Last week myself and Sharnee Rawson. a previous contestant from Masterchef had the delightful task of tasting and judging some very tasty morsels.I donated a shooting stars cake that was then auctioned to raise much needed funds and I also offerered a gift voucher for one of my beginners classes, to the novelty cake category.The entries were both equally spectacular so I ended up giving the contestants a voucher each and I look for ward to them attending a class very soon.
Talking of classes I have just listed my next 3 month cake class calendar with some additional children and teenager baking cupcake classes for the July holidays.I have also introduced some sweet baking classes of whoopie pies, decadent deliscious desserts and a zesty lemon day of baking to!
*********Wednesday 6th of July2011
Childrens animal cupcakes.Cost of class $250 10-4pm( 8 to 14) years) Adult supervision will be required.
This class is for children to learn how to bake cupcakes from scratch.With the help of adult supervision, they will then decorate the cakes with animal themes.Modelling Making faces of elephants zebras, lions and monkeys a great way of being creative with food.The cupcakes will be boxed to take home and will guarantee a roar once the box is opened!
A light lunch and refreshments are provided.
********Thursday 7th of July 2011
Animal cupcakes. Teenage cupcake class 10am-4pm $250 Year 10,11or 12 students.
This class is for teenagers to learn how to bake cupcakes from scratch.
You will then decorate the cakes with animal themes.Modelling faces of elephant,s zebras, lions and monkeys a great way of being creative with food.The cupcakes will be boxed to take home and will guarantee a roar once the box is opened!
A light lunch and refreshments are provided.
*********Friday 8th of July 2011Teenage cupcake classPirate and treasure cupcake workshop .
10am-4pm $250 Year 10, 11or 12 students.
This class is for teenagers to learn how to bake cupcakes from scratch.
You will then decorate the cakes with sugar paste and create pirate faces , treasure chests, gold trinkets and more! aaarrrrh!!!!
A light lunch and refreshments are provided.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
PAs Biggest morning tea,
Join me this wednesday 25th at PA's Biggest morning tea,12pm start, main foyer.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba .
Are you a budding chef in the making?
Do you have a winning recipe?
...Enter your best Cake, Slice/Biscuit or novelty cake in the Bake Off.
HOSTED & JUDGED BY Masterchef Contestant SHARNEE RAWSON and JACKIE THOMPSON of Contemporary Cakes.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba .
Are you a budding chef in the making?
Do you have a winning recipe?
...Enter your best Cake, Slice/Biscuit or novelty cake in the Bake Off.
HOSTED & JUDGED BY Masterchef Contestant SHARNEE RAWSON and JACKIE THOMPSON of Contemporary Cakes.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Queensland floods 3 months on the road to recovery
Join me at Bakels for a cookie workshop to raise money for the floods, please support me in this event.
Join Jackie Thompson of Contemporary Cakes in a Cake Decorating fund raiser for the
Flood appeal. Saturday 7th of May 10- 4pm.
Hosted at Bakels 100,Compton Rd Underwood.
Cost of the day $200
All monies raised 100% will be going to the flood victims to purchase white goods. Dominique Rizzo from Ready Steady Cook will be talking about her soon to be published book, her recent travels overseas and why she loves to bake and cook.
Bakels rep. John will also be talking about their products that cake decorators can use.
Relish owner Leslie from the Logan Hyperdome will be donating a gift to our raffle as well also chocolate goodies donated from Jimele.
Gary, from The Packing Place will be showing us the latest trends in packaging and transporting cookies and cupcakes with some beautiful ribbons too.
I will also be donating a gift voucher to the value of $325 for a cake class.
Please bring a packed lunch and refreshments will be provided.
We will decorate already baked cookies, learn how to stencil the cookies using royal icing and then package them to take home. Readymade gifts for Mothers day! with other goodie bags to take home'.
To book your place please email me jackie@contemporarycakes.com.au 33882453
Join me at Bakels for a cookie workshop to raise money for the floods, please support me in this event.
Join Jackie Thompson of Contemporary Cakes in a Cake Decorating fund raiser for the
Flood appeal. Saturday 7th of May 10- 4pm.
Hosted at Bakels 100,Compton Rd Underwood.
Cost of the day $200
All monies raised 100% will be going to the flood victims to purchase white goods. Dominique Rizzo from Ready Steady Cook will be talking about her soon to be published book, her recent travels overseas and why she loves to bake and cook.
Bakels rep. John will also be talking about their products that cake decorators can use.
Relish owner Leslie from the Logan Hyperdome will be donating a gift to our raffle as well also chocolate goodies donated from Jimele.
Gary, from The Packing Place will be showing us the latest trends in packaging and transporting cookies and cupcakes with some beautiful ribbons too.
I will also be donating a gift voucher to the value of $325 for a cake class.
Please bring a packed lunch and refreshments will be provided.
We will decorate already baked cookies, learn how to stencil the cookies using royal icing and then package them to take home. Readymade gifts for Mothers day! with other goodie bags to take home'.
To book your place please email me jackie@contemporarycakes.com.au 33882453
Monday, April 11, 2011
Queensland flood appeal cookie class.
The great South East show was aired Sunday 3rd of April and I was overwelmed with wonderful emails congratulating me on my cakes, thank you.
I hope I have now answered all 200+ emails and have almost caught up with the answerphone.I look forward to meeting you all at your classes.
This past weekend I began the first of my business workshops.If you are wanting to get advice on registering a home based business or learn better ways of growing your cake business then check out my June cake class schedule.
Stage 2 big fundraising! Next month Bakels will be hosting Contemporay Cakes (me!) with a cookie workshop to raise money for the floods, please support this event.
Queensland floods 3 months on the road to recovery.
Join me Jackie Thompson of Contemporary Cakes in a Cake Decorating fund raiser for the
Flood appeal. Saturday 7th of May 10- 4pm.
Hosted at Bakels 100,Compton Rd Underwood.
Cost of the day $200
All monies raised 100% will be going to the flood victims to purchase white goods. Dominique Rizzo from Ready Steady Cook will be talking about her soon to be published book, her recent travels overseas and why she loves to bake and cook.
Bakels rep. John will also be talking about their products that cake decorators can use.
Relish owner Leslie from the Logan Hyperdome will be donating a gift to our raffle as well also chocolate goodies donated from Jimele.
Gary, from The Packing Place will be showing us the latest trends in packaging and transporting cookies and cupcakes with some beautiful ribbons too.
I will also be donating a gift voucher to the value of $325 for a cake class.
Please bring a packed lunch and refreshments will be provided.
We will decorate already baked cookies, learn how to stencil the cookies using royal icing and then package them to take home. Readymade gifts for Mothers day!
To book your place please email me jackie@contemporarycakes.com.au
I hope I have now answered all 200+ emails and have almost caught up with the answerphone.I look forward to meeting you all at your classes.
This past weekend I began the first of my business workshops.If you are wanting to get advice on registering a home based business or learn better ways of growing your cake business then check out my June cake class schedule.
Stage 2 big fundraising! Next month Bakels will be hosting Contemporay Cakes (me!) with a cookie workshop to raise money for the floods, please support this event.
Queensland floods 3 months on the road to recovery.
Join me Jackie Thompson of Contemporary Cakes in a Cake Decorating fund raiser for the
Flood appeal. Saturday 7th of May 10- 4pm.
Hosted at Bakels 100,Compton Rd Underwood.
Cost of the day $200
All monies raised 100% will be going to the flood victims to purchase white goods. Dominique Rizzo from Ready Steady Cook will be talking about her soon to be published book, her recent travels overseas and why she loves to bake and cook.
Bakels rep. John will also be talking about their products that cake decorators can use.
Relish owner Leslie from the Logan Hyperdome will be donating a gift to our raffle as well also chocolate goodies donated from Jimele.
Gary, from The Packing Place will be showing us the latest trends in packaging and transporting cookies and cupcakes with some beautiful ribbons too.
I will also be donating a gift voucher to the value of $325 for a cake class.
Please bring a packed lunch and refreshments will be provided.
We will decorate already baked cookies, learn how to stencil the cookies using royal icing and then package them to take home. Readymade gifts for Mothers day!
To book your place please email me jackie@contemporarycakes.com.au
Monday, March 21, 2011
What a week!
Last weekend my husband and I attended the 101FM Live and Local Logan business show.
The Albert and Logan came out to my cake studio and I posed for the front cover( in an Ace Ventura Pet Detective cover !)
I attended several networking workshops and had a varied time, what I mean by that it was a bit of an eye opener.
I listened to amazing inspiring speakers and attended the Fridays morning breakfast network meeting.
I sat at the back of the marque during the breakfast and a young woman stood up and spoke about cancer and how it had affected her family.She told us of her son that had passed away to cancer at such a young age and told us of how she set up a charity, I could just about hear what she was saying as the speakers could have been louder and the 3 tables behind were non stop chattering.With sevearal people glancing back at them , the chatting just continued in the end I got up and asked them could they keep their chatting down , there response was that they could not hear anything themselves.I replied we can just about hear if they were to be quiet!
Why do people bother attending these events and chatter through them? Why not just go to the Coffee club?if then want to have a chin wag and a bite to eat? That lady deserved for that room to all be quiet, where is the respect? Okay rant over!
I also attended a talk by John Anderson of Contiki tours empire a wonderful inspiring ongoing story and I bought his book,Only 2 seats left. A funny wonderful and inspiring read.John received a standing ovation at the end of his talk.
Friday evening I went home and baked just under 400 cupcakes by 1.30am they were decorated and boxed and ready for Saturdays show! My 2 wonderful apprentices,Matt and Adam assisting!
We raised just under $700 for the flood appeal and I also sold boxes of 24 to the various companies that attended.
I met a real lovely group of guys that were filming small businesses and we had to film for a minute( in my case or two!) and my husband answered the visitors questions with a knowledge that even dazzled me!
He explained all about the different classes , the different levels and what they will get up to and how pleased they will be when they leave with their finished cakes ! He is now back in my good books after The Junior Masterched incident( for those that know wink wink!)
Anyway I met some fantastic businesses and a lovely Logan Mayor who was very thought provoking and inspired me and best of all I had a message on my answerphone on Friday afternoon from Paul the producer of the Great South East Show that the cup cake class that they recorded will be aired Sunday 3rd of April Wa hoo!
I have also received nominations for Quest business achiever awards so if you would like to vote for me can you click onto the link below, thank you and have a really good week.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.questawards.com.au%2F&h=88fce
The Albert and Logan came out to my cake studio and I posed for the front cover( in an Ace Ventura Pet Detective cover !)
I attended several networking workshops and had a varied time, what I mean by that it was a bit of an eye opener.
I listened to amazing inspiring speakers and attended the Fridays morning breakfast network meeting.
I sat at the back of the marque during the breakfast and a young woman stood up and spoke about cancer and how it had affected her family.She told us of her son that had passed away to cancer at such a young age and told us of how she set up a charity, I could just about hear what she was saying as the speakers could have been louder and the 3 tables behind were non stop chattering.With sevearal people glancing back at them , the chatting just continued in the end I got up and asked them could they keep their chatting down , there response was that they could not hear anything themselves.I replied we can just about hear if they were to be quiet!
Why do people bother attending these events and chatter through them? Why not just go to the Coffee club?if then want to have a chin wag and a bite to eat? That lady deserved for that room to all be quiet, where is the respect? Okay rant over!
I also attended a talk by John Anderson of Contiki tours empire a wonderful inspiring ongoing story and I bought his book,Only 2 seats left. A funny wonderful and inspiring read.John received a standing ovation at the end of his talk.
Friday evening I went home and baked just under 400 cupcakes by 1.30am they were decorated and boxed and ready for Saturdays show! My 2 wonderful apprentices,Matt and Adam assisting!
We raised just under $700 for the flood appeal and I also sold boxes of 24 to the various companies that attended.
I met a real lovely group of guys that were filming small businesses and we had to film for a minute( in my case or two!) and my husband answered the visitors questions with a knowledge that even dazzled me!
He explained all about the different classes , the different levels and what they will get up to and how pleased they will be when they leave with their finished cakes ! He is now back in my good books after The Junior Masterched incident( for those that know wink wink!)
Anyway I met some fantastic businesses and a lovely Logan Mayor who was very thought provoking and inspired me and best of all I had a message on my answerphone on Friday afternoon from Paul the producer of the Great South East Show that the cup cake class that they recorded will be aired Sunday 3rd of April Wa hoo!
I have also received nominations for Quest business achiever awards so if you would like to vote for me can you click onto the link below, thank you and have a really good week.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.questawards.com.au%2F&h=88fce
Sunday, March 6, 2011
New Cake Classes
Just to let you know there are new classes for April, May and June. Including kids Easter cookies and kids Easter cupcake workshops, Mothers day cake class listed for the Friday, before Mothers day. I have also listed baking macaroon towers and croquembouche towers too.
visit http://www.contemporarycakes.com.au/ and click onto the cake classes.
For all who know me , I am really passionate about my cakes and it has been wonderful to receive emails and letters from my recent students, that have attended my classes, thanking me.
I know some of you are a little nervous when you arrive for your class but as soon as you enter my cake studio and as I say Welcome to my office! the fun begins.
My classes are small, why because that is how I like them!
I could have groups of 10 students and squeeze you in like sardines and I know plenty of cake schools that do but my cake room is large and spacious and could fit 10!
However I want every student to walk away pleased with their cakes and most importantly, have found a new passion in what they now do. So if you like my classes please do not be afraid to mention it on the cake forums,discussion boards and to your friends on Facebook.
Many students that I have met through my classes or at my local library demonstrations ask me how they can eventually have their own business from home so I have listed the following workshops to help them to do so.
Setting up your home based cake business.
Are you a cake hobbyist at the moment and wanting to know how to become a home based licensed cake operation? 3 hour workshop Cost $275
Registration and licensing requirements, the varying council requirements and Enviromental health and food licensing. Regardless if you are in Logan, Brisbane or in Perth the food licensing laws are all national, the various coucils have different requirements. Public liability what do you really need. What are the costs involved, food safety supervisors certificate and organising meetings with council planning and the EHO.All of this is covered in this 3 hour workshop. Please check calendar schedule for listings. Please note if you rent your home, a home based business is not possible.
Running your own cake business 3 hour workshop Cost $275
In this workshop we will discuss many topics including, cake pricing, quotes, consultations, advertising, marketing .What extras can give your business the edge from all of the others.
We will discuss delivery and transporting cakes, public liability, quotes deposits and balances. You will be given a folder containing valuable information to help run your cake business.
Let me share with you my six years of Australian life and starting a new business in a new country.
I have had a few busy weeks with baking and fundraising at the same time.A few cancellations due the floods and weddings rebooked for later dates.For those still recovering from the floods I wish you all well and look forward to creating your cakes in sunnier times.
I have been busy creating quite a few novelty cakes and will post a few of my latest creations.
visit http://www.contemporarycakes.com.au/ and click onto the cake classes.
For all who know me , I am really passionate about my cakes and it has been wonderful to receive emails and letters from my recent students, that have attended my classes, thanking me.
I know some of you are a little nervous when you arrive for your class but as soon as you enter my cake studio and as I say Welcome to my office! the fun begins.
My classes are small, why because that is how I like them!
I could have groups of 10 students and squeeze you in like sardines and I know plenty of cake schools that do but my cake room is large and spacious and could fit 10!
However I want every student to walk away pleased with their cakes and most importantly, have found a new passion in what they now do. So if you like my classes please do not be afraid to mention it on the cake forums,discussion boards and to your friends on Facebook.
Many students that I have met through my classes or at my local library demonstrations ask me how they can eventually have their own business from home so I have listed the following workshops to help them to do so.
Setting up your home based cake business.
Are you a cake hobbyist at the moment and wanting to know how to become a home based licensed cake operation? 3 hour workshop Cost $275
Registration and licensing requirements, the varying council requirements and Enviromental health and food licensing. Regardless if you are in Logan, Brisbane or in Perth the food licensing laws are all national, the various coucils have different requirements. Public liability what do you really need. What are the costs involved, food safety supervisors certificate and organising meetings with council planning and the EHO.All of this is covered in this 3 hour workshop. Please check calendar schedule for listings. Please note if you rent your home, a home based business is not possible.
Running your own cake business 3 hour workshop Cost $275
In this workshop we will discuss many topics including, cake pricing, quotes, consultations, advertising, marketing .What extras can give your business the edge from all of the others.
We will discuss delivery and transporting cakes, public liability, quotes deposits and balances. You will be given a folder containing valuable information to help run your cake business.
Let me share with you my six years of Australian life and starting a new business in a new country.
I have had a few busy weeks with baking and fundraising at the same time.A few cancellations due the floods and weddings rebooked for later dates.For those still recovering from the floods I wish you all well and look forward to creating your cakes in sunnier times.
I have been busy creating quite a few novelty cakes and will post a few of my latest creations.
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Lilac sugar roses stacked cake.
Black and white themed cake.
Gazebo fountain Wedding Cake
Pink and white theme sugar lily wedding cake.
2 tier pilared square cake with red sugar roses.
Shooting Stars Cake
Tiffany Cake 2 day workshop, beautiful work.
Personalised figurine 1 day workshop
