In this special 2 1/2 hour mini class you will learn multiple basket weave techniques for decorating with buttercream. Each student will work at their own pace on a small cake using four different piping tips to create four different styles. Everything is provided. Just bring yourself ready to learn a new skill and even bring a friend to share the experience with.

Skill level: beginner to intermediate

Age requirement: minimum age 16

Take away:
• The cake you decorate class
• A special buttercream recipe

Cost: $70

NOTE: Instructors are subject to substitution without notification.

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 and 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 and creating party favors for friends and family!

Her favorite quote is - When your heart is in your dreams no request is too extreme. - Jiminy Cricket