Amy Malone School of Cake Decorating
4212 Camino Alegre    La Mesa, CA  91941     (619) 660-1900    amymalone@cox.net  
Member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals

CAKE DECORATING, PASTRY AND GARNISH CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
WINTER/SPRING 2012
(5 Minutes from Hwy 94)
 

January 10 – February 14, Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

January 10 – February 14, Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Learn to decorate the first time we meet!  For the first lesson of this six week buttercream course, the instructor will supply all materials (tips, bags, colored icings) for every student to decorate and take home a flat cardboard “cake top” by creating icing latticework, leaves, drop flowers and a zigzag border.  Students will also learn professional baking hints, how to evenly bake and level cakes, methods to smoothly frost a cake, borders, roses,  royal icing color flow, sugar molding, daisies, holiday ideas, cornelli lace work, how to use a template, figure piping of clowns, pricing cakes and much, much more!  Professional food presentation is emphasized as students learn to adapt their skills to cream cheese, butter, chocolate, whipped cream and mashed potatoes.  Frosting, cake "tastes", colors, patterns, and recipes are included in the lesson price.   $25 deposit due by January 6.  $75 

Wedding Cake Workshop

January 19 & 26, Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

In this two-part class, students will learn how to bake, frost, assemble, decorate, and transport a three-tier wedding cake.  Detailed step-by-step instructions in baking, making icing, frosting and filling a cake, doweling, stacking and transporting cakes will be demonstrated the first night; cakes baked at home will be assembled and decorated in class the second night. Stacked, spike and plate column construction will be shown.  Recipes and cake samples, batter amount charts, pricing and marketing guidelines, cutting diagrams, and more included.  $30 deposit due by January 15.  First night only, $30.   $65

February 4, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Students will learn how to bake, fill, frost, and decorate uniform cupcakes.  Techniques for making delicious homemade and cake mix cupcakes as well as how to distribute the exact amount of batter evenly will be demonstrated.  Each student will then hollow and fill lemon, spice, chocolate and yellow cupcakes with dark chocolate mousse, whipped peanut butter icing and lemon fillings.  Students will then frost their cupcakes with chocolate candy coating glaze, professional rosette swirls with Pastry Pride and decorator icing. Students will also learn how to spray mist colorful tie-dye and other effects. All materials including a dozen cupcakes, small molded chocolate hearts, rabbits, flowers, footballs, shamrocks, and royal icing decorations, sprinkles, confetti, colored, sugars, and many other toppers as well as boxes are included.  $25 deposit due by January 31.  $70 

EASY Fun with Chocolate

February 11, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Learn how to dip Oreo and other cookies in white and dark chocolate, and decorate them to look like tuxedos and bridal dresses with fondant pearls.  Students will also decorate their cookies using Valentine’s Day, Easter, baby shower, patriotic and floral chocolate transfer sheets. Students will use mini chocolate flowers, wedding cakes, hearts, and bells to decorate their cookies.  Everyone will also learn to double-dip and decorate strawberries, and help complete an elegant strawberry tree centerpiece.  All chocolate, bags, papers and boxes will be supplied by the instructor.  $25 due by February 7.  $55

Cookie Decorating for Spring

February 18, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 

Students will use royal icing and white chocolate to decorate heart, Easter egg, rabbit and wedding cake-shaped sugar cookies. Techniques will include outlining, flooding, stenciling, single and double feathering, drop flowers and use of edible markers. Students will also decorate one cookie with fondant.  Students need to bring tubes #2, 3, 4, 16, bags, and a tray for taking completed cookies home.  All cookies, icings, and flowers are supplied by the instructor.  $25 deposit due by February 14.  A short video clip is featured on our web site.   $50 

Intermediate Cake Decorating

February 21 – March 27, Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

February 21 – March 27, Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

In this six-week buttercream course, students will learn to pipe wild roses, basket weaving, patch work design cakes for any occasion, daffodils, primroses, pattern making, holiday ideas and figure piping of booties, rattles and safety pins.  Most frosting and colors supplied by the instructor.  $25 deposit due by February 17.  $80

Vegetable Flower Centerpieces

March 3, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

This class will include detailed instruction in designing, cutting, assembling, and arranging bouquets of vegetable orchids, calla lilies, apple blossoms, daisies, daffodils, wild roses, mums, anthuriums, fantasy flowers, and much more. Each student will create more than a dozen different flowers to take and assemble in a small bouquet at home. Adapting the bouquets to birthdays, graduations, and other occasions will be emphasized. Students need to bring a sharp paring knife (not serrated), a few radishes and green onions, two carrots, scissors, a plastic container for completed flowers.  $25 due by February 28.   A large completed bouquet is pictured on our web site.  $30

SAN DIEGO CAKE SHOW – The San Diego Cake Club presents its 29th Sugar Art Competition “Cakes For A Cause” on March 10th and 11th at La Jolla Village Square to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities San Diego.  Free viewing of over 150 artistic and creative cakes and other confections on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m.  Free cake decorating and sugar craft demonstrations will be held hourly. Call for more information, or go to www.sandiegocakeclub.com  after February 1st for an enrollment form and schedule of demonstrations.

Cake Pops

March 17, Saturday 12:00 Noon – 3:00 p.m.

Award winning cake pops expert Linda Butler will give a step by step demonstration of several cake pop creations including dogs, cats, chicks, pigs, bears, tigers and other animal faces.  Students will then make and decorate five cake pops to take home.  Learn the do’s and don’ts as well as the techniques to produce successful results.  All cake, dipping icing, recipes, sticks, bags of icing, and more will be provided by the instructor. Students need to bring a small block of Styrofoam to use in class.  $35 deposit due by March 12.  $65

Cupcake Bouquets

March 24, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   

Create a delicious floral centerpiece.  Students will learn to decorate their cupcakes by piping beautiful buttercream icing sunflowers, dahlias, and daisies, then cover their Styrofoam ball base and affix it to a colorful ceramic pot. Students will prepare the base for the final step of securing cupcakes by accurately spacing and skewering toothpicks into the base. To avoid damage in transit, the decorated cupcakes are taken home for freezing and final attachment (15 minutes).   Alternative styles of bouquets will be demonstrated.  All cupcakes, decorating tips, bags, icing, fillers, and containers are included in the lesson price.  Beginners welcome.  Students need to bring 10” box to take their bouquets home.  $25 deposit due by March 20.  $55

March 31, Saturday, 12:00 Noon – 3:00 p.m.

Celebrity Chef Charity George, featured on TV’s Ultimate Cake Off and The Food Network, will demonstrate how to make moist, flavorful cakes from scratch, as well as being creative with a mix.  Hints on how to prevent cakes from drying out, and techniques for handling other challenges, are discussed. Learn to make your cakes stand apart by using Charity’s quick, easy and delicious textured fillings. Charity will share her special recipe for Red Velvet cake.  All recipes and lots of “tastes” are included.  $25 deposit due March 25.  $60

June12 – July 17, Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

June 12 – July 17, Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

See January 10 class description.  $20 deposit due by June 7.  $75

ASSISTANTS NEEDED - In exchange for assisting during and cleaning up after a class, you can earn a FREE class of equal or lesser value for yourself or a friend.  Call 660-1900 to request the class(es) you wish to assist. 

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For more information on any of these classes, or to be placed on the mailing list for future schedules, call (619) 660-1900.  All classes are taught by Amy Malone (unless otherwise specified).  A place in the class can be guaranteed only if your deposit is received by the date specified in the class description.  Phone reservations cannot be honored.  Deposits are not refundable or transferable unless notification is received at least four days prior to class.  These policies are strictly observed to ensure a "first come, first serve" basis, and as a courtesy to instructors who prepare materials in advance.