Cupcake Classes for 2013

***BREAKING NEWS***

We have acquired temporary premises for our CUPCAKE CLASSES in the centre of Shaw.

Our Cupcake Class Studio is located above Regina Lucia's Ice-Cream Parlour & Coffee Shop (opposite Tescos) on Market Street, Shaw.

 

 The cafe is excellent for ice-cream, milkshakes, hot drinks and snacks

 

 

Our Cupcake Classes will run on certain Saturday mornings 10am til 12pm and certain  Sunday afternoons 12.15-2.15pm.  The price is just £15 which includes a 2 hour class and 6 cupcakes to decorate and keep.  Our dates will be advertised via our Facebook page.  TO BOOK YOUR PLACE please call us on 01706 840521 or 07761 501214 for the next available session.  We regret that we are unable to accept people who haven't booked and simply "turn up" on the day.  Payments cannot be taken within the cafe, they must be made to myself in person.

 

Our Studio is located on the first floor, access is via the cafe and upstairs.  We regret that there is no lift access.
 

 

   I am so proud of Sugar and Ice and all it has to offer

 

 

The room was prepared and made ultra girly ready to accept our first customers on Saturday 2nd February 2013.

 

 

  Our new Studio

 

 

We are planning to run 2 classes each month.  The theme of the class will depend on the time of year.  The themes are as follows:

 

February - Valentines Hearts and Roses

March - Easter Chicks and Bunnies

April - Spring flowers and Roses

May - Babies

June - Seaside

July - Bridal & Hen Night

August - Cats and Dogs

September - Autumn Leaves and Flowers

October - Halloween Ghosts, Ghouls and Pumpkins

November - Christmas Snowmen and Penguins

December - CLOSED

January - CLOSED

 

 

In every class we will demonstrate how to flat-ice and effectively buttercream our cupcakes.  We shall then demonstrate modelling sugarpaste flowers and figures.  After a 20 minute refreshment break, you will then have the opportunity to complete your gorgeous cupcakes and also have access to some seasonal sprinkles and glitter.

 

Lots of fun to be had and educational too!

 

  

 

Please note that we are fully insured, CENTRA qualified, CRB checked

and Level 2 Food Hygiene qualified.  We are also Risk Assessed for delivering classes.



MERRY CHRISTMAS

At Sugar and Ice of Shaw, we love rich fruit cake.  Fruit cake containing cherries, walnuts and soaked in French Brandy...mmmmmm.

 

However, it would appear that most people don't like fruit cake!  Yet again, we have received NO orders for Christmas Cakes this year!

 

Well, that means we need to make our own!  We soak our pre-soaked fruit in fresh orange juice and use only fresh ingredients to create the most moist, succulent delicious cake.  Then we "feed" with 3 year old French Brandy before encasing our cake in yellow marzipan and soft fondant white icing.

 

At our house, fruit cake is LOVED as it should be!  We made two this year - one for our Mother and Father-in-law for their Xmas table and one for us, for our Boxing Day party.

 

A special Christmas gift for our parents

 

Our penguin snow-scene took pride of place on our table

 

 

MAY I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN A CUSTOMER, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING OF SERVICE AGAIN

VERY SOON

 



 



Our Wonderful Customers

At Sugar and Ice of Shaw, the business is really just "me" - Joanne Godfrey.  However, I do receive support from my husband, Tim who does assist me with baking and general domestic work.

 

As I take a look back on 2012, I wonder whether the time has come to stop writing my blog in the "3rd person" but to say "ME" instead! Whilst the jury is out, today I am going to type this post as myself so here goes...

 

I would like to take the opportunity to thank all my customers and wish each and every one of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR.  Even, if you are reading this and you aren't a customer, the sentiment is the same.  Thank you for dropping by - without you all, we are nothing.

 

Yesterday it was my birthday.  I hate having a December birthday...why? Well, all the tables in the best restaurants are full and even if you DO go out to celebrate, everything is all about Christmas, so you have to sit/shop/browse amongst crackers, party poppers, baubles, crowds, queues and of course the cold.  You can't really plan a night out to celebrate cos nobody is interested - your night out either clashes with that legendary office Xmas party or people are just too skint having to save for all the presents they need to buy.  I feel even more sorry for those people out there who have birthday's on Dec 24th, 25th, 26th, New Years Eve and New Years Day... So if that includes you, my deepest sympathy. Perhaps I am just getting more cranky as the years creep by, probably!!

 

On a lighter note, the best part of my birthday yesterday was my thoughtful customers.  I received birthday wishes, cards and even a gift! Awww, makes it all worth while.  A massive thank you to Lynne, Leanne and Julie - see you all in the New Year :0)

 

 

Recently...

Well, the festive season is upon us and at Sugar and Ice of Shaw we have been as busy as usual, if not more so.

There have been various cakes, cupcakes and even a party or two :0)

So, to re-cap; here is what we have been up to.

This large 16 inch cake was designed completely by the customer.  The customer knew exactly what she wanted and was kind enough to sketch the design, which we simply copied.  The cake was delivered to an address in Chadderton a couple of weeks ago and the feedback we received was very positive :0)

We always make celebration cakes and cupcakes, but recently we had a "left-over" chocolate sponge and thought we would try to make a Black Forest Gateau! A family get-together had been arranged for Sunday 25th November and we thought it an excellent excuse to try this out.  We smothered the centre of the cake with Morello Cherries and Cherry jam topped with fresh whipped cream.  We piped fresh cream onto the top of the cake and decorated it with glace cherries and crumbled Cadbury's Flake chocolate.  The difference between this and a frozen gateau...well, there was no comparison and let's just say that this cake did not make it through the entire Sunday :0)

This 12 inch chocolate sponge cake was for a customer who had requested a 3D Waybuloo figure.  We had the figure holding a number 1 and decorated the cake with pastel shaded flowers and Waybuloo butterflies.  Perfect for any little girl :0)

Holly's Cupcake Party

At Sugar and Ice of Shaw we pride ourselves in offering FABULOUS FUN Cupcake Parties!

 

Prices start from as little as £65 for a unique experience in the comfort of your own home.  Even better, you do NOTHING! So sit back and relax whilst we amuse your little ones for an entire 2 hours.  All we require is the use of a kitchen or dining room table to accomodate your guests.  Our parties appeal to both girls AND boys from the age of 5 upwards. 

 

Sugar and Ice of Shaw will come to your home; our set-up takes minutes.  We protect your table with a heavy duty cupcake tablecloth and use mats for each guest.  We have cups and ramekins for paintbrushes, sprinkles and glitter.  Before we start, we hand out aprons, hair bobbles and hand-gel - hygiene is always top priority.  Each party guest receives a box of 6 cupcakes to decorate.  We take EACH party guest through tuition in expertly piping buttercream rose swirls.  Then we offer coloured icing in every conceivable colour along with our many different cutters.  We also offer many different tools and explain what each one does to create wonderful effects on each of their cupcakes.  After, each guest receives an achievement certificate and we leave once ensuring your kitchen/dining room is immaculate.

 

The feedback we have received on all our parties has been amazing.  We are always told that the experience is great value for money, unique, educational, imaginative and best of all memorable.

 

So why not make a party experience "different" next year?  We guarantee your birthday girl or boy will love it!

 

 

 

 

After teaching buttercream swirls, we allow the children

to roll out the sugarpaste and use the cutters

 

 

The parties are a fab opportunity to inspire the children to

be creative.  In decorating the cupcakes it helps build confidence

and gives an immense sense of pride

which is so important in these early years :0)

 

 

You may be surprised to learn that boys gain so much from this experience.

Not all our cutters are "girly" - there is something for everyone

 

 

 

Here are some fabulous cupcakes

We unleashed the Xmas cutters...well, it is November!

 

 

Birthday Girl Holly

  



  Party Guest Daniel





HALLOWEEN Cupcake Class

HALLOWEEN CUPCAKE CLASS

SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER

10am-12pm

 

Sugar and Ice of Shaw are offering exclusive CUPCAKE CLASSES!! Our very first class was on Saturday 27th October within the beautiful tearoom at BowsRUs in Rochdale.

We advertised our classes on Facebook back in September and it wasn't long before all 20 places had been booked and paid for.  Wow. 

Here I am all ready to teach!

 

 

Demonstrating modelling sugarpaste

 

Some of our class members

 

 

Making ghosts!

 

Fun for all

 

Demonstrating buttercream swirls

 

Our class eagerly listening

 

We had a good selection of girls AND boys in the class

 

Making zombies

 

 

Lots of concentration

 

 

imaginative

 

 

These are great!

 

All finished

 

Fantastic

 

These were mine done later at home

 

 

 

The feedback we received was brilliant.  We were so pleased.  We even sold some of our chocolate figures for Halloween.  Of the 20 class members, 15 booked onto our Christmas Class immediately afterwards. 

 



 

 

 

It's all about PINK!

Yes, it is all about PINK for October for Breast Cancer Awareness - so please wear your ribbons and badges, but most of all make a donation or sponsor someone for this important cause.

We have been all about pink for a different reason this week! We had an order for a Christening.  Our customer asked us for a "Harrison" Cake (we like giving them names now, lol) but in pink, for her daughter Lacee.  Not only that, but the customer wanted 24 of our special baby cupcakes to go with it! This was a large order so we were fortunate not to have any other bookings this week!

We made the Christening cake on Thursday and made the cupcakes on Friday. The order was collected on Sunday morning and the customer was very happy we are pleased to say :0)