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Hello Cupcakes Cupcake Decorating Class
Hello Cupcakes Cupcake Decorating Class
You know those Dyson commercials with that guy and his gentle British accent, talking about innovations in vacuums and what-have-you? Cmon, sure you do.
"I was picking up lint with my fingers from my carpet and I thought there has to be a better way!"
The point is, the dudes whole shtick is about taking something ordinary and innovating upon it.Though cupcakes are nowhere NEAR "ordinary", itd be fair to say theyre prevalent. And in the world of cupcakes, Hello Cupcake is the real innovator. Theyve been churning out delicious varieties of cupcakes in their Dupont Circle location for a year and a half now, and in addition to extending their store hours to 7 days a week, theyve also started cupcake decorating classes!!!
Owner Penny discusses whats on the menu
Saturday mornings cupcake case
Cookies n Cream is their newest flavor
I brought along my friend Anna and my two haute cupcake aprons for the class:
I had some difficulties at first
Once we got our surgical gloves on, we were ready to operate. Our first victim was fondant. Fondant is rolled icing, generally used on wedding cakes. Its like play-dough, except even MORE edible!! You gotta roll it out and cut shapes out of it.
If youre Anna, you accidentally shape it into a one-piece. And then you cut shapes in inappropriate places.
So after cutting out some hearts and "Is" and "Us", we then got to frosting. First we practiced on the table, then they handed us naked cupcakes and let us at it!
When we heard the promise of sprinkles, we demanded every kind they had!!! Who cares if this is a Valentines cupcake class?! I WANT THE YELLOW SANDING SUGAR RIGHT NOW OR I WILL FREAK OUTTTTT!!!
When it was all said and done, we ended up with 9 of our own hand-decorated cuppies. But since they dont make a 9-holed cupcake box, we also got to pick three from their bakery case.
I decorated the top two rows and the strawberry-topped cupcake.
The 2-hour class was $50, which is a pretty good deal when you think about it. A dozen cupcakes is $36, so what that means is the class itself is $14. Looks like theyre upping the price to $70 from here-on-out, though; not too bad, especially if youre one of those people who just slathers icing on with a butter knife and could really use the help, PK!!!
Theyre planning more classes throughout the spring, including St. Pattys Day and Cherry Blossom themed cupcakes.
My only real advice--make plans the weekend you do this. Otherwise, youll find yourself trying to scarf down your 8th cupcake in the span of 16 hours. Did I do that? Look, Id rather not talk specifics, but I will say this is one case where you truly can judge a book by its cover. And its delicious.
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