NEW!! COURSE DESCRIPTIONS!!

i am super excited to announce that i will be hosting a series of classes at the essential ingredient cooking school, newcastle! their brand new, awesomely decked out class room is the perfect space to teach the super important technique of baking aswell as decorating!

i have arranged a series of courses designed to teach all of the fundamental techniques that i use in my designs. i have scheduled two classes for April and will schedule further classes if there is the demand.

April 1st - easter cookies, 10am-3pm, $275 

April 28th- cupcake basics, 10am-4pm, $275

pricing includes all ingredients and equipment required for the day and a delicious lunch provided by the essential ingredient cafe.

classes are strictly limited to 8 and full payment is required to secure your booking. to book please email me- contact@hellonaomi.com.au

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Cupcake Basics- buttercream and fondant

Baking
-bake your own cupcakes using naomi’s favourite vanilla bean cupcake recipe
- make buttercream icing

Decorating
-buttercream swirls
-working with food colours to dye fondant
-become confident working with fondant
-covering cupcakes with a smooth fondant finish
-making various sugar decorations
-perfect piping
- assembling

You will go home with 12 gorgeous (and delicious) cupcakes and skills to last a lifetime. The skills you learn in this class can be applied to decorating cupcakes, cookies and cakes. This class is suitable for all skill levels.

10- 4 pm  

Cookie Basics- Easter Cookies

In this class you will learn how to bake and decorate naomi's popular easter design. These make the sweetest handmade gift and the skills that you learn in this class can be applied to any shaped cookie for any occasion.

Baking
- naomi’s favourite sugar cookie recipe
- rolling and cutting out perfectly neat shapes

Decorating
-working with food colours to achieve the perfect shade for each part of your design
-become confident working with fondant
-perfect piping

Presentation
-packaging

You will go home with 12 super sweet cookies and skills to last a lifetime. The skills you learn in this class can be applied to decorating cupcakes, cookies and cakes. This class is suitable for all skill levels.

10am -3pm

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I will schedule dates for the following classes- if you would like me to run them! To register your interest in a class, please email me- contact@hellonaomi.com.au

Baking Basics- buttercream cupcakes and cake pops!

 

Cookie Basics- tea party cookies

 

Cupcakes 2- garden cupcakes

Beginners Cake Decorating- cake with cherry on top!

 

Intermediate Decorating- extended tier wedding cake

Advanced Decorating- bouquet of sugar flowers

my classes at fair cake london- part 2!

london was just so fantastic, it still feels a bit unreal that i was asked to teach .. sometimes i still feel like a bit of an amateur ... but everyones results were so fantastic and i was so proud of what they achieved and so proud that i taught them! many of my students hadnt worked with fondant before, never piped before, never piped on the side of a cake, never ganached and/ or never covered a large  cake before... i didnt realise how exhausting it would be- it took alot of energy running around the class room trying to catch people before they made mistakes, but in the end it was just so rewarding!

the pics above are from my daily walk to work through the cute suburb of greenwich to fair cake's vanilla workshop *sigh* i was lucky enough to arrive at london during a 'heat wave' which meant a week of totally glorious weather- i didnt understand what everyone always complains about! oh and i had the best lunch made up from products i picked up at the cute delicious bread, cheese and fruit + veg shop... swiss cheese, avocado, tomato and fig sandwiches- yum!!

and below are some more photos from my classes... these pics are from my second cookie class and my 2  day wedding cake class- i only had time to snap a few pics in between my running around, but i think they still capture everyones concentration, what a fantastic workspace vanilla workshop is and how fantastic their results were ... !

 

 

 

while i was in london i also had the chance to catch up with some of my internet cake friends! i was lucky enough to meet up again with my lovely flickr friend chris (abbietabbie), i had the pleasure of meeting her when she visited sydney a few years ago and it was so nice to see her again! she has always been so encouraging, she is just so lovely and really is one of my most favourite people!

i also had a chance to meet up with natasha from nevie pie cakes at the fancy department store selfridges where she was delivering her sweets to. we have been friends on flickr for ages, i have always admired her beautiful hand painted sweets and it was so nice to finally meet her.. oh and she gave me  a gift!

it was also so lovely that some of my friends were able to attend my classes!! i was so happy that my long time flickr friend louise (swissy missy) was able to come to my wedding cake class! it was only her second time covering a large cake in fondant and piping on the side- her results were amazing!! louise wrote a great blog post about the class here!

 

and my super lovely, sweet french friend eloise also came to my wedding cake class! i met eloise earlier in the year when i traveled to paris (a little blog post here) she has the cutest blog la dinette and is just one of the cutest, sweetest people i have met! she wrote a really lovely blog post about my class here!

i had such a fantastic time teaching at fair cake, i feel so lucky and honored that i was asked to visit! i feel so lucky to have met all of my wonderful students and make so many new friends! i am also so lucky to have worked with such a wonderful team at faircake- shikhita, jess and jess are just the best, i really miss them already and can't wait to head back there...  soon... !!

my classes at fair cake london- part 1

 

 

ok i am preeetty, really, super behind in my blog posts! i thought that i should finally write my post about my fabulous trip to london and the super amazing time that i had teaching at fair cake's vanilla workshop! firstly i will let you know about the amazing space that is vanilla workshop- it is soooo sooo sooo fantastic, it has been purpose built to be a super cute and practical workspace decked out with 4 ovens, so many mixers, a really cute little supply store, a fantastic work bench and plenty of tea! definitely my kind of place!

then there is the fair cake team- shikhita, jess and jess! they are just the loveliest, sweetest bunch of girls and so much fun to hang out with, thanks so much guys for making me feel at home! here is a cute pic of us all before heading for a night out!

 

THEN there is my super fun classes and my amazing students! i was so honored that people traveled from all over the uk and europe to come to my classes, i had so much fun meeting everyone and teaching everyone. i was so amazed by their results... i shared as much information as i could about my methods and techniques, things that i have spent years figuring out and i was so impressed how quickly everyone learnt to work with colour and fondant, cut out shapes by hand and absolutely perfect piping- wow, wow, wow! below are some pics from my cupcake class and first cookie class, i will share some more pics soon!