Events & Tutorials
Each course takes you step-by-step through Danielle’s signature techniques with hands on tips and advice guiding you all the way. I pour my heart into these sessions, mostly because I can’t help myself, and partly since it’s far more fun baking with people than talking to my plants. They never clap at the end, which is rude if you ask me.
My workshops usually start with someone saying, “I’m terrible at baking,” and ending with that same person grinning at a cake they’ve made with their own two hands. I love that moment. Feels a bit like watching someone realise they can actually do something they always brushed off. I once had a student frost an entire cake with the confidence of a warrior, then suddenly stop, look at me, and whisper, “Is it meant to look like a cloud?” And truthfully, yes, it absolutely can.
The room itself is always warm, filled with the smell of sugar heating up under the lights and the faint hum of mixers doing their little dance. I chat, laugh, wander around checking bowls, and occasionally rescue a piping bag that’s about to launch icing across someone’s jumper. One man once squeezed his bag so firmly it made a noise like a puffing kettle. We both froze, then burst out laughing. Perfect moment, honestly.
These events aren’t stiff or serious. They feel more like hanging out in my kitchen, except bigger and with fewer biscuit crumbs under the toaster. People roll up their sleeves, learn the tricks, get their hands messy, and discover that baking can be calm or chaotic or a bit of both. And the best bit? Everyone leaves with something they created themselves. Something sweet. Something full of effort and little victories.
I always walk home feeling a bit lighter after a workshop. Flour still stuck to my jeans, icing in my fringe, but buzzing from the energy of people actually enjoying cake-making. It reminds me why I fell in love with all this sugar madness in the first place. If you ever join one, bring your curiosity, your appetite, and maybe a spare shirt. I can’t promise you’ll stay spotless, but I can promise you’ll go home smiling.
I usually rent a space for this, contact me for the next session dates.