Cupcakes 101 Icing Class At Butter Lane

This just seen on Groupon! $25 for a Cupcakes 101 Icing Class including cupcakes to take home! Famed bakery Butter Lane is offering this class at their East Village (NY) location on East Seventh Street. If you're in New York and are a cupcake enthusiast you should grab this deal FAST as quantities are limited! Check it out here!

From the Groupon description:
During the one-hour Cupcakes 101 class, small groups of about 12 students don aprons and proceed to fully stocked prep stations to make Butter Lane's delectable frostings. Sweet-toothed snackers learn the recipes for Butter Lane's classic American chocolate, vanilla-bean, and cream-cheese flavors and even make their own versions of non-traditional toppings such as raspberry, peanut butter, and cinnamon. Once recipes have been mastered, students clothe bare cupcakes with custom designs and learn the secret to Butter Lane's technique and signature swirl, eventually competing for the prize of Best Icer in a stadium arena. When the class concludes, students take home recipes and a barbershop's dozen of four deliciously and personally prepared cupcakes.

Cupcake Classes In New York City

We often get questions about cupcake baking classes in the city. Checking out Course Horse, I see that there are several upcoming cupcake classes that budding bakers may want to take.

October 27: Halloween Cupcakes by Taste Buds in Chelsea $55

November 4: Couples Cupcake Class at Butter Lane $80

November 10:  Thanksgiving Cupcake Class For Adults by Taste Buds in Chelsea $55

November 18: Couples Cupcake Class at Butter Lane $80

November 27:  Sophisticated Cupcakes at Kosher Culinary Arts in Brooklyn $75

Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes offering cupcake decorating classes, hiring a baker

Via Seattle bakery Trophy Cupcakes on Facebook (click through for details on how to register), news about their new cupcake decorating classes:

We are excited to announce the launch of our holiday cupcake decorating series with our owner, Jennifer Shea, to be held in the Trophy Party Room at Wallingford Center! This will be a series of fun filled nights with hands on decorating instruction in a party atmosphere that will include Prosecco, Trophy cupcakes and yummy hors d'oeuvres provided by Whole Foods. The dates for our classes, which are geared toward those at the beginners level, are set for Wednesday, Oct. 19, Thursday, Nov. 17, and Thursday, Dec. 1 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Guests in our classes will learn the basics of using pastry bags and tips, how to create professional looking cupcakes, how to make custom colors of sparkly sanding sugar and the tricks of the trade that make Trophy’s Cupcakes so beautiful. In addition to receiving cupcake decorating instruction from Jennifer and her lead decorators, guests will also learn tips on how to create a beautiful holiday table, and package their treats perfectly for the holiday giving season.

The Oct. 19 class will focus on creating four Halloween themed cupcakes featuring Spooky Spider Webs, Mummies, Ghoulish Ghosts and custom Tombstones. Thanksgiving and the fall season are the theme for the Nov. 17 class. Attendees will decorate Sparkly Pumpkin cupcakes, Blueberry Pie cupcakes, Pecan Pie cupcakes and Adorable Acorn cupcakes. Students at the Dec. 1 decorating class will create Christmas Tree cupcakes, Ornament cupcakes, Snowman cupcakes and Poinsettia cupcakes.

And via Craigslist - they're hiring:

Trophy Cupcakes and Party is seeking bakers for our Columbia City bakery.

Do you love Cupcakes? Buttercream? The finest quality ingredients? Attention to detail? We do! Trophy Cupcakes and Party is looking for experienced bakers who would like to work for a creative locally owned business that is serious about exceptional cupcakes.


You will be responsible for:

* Mixing batters and buttercreams
* Baking cupcakes
* Recognizing the flavor profile of all of our cakes and buttercreams and consistently monitoring both for taste and visual appeal
* Monitoring inventory and communicating needs to various team members
* Maintaining a neat and clean kitchen

Requirements:

* Position may be part or full time depending on your experience and availability (20-40 hours/week)
* Position requires a flexible schedule to work early mornings (some shifts begin at 2am), weekends, and holidays
* At least one year experience in a similar position at a high volume café, bakery or restaurant
* Demonstrated commitment to high-standards and an eye for fine detail
* Ability to work eight to ten (8 - 10) hours on your feet
* Ability to lift 50 pounds

We offer benefits to qualified employees.

Application:
Please submit résumé with cover letter via email referencing this position

Please, no phone calls or drop-ins

Teen cupcake baking class October 18 in Falls Church, Virginia

Via Upcoming:

Teens, in this class you'll learn how the appropriate measurements of ingredients, oven temperature and timing will make a perfect cupcake. Use your imagination to decorate the cupcakes with decorative toppings and the frosting recipes you'll prepare during class.

Menu: Traditional Vanilla Cupcakes, Belgian Chocolate Cupcakes, Classic Red Velvet Cupcakes, Vanilla & Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, Cream Cheese Frosting
Instructor: Chef Shearod Wilson.

It takes place at Open Kitchen Bistro, 7115 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia.