The Bakehouse: Cupcake masterclass @ MUSA

I had a great day last week at MUSA, the University of St Andrews' Museum running a Cupcake Masterclass for Freshers. Check out MUSA's website for details about the collections, events and suchlike- www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/. You can also follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

Anyway, talk about taking me out of the comfort of my kitchen and throwing me into a butter-creamy space outwith my safety zone! I had a great day, all concerns aside. After baking 50 undecorated vanilla cupcakes, I sorted butter-cream, sprinkles, glitter, piping bags, nozzles and all manner of icing paraphernalia, packed them up and off I went to teach Freshers the wonders of icing and decorating cupcakes. I took along some sample cakes to show what could be done with a bit of time and patience. They seemed to be a hit with the MUSA gang so must have done something right there!

After 2 hours, which passed in a flash, my 50 cupcakes had gone, the table was dotted with wayward splashes of butter-cream and sprinkles and glitter had been distributed liberally over the carpet. Sign of a successful event in my opinion! All of the MUSA team were pleased with how the masterclass went and I'm told people were queuing up to come along to the class! So, the inspiration has been sprinkled and another class is in the planning for Christmas. Watch this space for details!

Here are the pictures to show you what went on.... (keep an eye on the blog - more pictures from the Musa team to come!)