Due to much demand Ms. Cupcake is happy to announce that we are now offering classes at our Brixton bakery! There are hands-on cupcake decorating classes, demonstration baking and cooking classes, and business classes for budding entrepreneurs.  Classes run on Tuesday evenings between 7-9pm and bookings are now open!  If you would like to book into a class please email info@mscupcake.co.uk stating which class/date you would like to book for.  The classes are as follows: 

Cupcake Decoration (Feb 7th or March 13) - £45.00
Learn how to decorate cupcakes – the Ms. Cupcake way!  In this class we will show you how to fill piping bags, use different types of nozzles to get different effects and how to pipe our version of ‘buttercream’ onto cupcakes.  We will also show you how to roll out sugarpaste and make simple flowers to decorate your cupcakes.  We will bake the cake bases for you ahead of time and prepare the icing, so you’ll spend all of your 2 hours in the class doing practical decoration work.  This class is open to everyone – we provide all of the equipment you will need, so complete beginners are welcome!  Class size is very limited to ensure you will receive lots of 1-on-1 attention.  At the end of the class you will go home with a yummy box of 6 cupcakes of your own design to show off (and share!) with your friends and family.  

Baking Vegan Cakes (February 21) - £25.00
Baking eggless and dairy free cakes is as simple as simple can be!  In this demonstration class you will watch one of our talented staff bake and ice our famous Victoria Sponge cake, explaining it to you every step of the way. We will discuss the tricks to getting a vegan cake to be light and fluffy and how to replace ‘traditional’ ingredients like eggs, butter and milk. You will also learn the basics to making a vegan frosting and watch how to ice a large cake like a pro! At the end of the class you will be given the recipe to take away with you to try out at home and you will also take home a slice of our freshly made cake!  

Running a Food Business from Home (February 28) - £40.00
Do you love making food and are considering how you can turn your passion into a part-time or full-time business?  Whether you are a cake baker, cake decorator or budding chef, then this is the class for you.  Ms. Cupcake started her business in her home kitchen in south London in 2010.  She wanted to change her career but didn’t have the first clue about how to do it. Sound familiar?  Ms. C has developed the class she wished she could have taken when starting out!

In this class you will learn how to:
Set up the business in terms of HMRC. 
Register your home kitchen with your local council
Obtain food safety and hygiene qualifications
Get your business online
Use social media effectively
Brand your business and find your unique selling point
Employ staff
Find customers and a marketplace to retail your goods
Get methods in place so that you run your business rather than having it run you!  

This information-packed 2 hour seminar led by Mellissa Morgan (aka Ms. Cupcake) will educate and motivate you to get your business off the ground!

Making Sweet Pie (March 6) - £25.00
Sweet pies are all the rage for 2012, so come and learn how we do it – Ms. Cupcake style!  In this demonstration class you will watch one of our talented staff bake a yummy pecan pie, explaining it to you every step of the way. We will discuss how to make pastry and bake it without a ‘soggy bottom’ using a variety of fillings.  Whether your passion is for chocolaty, nutty, fruity or creamy we’ll give you some tricks of the trade to get you on your way to baking a gorgeous vegan pie.  At the end of the class you will be given the recipe to take away with you to try out at home and you will also take home a slice of our freshly made pie!

Making Cookies (March 20) - £25.00
Love cookies fresh from the oven?  Worried that making vegan ones might be a bit tricky?  Not sure where to even begin?   In this demonstration class you will watch one of our talented staff bake up some yummy vegan biscuits, the Ms. Cupcake way (decadent, gorgeous and over the top!). We will example both drop and rolled cookies and show you quick and easy ways to decorate your cookies to give them that extra zing.  We will discuss how to replace ‘traditional’ ingredients like eggs, butter and milk so that even the most sceptical will be won over by your vegan baking. At the end of the class you will be given a few recipes to take away with you to try out at home and you will also take home some freshly baked cookies!

Running a Market Stall (March 27) - £40.00
Ms. Cupcake started her business baking up cakes at home and selling them at markets around London in 2010.  In this class she offers you all the information you need to start selling your own products at markets around London. Market trading offers makers the unique opportunity to have a ‘shop front’ without having to fork out lots of start-up funds or locking themselves into a long-term lease.

Learn about:
The different markets in and around London
The difference between council and privately run markets
Regular weekly markets vs. one-off special events
Finding the ‘right’ market for your product
How to get a pitch at the market of your choice (this includes up to date information from markets around London and what types of products they are looking to have in their markets right now)
Licences, insurance and trading regulations
Market costs and financial concerns
What equipment you will need to set up your stall and where to get it
How to make your stall stand out from the rest
Dealing with other traders and market politics
Staffing your stall
Weather and seasonal considerations
How to know when a market isn’t ‘working’ for you

This 2 hour seminar will give you all the practical knowledge you need to get out there and start trading!