2010 BAKING CLASS SCHEDULE

Click Here to Download and Print a Copy to Sign Up for the Class or EMAIL us HERE with Questions!

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2010 Baking Classes

You’ve asked and we’re now offering baking and cake decorating classes.  

Always wondered how we get that icing so smooth, or what the tricks are to making fancy cake decorations?  Well, come on in to The Artisan Kitchen our new bakery features ample classroom space!

All classes include supplies and attendees will take home goodies to share with their friends and family.

Take one class or sign up for all three and receive a discount when paid in full.  Maximum 6 students per class (you must be 16 years or older, please).  We have the right to cancel or combine classes with less than 3 attendees.   

 

Cookies 101:  Do your cookies spread off the baking tray? Could you use them for hockey pucks the next day?  We’ll show you the four basic mixing techniques for successful cookie baking.  Bring in your most troublesome recipe for some expert advice.              One- 3 hour class.

Basic CupCake Decorating: Frost and decorate gorgeous cupcakes with icing flowers, monograms and piped figures. One- 3 hour class.

Basic Buttercream Cake Decorating:

Learn how to crumb coat, frost, and make basic buttercream borders like the pros. One- 3 hour class.

Custom Class: Fun bachelorette party activity, bridal shower get together, sweet 16 party, or a great gift for a baking aficionado.  Topic of your choice, three hour class for $110.00 per individual. Call for group rates of 3 or more & more info  of available dates.   

 

 

 

2010 Baking Class Schedule: (All 2010 classes will run on two separate dates for your convenience)

 

Cookies 101:  1) Sunday January 24, Noon-3pm   OR   2) Tuesday February 9, 6pm-9pm

 

Basic CupCake Decorating: 1) Sunday January 10, Noon-3pm OR 2) Tuesday February  23, 6pm-9pm

 

Basic Buttercream Cake Decorating:  1)Sunday March 7  Noon-3pm  OR 2)Tuesday January 12 6pm-9pm

 

 

 

All Classes:  Each 3 hour class, $80.00 per person.  Sign up for all three classes (Cookies, Cupcakes, & Cake Decorating) for $200.00 total.   Payment for classes due with form below, which must be received 7 days before date of class. 

Please detach the form below and mail to: The Artisan Kitchen  265 Walnut Plain Road  Rochester, MA 02770  ATTN: Classes

 

 

The Artisan Kitchen (The Artisan Bake Shop, LLC)

265 Walnut Plain Road   Rochester Massachusetts 02770    hours by appointment

Ph: 508.763.4905   Web: www.theartisankitchen.com

Click Here to Download and Print a Copy to Sign Up for the Class or EMAIL us HERE with Questions!

2010 BAKING CLASS SCHEDULE 97 doc

Handcrafted Foods Made with PASSION

 

2010 Baking Classes

You’ve asked and we’re now offering baking and cake decorating classes.  

Always wondered how we get that icing so smooth, or what the tricks are to making fancy cake decorations?  Well, come on in to The Artisan Kitchen our new bakery features ample classroom space!

All classes include supplies and attendees will take home goodies to share with their friends and family.

Take one class or sign up for all three and receive a discount when paid in full.  Maximum 6 students per class (you must be 16 years or older, please).  We have the right to cancel or combine classes with less than 3 attendees.   

 

Cookies 101:

Do your cookies spread off the baking tray? Could you use them for hockey pucks the next day?  We’ll show you the four basic mixing techniques for successful cookie baking.  Bring in your most troublesome recipe for some expert advice.              One- 3 hour class.

Basic CupCake Decorating:

Frost and decorate gorgeous cupcakes with icing flowers, monograms and piped figures. One- 3 hour class.

Basic Buttercream Cake Decorating:

Learn how to crumb coat, frost, and make basic buttercream borders like the pros. One- 3 hour class.

Custom Class:

Fun bachelorette party activity, bridal shower get together, sweet 16 party, or a great gift for a baking aficionado.  Topic of your choice, three hour class for $110.00 per individual. Call for group rates of 3 or more & more info  of available dates.   

 

2010 Baking Class Schedule: (All 2010 classes will run on two separate dates for your convenience)

 

Cookies 101:                                                          1) Sunday January 24,                              Noon-3pm

                                                        OR              2) Tuesday February 9,                             6pm-9pm

 

Basic CupCake Decorating:                            1) Sunday January 10,                             Noon-3pm

                                                        OR              2) Tuesday February  23,               6pm-9pm

 

Basic Buttercream Cake Decorating:                              1)Sunday March 7                                          Noon-3pm

                                                        OR              2)Tuesday January 12                                          6pm-9pm

 

 

 

All Classes:  Each 3 hour class, $80.00 per person.  Sign up for all three classes (Cookies, Cupcakes, & Cake Decorating) for $200.00 total.   Payment for classes due with form below, which must be received 7 days before date of class. 

Please detach the form below and mail to: The Artisan Kitchen  265 Walnut Plain Road  Rochester, MA 02770  ATTN: Classes

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Your Name:___________________________________________________  Phone: _(________)____________________

 

Mailing Address:____________________________________________________________________________________ 

 

Email:___________________________________________________  Altnerate Contact:__________________________ 

 

Please Circle the Class(es) you would like to attend:

Cookies 101:                                                          1) Sunday January 24, Noon-3pm     OR                   2) Tuesday February 9, 6pm-9pm

 

Basic CupCake Decorating:                            1) Sunday January 10, Noon-3pm    OR                   2) Tuesday February  23, 6pm-9pm

 

Basic Buttercream Cake Decorating:                1)Sunday March 7, Noon-3pm                   OR                     2)Tuesday January 12, 6pm-9pm

 

Please Circle the Number of Classes you will be attending, and include payment in the form of a check:

1 Class: $80.00    2 Classes: $160.00   3 Classes: $200.00.  Your spot will not be held without full payment prior to class.

The Artisan Kitchen (The Artisan Bake Shop, LLC)

265 Walnut Plain Road   Rochester Massachusetts 02770    hours by appointment

Ph: 508.763.4905   Web: www.theartisankitchen.com

Whimsical & Sculpted: Jester Cake

We created this two tiered fondant cake for a little girls birthday party on the North Shore of Massachusetts. It's tall diamonds and fun bold colors make it a great addition to an Alice in Wonderland or Court Jester themed party. Fun handmade sugar flowers and 3D pearl shooting out of the top make a great presentation. A plaque from sugarpaste was added with a Happy Birthday inscription!

Thanksgiving Menu 2009

Below is our Thanksgiving Menu, Orders Close Monday November 23, 2009 at 5:00pm

7” Pumpkin-Carrot Torte with Cream Cheese Icing With handmade chocolate acorns and autumn leaves. $27

Hand Decorated Cookie: Maple Leaf: Can be monogrammed for place setting or gift -8 characters maximum $3.75

CupCake Tray: One dozen cupcakes with handmade autumn décor. Assorted vanilla, orange velvet & chocolate cupcakes. $30.00

9” Classic Deep Dish Pies
Honey Pumpkin Pie $14.50
Deep Dish Apple Pie $14.50
Wild Blueberry Pie $14.50

9” Seasonal Pies
Southern Pecan Pie $17
Housemade Mince Meat Pie $17
Double Chocolate Mousse Pie $17
Chocolate cookie crust w/a thin layer of ganache, dark chocolate mousse w/real whipped cream & chocolate crunchies

Breads
Cinnamon Bobka $6.75
Ciabatta Rolls 1 dozen $4.00
Artisan Cranberry Pecan Bread $6.50

Please Place Orders by Phone: 508.763.4905
Orders Can Be Picked Up At:
The Artisan Kitchen 265 Walnut Plain Road Rochester MA 02770
On Wednesday November 25 from 11:00am-5:30pm We Accept Personal Checks & Cash. No Debit or Credit Cards.



Directions:

We are located about 15 minutes from the Carver/Rochester Border
From Route I-195: Take exit 20 and turn left onto Route 105 North. Follow Route 105 North for 1.8 miles then turn right onto Walnut Plain Road. We are 1.2 miles on the left at 265 Walnut Plain Road.

From Route 58-MA: Follow Route 58 towards Rochester. Route 58 ends and continue straight onto County Road. Follow County Road for 1.5 miles then turn right onto High Street. Follow High Street for 2.6 miles then bear left onto Walnut Plain Road. We are 1.4 miles on the right at 265 Walnut Plain Road.

Fall Themed Cake: Sculpted Pumpkin

This three-dimensional pumpkin cake is a great treat for a Thanksgiving feast and doubles as a gorgeous great centerpiece!

Our pumpkin cake is available in a variety of flavors, the most popular being of course, pumpkin cake. It can be also be embellished with a "Happy Birthday" sugarpaste tag for that someone special who celebrates in the fall.



Many customers ask us if we use shaped cake pans to make these special cakes, and the answer is no. We start with either round or sheet cakes to sculpt all of our whimical and sculpted cakes.

Ivory Buttercream & Fushia Hydrangea @ Beverly Yacht Club, Marion, Massachusetts

We created this three-tiered beauty based on Hally's Blue Hydrangea Cake and Jill's Ribbon & Rose Cake .



This three tiered buttercream cake serves 175 people with each tier measuring five inches tall. Fresh flowers adorn the top as well as a small bunch on the side.

We delivered this cake to an outdoor reception on The Porch at the Beverly Yacht Club, in Marion, Massachusetts. The cake flavor included our most popular altnerating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake.

Disney Fairy Cake

We love making this tiered cake for little girls birthdays! What little girl doesn't love fairies, flowers and woodland creatures!



This two tiered fondant cake, covered in a mossy green tinted base has blades of grass placed individually on the base of each tier in variegated tones of green. Five petal pale pink daisies and green sugarpaste leaves along with dark chocolate mushroom add a bit of whimsy to this fun birthday cake.




The cake flavor includes devilish chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream filling with fondant covering.

Gerbera Daisy & Chocolate Wedding Cake @ Independence Harbor, Assonet Massachuetts

One of my favorite venues is the flawless and perfectly kept gardens of Independence Harbor in Assonet Massachusetts. This particular wedding, held on a blustery afternoon in October included gorgeous fresh gerbera daisy blossoms by Nancy and her talented staff at A Wareham Florist. Bright yellows, fushias, oranges and reds were showstopping on this white buttercream cake with tiny hand piped five petal daisy accents. The dark chocolate colored band at the base of each tier is completely edible and hand rolled from dark chocolate sugarpaste and then polished to a satin finish. Piped over the chocolate band is a small base of ivory pearls.



The chilly day was foiled by a fresh fruit cake: vanilla butter cake soaked in vanilla bean syrup with fresh strawberries and buttercream filling.

Ghoolish Treats: Halloween Cookies Treats & Gifts

The perfect solution to SPOOK you Halloween trick or treaters or give to children's school classmates. Our ghoolish halloween cookies are beautiful and deicious!

A vanilla sugar cookie topped with a hand decorated bat or moon in poured fondant icing!


Bat and Moon Hand Decorated Cookie with edible glitter moon light:






Halloween Pumpkin with chocolate stem:


Cookies are available by special order or at Marion General Store through Saturday Halloween Night October 31st. Each is wrapped in a clear cellophane bag with white satin ribbon tie and priced at $3.50 each.

First Birthday: Minnie Mouse Cake @ Pocasset, Massachusetts

My niece turned one a few weeks ago, she's the only little one in the family so her 1st birthday party was a big deal and she was the princess at the party. Minnie Mouse was the theme and her two tiered cake featured pinks, black, white, and even included seasonal zinnias. Minnie Mouses ears adorned the top along with a big "1".



Her cake included two tiers: one chocolate one vanilla with vanilla buttercream filling all covered in fondant.

Wedding Favors: Cake Truffles

About a six months ago one of our brides asked us to start thinking about creating an incredibly special favor for her wedding reception guests. The bride told us how she has been a bridesmaid in 15 diferent weddings and she was tired of the same old favor set at each place setting. But she also kept talking about these cake truffles she had heard about.

After some contemplation I called Carly at 8:00am on Monday morning with an idea: a box of cake truffles in each each guests' room along with a small bottle of Neige Ice Cider.



I had a few sample boxes sent from a supplier and made them up today, these are not in Carly's colors (brown and blue) but don't they look cute!



We'll have the cake truffles for sale at the holidays as gift boxes with an assortment of four varieties with 15 total truffles per box. They come in a variety of flavors: Three Brothers Hazelnut Chocolate, Raspberry White Chocolate, Lemon Twist, Raspberry Chambord, Cookies & Cream, Brute Chocolate Truffle

Autumn Pleats Wedding Cake @ Cape Cod Private Residence

An intimiate gathering at a breathtaking Classic Cape Cod Home in Dennis, Massachusetts was the backdrop for this fall themed wedding. The bride's dress complete with horizontal pleats was the inspiration for the cake. Not many people are concerned with the back of the cake, but I learned at the end of our consultation that the bride had removed the silver buttoms from her great grandmothers wedding gown to be used as closures on her own- from that moment on - the back of the cake became a priority.



The back of the cake features small silver dusted pearls running from top to bottom. The topper: an arrangement of classic fall blooms in autumnal shades.
Small groupings of flowers create a balanced display, along with tiny white tea roses which were mainstays in the bride's and bridesmaid's bouquets.



The silver tray, one from the mother-of-the bride was a beautiful accent to the cake display.

Cake flavors included: Vanilla Butter Cake with Oreos and Cream filling and Pistachio Cake with Raspberry Buttercream

Anniversary CupCake Display and Cake

We delivered this small cupcake stand and small cake to an anniversary party in Westport, Massachusetts.

The 40 cupcakes were decorated in edible organic nasturshiam blossoms in bright orange, shades of yellow, burgundy, and fushia reds.



Bittersweet Farm is a gorgeous site for small weddings and anniversary gatherings in Westport, Massachusetts and made a great backdrop for our rustic and seasonal floral cupcake design.

Calla Lillies & Vine Wedding Cake @ Marion Road, Rochester, Massachusetts

We created this four tier buttercream wedding cake for a casual outdoor wedding at a private residence in Rochester, Massachusetts.

A chocolate vine with tiny dark chocolate five-petal flowers, with a pearl center, covered the vine along with dark hunter green leaves. A piped buttercream border in varying sizes created a border at the base of each tier & over one dozen white handmade sugarpaste calla lillies cascaded over the top tier.



This design is slightly casual while the calla lillies create a more formal edge.

The cake flavors included vanilla butter cake with raspberry marmalade and devilish chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream.

Fun & Whimsical Wedding Cake

The three tiered buttercreaam designed was hand piped with black swirls, dots, and fun design. Sugarpaste pearls were placed as a border at the base of each tier and a black and white sugarpaste handmade monogram was placed on the side of the top tier.


This hot pink fushia, black, and pearl wedding cake was created for a small wedding ceremony in Taunton, Massachusetts.

This design could easily be translated into a variety of color schemes, or even shades of white and cream for a whimsical addition to a wedding reception.

The cake flavor included vanilla butter cake with buttercream frosting.

Jewel Toned Wedding Cake @ Indian Pond Country Club, Kingston, Massachusetts

I have officially found my favorite wedding & event venue on the South Shore: Indian Pond Country Club @ 60 Country Club Road in Kingston, Massachusetts.

This place is a stunner, we drove the pine-lined drive which opened up to a gorgeous clubhouse and the only word my assistant and I uttered was: "Wow!".

Shades of ivory and small details like raised panel walls, two elaborate mahogany bars, and a high chair rail make the ballroom something reminiscent of Newport, Rhode Island-- however the view of the rolling greens and tall pine trees remind you that you actually are standing on the South Coast of Massachusetts.

The flowers by my new find: Bella Flora by Alexis out of Bridgewater, Massachusetts were breathtaking jewel tones all in seasonal blossoms!



The cake: an ivory four-tier buttercream cake with small piping details: swirl, five petal flowers and scroll work. The decor: seasonal blooms in dark orange, reds, purples, magenta pink, chartreuse green. The blooms: dahlias, zinnias, dendrobium orchids, green spider mums, & spray roses.



A small detail which "made" the whole setup was the hand guilded two-tiered gold board on which the cake sat. This gold pulled from the gold chairs in the ballroom and the gold rimmed chargers set at each guests place setting!

The cake flavor to match the jewel toned wedding: vanilla butter cake with layers of raspberry marmalade and apricot marmalade.

Wedding CupCakes @ Teaticket Path, Falmouth, Massachusetts

We created this floral, seven-tier cupcake display for a simply elegant rustic wedding at a home in Falmouth, Massachusetts.




The fall-themed wedding, held at a classic Cape Cod home overlooking a small inlet on Cape Cod, featured classic New England blooms including hydrangeas, zinnias, mums, mallow flowers, and black eyes susans. All of these blossoms were used scattered here and there on the cupcake tiers. The cupcakes were simply decorated with a sprinkling of edible glitter.

A total of 175 cupcakes covered the cupcake stand and included our new ultimate vanilla butter cake, devilish chocolate cake, red velvet cake all with assorted chocolate and vanilla buttercream.

The Artisan Kitchen @ Boston Flower Show 2010

Join us for the "Garden of Cakes" at the 2010 Boston Flower Show.

Our gorgeous floral, garden inspired cake will be on display at the "cake gallery" along with 11 other cakes from other Massachusetts cake designers.

Pages are flying off of our sketch books as we design different cakes for the event! We'll have to post some sketches later on!


Check Out Our Cake on Boston Flower & Garden Show Facebook Page Click HERE

The Boston Flower & Garden Show will take place at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston from March 24-28.

Lobster Bake Cake @ Falmouth Yacht Club

We created this lobster bake cake for a recent wedding at the Falmouth Yacht Club in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.




In order to create a realistic Cape Cod Clam Bake we hand sculpted ears of corn, three dimensional quahog and clam shells, razor clams, and muscles from sugar paste. Seaweed was also sculpted in all shades of green and sugar sand was added as well.



In order to make this a true Massachusetts cake the cake flavor was Boston Cream: Vanilla Cake layered with Chocolate Ganache Buttercream and Vanilla Pastry Cream!

We delivered the cake to the reception at the Falmouth Yacht Club in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Here is what they had to say about the cake:

Dear Meredith,
Thank you so much for the amazing lobster cake. It was perfect (and delicious), and everybody loved it!!!
Cheers,
-Chris

Victory Garden Cake

We created this classic vegetable garden themed buttercream cake for a 50th birthday. Complete with sugarpaste eggplant, split rail fence, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, a little cake and sugar "dirt", shovel spade, and wheel barrow, this garden was complete!

The "50" plaque brought in the accent colors of charcoal and metallic gold.




We consider this type of decor to be "flat art" and is created by hand and takes many hours of sculpting by our two talented artists!

The cake flavor included alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla with oreos and cream filling and was delivered to a home in Acushnet, Massachusetts.