes please see the website

Vintage Cupcake Class

My Vintage Cupcake class will teach you:

• how to create a muted vintage palette.
• to work with florist and sugarpaste to create pretty decorations by hand and also using tools.
• how to confidently pipe using Royal Icing.

You will end the class with twelve chic vintage style cupcakes beautifully presented in a Vintage box.

I've created a little video of a recent Vintage Cupcake class to give you more of a flavour about what you can expect from the day and what skills you will learn but please see the website for more details!

Here is a sneak peek at my basic cupcake recipe!

                                                                

Vanilla Cupcakes

175g sieved self-raising flour

150g caster sugar

150g Stork Margarine

3 eggs

1 capful of vanilla essence

Method

Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4 180 degrees

Crack eggs into a bowl and mix until light and fluffy

Mix all other ingredients into bowl and whisk until creamy

Place mixture into 12 cupcake cases in bun tin

Bake in preheated oven for 15-18 mins

Take out of oven and place on a cooling tray, then decorate!

Welcome

Welcome to Cupcakes by Chrissie’s blog! We will be bringing you the latest Cupcake news from Chrissie’s Kitchen and also tips and information on the latest classes.

This month has been a busy one and Cupcakes by Chrissie Kitchen has had almost 500 cupcakes baked in their oven! As well as baking cakes for a Mother’s Day event in Birmingham Chrissie’s cupcake classes have grown and classes are packed out every week. One of the most popular classes currently is the vintage class where you can learn to make classic Vintage coloured cupcakes using a muted palette and then decorating them in beautiful roses, chandelier stencils and vintage embossers. Vintage really is the latest fashion regarding cupcakes.

If you like style elegance and grace the new Couture Class is the one to try. Classy golds, bronzes and shimmer and shine and all on a cupcake, this is the class where opulence is in full effect.

Also coming soon as requested by some of the fans on Cupcakes By Chrissie’s facebook page is a Chocolate workshop where you can learn how to make the ultimate moist chocolate cupcake and also learn about delicious chocolate icing toppings like ganache, chocolate transfer sheets and chocolate sugarpaste!

Another request that we have had is for a baby shower/newborn baby class. I must admit that designing these cupcakes did make me a little broody! Ive a fabulous baby footprint stencil that is so sweet. Again dates will be released in the coming weeks for this class.

How far would you travel for a class? Well last month we had Joanna from Portugal! Joanna travelled over for two intensive days of cupcake and cake decorating. She learned a wealth of information and by the end of the two days was equipped to make Vintage Cupcakes, Kinky Cupcakes, A hat Cake and a Floral Cupcakes! We even managed to sneak Joanna to the nearest cake decorating shop to stock up on supplies!

The new Cupcake By Chrissie Loyalty Card is now in operation too, with the loyalty card you get advantages when you book a number of classes. The benefits will include lots of cake decorating kit and even free classes too! Its proving very popular and a couple of ladies have already earned a free class!

Happy baking and remember Keep Calm Eat A Cupcake!