Fun with Cupcakes, Instructor: Gingerbread Artist Pat Ashley Howard
Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Confectionery Academy @ D&G Occasions, 32803
Description
Baking is becoming more and more popular these days and what better way to have fun than decorating cupcakes! Students will learn how to decorate a variety of cupcakes to start exploring their own creativity. During this hands-on class students will create six take-home cupcakes including a fun Cookie Monster. This class will teach an additional five more styles of cupcake decorating! Students will leave with the confidence needed to recreate their masterpieces at home.
Students will learn how to create:
- A filled cupcake
- Fur with piping tips
- Flower petals using a leaf piping tip
- Rainbow swirl frosting
- A beach clam on a wave
- A charming sunflower
- An ice cream cone cupcake
Due to COVID-19 we have safety requirements:
- A mask is required at all times during the class, in accordance with the Orange county mandate
- If you do not have a mask we can provide one as well as hand sanitizer
- We ask that you maintain 6 ft of physical distance while in the class
- The classroom will be sanitized before and after each class
Take Home:
The best part is students will get to take their cupcakes home to enjoy!
Age Requirements:
Students must be at least 13 years old.
Cost: $95
ARTIST PAT ASHLEY HOWARD
Pat Ashley Howard is a nationally acclaimed confectionery artist best known for her award winning gingerbread houses. In 2006 she created her first ever gingerbread house and won the annual National Gingerbread House Competition which features hundreds of diehard gingerbread artists yearly.
The following year she won the grand prize again and a third time in 2011. Since then Pat Ashley has made numerous appearances on the Food Network, The Travel Channel and TLC to name a few. Her creations have been featured many times on Good Morning America, on display for Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and in Cake Masters magazine.
Gingerbread houses, cookie and cupcake decorating are her other passions and she loves sharing and teaching the craft! But when she’s not baking most likely you’ll find her engaging in her other love …f folding colorful scrapbook paper into boxes and bags creating party favors for friends and family!
Her favorite quote - When your heart is in your dreams no request is too extreme. - Jiminy Cricket
Location
The Confectionery Academy @ D&G Occasions, 32803