Intro to Cake Decorating Class

Hi, I'm Shinhye, the baker behind Danine Cakes.I started taking baking seriously after years of quietly enjoying cake decorating more than my actual day job. One cake became a few cakes for friends, then friends of friends, and now Danine Cakes is what I do full-time, working out of my kitchen in Streatham and making bespoke celebration cakes for weddings, milestone birthdays, and christenings.Cake is the one part of a celebration everyone gathers around: the candles, the toast, the first slice. It's the centrepiece. Being trusted with that moment, for someone's wedding day or their child's first birthday, still feels like a privilege every single time.Teaching grew out of customers asking how I did it. Watching someone pipe their first proper rosette, or smooth buttercream and suddenly get the technique, is honestly one of my favourite parts of the week. Classes are sticky-fingered and full of laughter, nothing like watching a tutorial alone in your kitchen. You leave with a cake you made yourself, skills you'll actually use, and usually a few new friends.A couple of things people don't always realise about cake. That flawless finish you see on Instagram isn't piped, it's sculpted with a hot scraper and a turntable, and almost anyone can pick it up in an afternoon. And good buttercream is about technique, not the recipe: whipping time and temperature change everything.I hold a 5-star food hygiene rating and I'm fully insured, so you can focus on the fun part while I take care of the rest.Whether you've decorated a hundred cakes or you've never picked up a piping bag, I'll make sure you leave with something you're properly proud of. Come bake with me.