Sunday, September 25, 2011

Breakfast Menu

Since our expansion into a small café and extending our trading hours we have added some more breakfast items to our menu.

To compliment the locally roasted Wolff Coffee and our daily cabinet selection we now have something for those who like their treats not- so- sweet.

We now serve a selection of toasted Leavain Breads such as fruit toast, Turkish with  with Ricotta, Banana and Honey or  Sourdough with Paul Grainger Jam, Peanut Butter & Vegemite.



 We open from 6.30am Monday to Friday and 8am on Saturday – we’d love to see you in for Breakfast soon!


Judy.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

NEW Baking & Decorating Workshops

I know we have been promising more baking and decorating classes for a while now and finally, we have set the dates. For those willing to learn, we are looking forward to sharing our knowledge in the baking and decorating workshops.

2011 Course Dates and Information

Sweet Treats 101 - Baking &Decorating Workshops

Basic Cake & Icing 101 is the starting point for anyone wanting to make beautiful cakes from scratch and decorate them with flair. The one day workshop will cover the basics of making a standard cake mix for cakes and cup cakes, biscuit mix, icing variations and decorating techniques.

Beginners will learn how to make the perfect base cake and learn decorating fundamentals. This is a hands-on class, there is no need to bring any equipment or have any prior knowledge of decorating or baking, class sizes are limited to 8 students.

The class is a perfect start for those wanting to improve their baking skills and produce professional and delicious cakes, cupcakes, biscuits and icing. All students will be taught the commercial and professional method to decorate with different icings take home recipes you can use in the future.

For those who are inspired to learn other techniques we have other classes dedicated to different style of decorating coming up.

Aprons will be provided.

Take Home: 1 Dozen Iced Cupcakes that you have decorated, Piping Bag & Nozzle, Freshly Baked Biscuits, Basic Biscuit Recipe, Cake & Butter Cream Recipe.
Date: Sunday 24 July 2011 & Sunday 23 October 2011
Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm
Cost: $195 pp (Includes morning tea & take home items)
Location: Cakes By Judy C (Shop1/227 Waterworks Rd Ashgrove, Qld 4060) Parking Onsite.
Bookings & RSVP: Ph: 07 3366 9111 - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=140777712650915 (July) or http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=124203984299058 (October)


Chocolate Decadence – Chocolate Decorating Workshop

Learn to make your own decadent chocolate decorations and dress a chocolate mud cake like a pro! Participants will learn how to make and manage ganache and create and utilize chocolate panels. The mud cakes will be provided for you practice the professional techniques demonstrated in the class. Your cake creation is for you to keep and take home. Judy C will also demonstrate how to manage and use professional chocolate pettinice icing.

Aprons will be provided.

Take Home: Decadent Decorated Chocolate Mud Cake.
Date: Sunday 21 August 2011
Time: 10am – 1.30pm
Cost: $195 pp (Includes morning tea & take home items)
Location: Cakes By Judy C (Shop1/227 Waterworks Rd Ashgrove, Qld 4060) Parking Onsite.
Bookings & RSVP: Ph: 07 3366 9111 - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=157669337580289


Cakes for Kids - Basic & Beautiful

Cakes for Kids is the starting point for anyone wanting to make beautiful Birthday / Celebration cakes from scratch and decorate them with flair. The one day workshop will cover the basics of making a standard cake mix for cakes and cup cakes, and decorating them to impress little people!

Beginners will learn how to make the perfect base cake and learn decorating fundamentals. This is a hands-on class, there is no need to bring any equipment or have any prior knowledge of decorating or baking, class sizes are limited to 8 students.

The class is a perfect start for those wanting to make their own Kids Birthday Cakes and impress their guests. You will learn how to produce professional and delicious cakes, cupcakes and icing. All students will be taught the commercial and professional method to decorate with different icings take home recipes you can use in the future.

We will be making and decorating a batch of Cupcakes providing you with some fancy treats to take home and show off your new skils.

Aprons will be provided.

Take Home: 1 Dozen Iced Kids Cupcakes which you have decorated, piping bag & nozzle, freshly baked biscuits, basic biscuit recipe and Cake & Butter Cream recipe.
Date: Sunday 18 September 2011
Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm
Cost: $195.00 (Includes morning tea & take home items)
Location: Cakes By Judy C (Shop1/227 Waterworks Rd Ashgrove, Qld 4060) Parking Onsite.
Bookings & RSVP: Ph: 07 3366 9111 - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183623908339624


Christmas Cake

This is the perfect class for those who want to make a cake that tastes as good as your grandmother’s and looks a profession al as one bought from a shop.

The Christmas cake decorating class is a hands-on experience in the kitchen as Judy C guides you though decorating and icing a traditional fruit cake. The cake will be iced with Pettinice icing and you will be given the choice to either decorate your cake with the classic holly wreath, holly with candles or Christmas stars, which will all be hand made during the class. During the break you will taste Judy C’s popular Fruit Mince Tarts and also take home the recipe.

Aprons will be provided.

Take Home: Decorated Christmas Fruit Cake, Fruit Cake Recipe and Fruit Mince Tart Recipe.
Date: Sunday 20 November 2011
Time: 10am – 1.30pm
Cost: $250.00 (Includes morning tea & take home items)
Location: Cakes By Judy C (Shop1/227 Waterworks Rd Ashgrove, Qld 4060) Parking Onsite.
Bookings & RSVP: Ph: 07 3366 9111 - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cakes-by-JudyC/147378830152?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=152941251391257

Look forward to seeing you in class!

NEW Additions to Cakes by JudyC

2011 marks an exciting new era for Cakes by JudyC with the introduction of coffee and café seating to the Ashgrove store. Up until now, the store has been primarily a display centre for celebration cakes and small shop front selling daily baked treats.

Cakes by JudyC now serve Wolff Coffee daily and have café seating for approximately 15. The Celebration and Bridal cake displays remain unchanged as they are large part of the business. There is now however, a lovely place to sit, relax and browse through our cake look-books, bridal magazines or have a consultation with the cake design team.

Along with fresh coffee prepared by experienced barista Dion Shaw, there will be Judy’s usual array of biscuits, muffins, cakes, cupcakes, macaroons, whoopie pies as well as the ever-changing daily offering.

As always, our products are baked fresh on the premises daily by a small team of qualified pastry chefs and quality decorators.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

New Idea Magazine loves Whoopie

This week's New Idea Magazine published a feature on Whoopie Pies stating that they are  "The biscuit taking the world by storm". All we can do is hope!

It is a great feature with lots of pics and recipes.




Whoopie Time

It’s Whoopie Time!

Cupcake and Macaron lovers unite, we have a sweet treat that sits somewhere between the two – Whoopie Pie.

An American favourite since 1920 and an Amish tradition, the cake-like sandwich sweet is now available in Brisbane here at Cakes by Judy C. More historical information on the Whoopie can be found here.

We plan to have Whoopie Pies in our display cabinet daily with alternating flavours and varieties.
RRP $4ea. Min order 1Doz/Flavour.


Some Whoopie Pie flavours we have made so far include; Choc Chip, Peanut Butter, Choc Raspberry,Choc Mint, Fresh Fruit and many more....

 
Choc Rasberry Whoopie Pie by Cakes by JudyC

Peanut Buttter Whoopie Pies made by Cakes by JudyC
 
Choc Chip WHoopie Pies Made by Cakes By JudyC


We LOVE this book for inspiration!"The Whoopie Pie Book" by Claire Ptak from Violet


Watch Claire make Whoopie Pies here:


Enjoy! xxxxx

Monday, March 14, 2011

Australian Easter & Easter Cupcakes

I love Easter. Love, love, love it.
I get to have some time away from the kitchen and enjoy the simple things in life like spending time with my family and friends.

Easter means many different things to many  people for various reasons  - mostly religion.
I found some really great information on Easter in Australia here - take from it what you wish.

Today, this post about Easter is about CHOCOLATE and CUPCAKES, read on if you share my passion...

We have another Sweet Treats 101 Baking & Decorating workshop coming up on Sunday, April 17 and this time we have combined it with a special  Easter Cupcake Cooking Class.

In this workshop we will l be making Easter Cupcakes to make the most of the opportunity so close to Easter!

Here are some we made last year:
We also made these beautiful Easter Cakes.

If you are interested in our upcoming workshop please call us ph:  (07) 3366 9111 or RSVP via our Facebook Page

The image at the top of this post  is of a Chocolate Easter Egg Tart from Nestle http://www.recipes.com.au/
The recipe can be found here ( we did not make it, we just liked the photo and are crediting it accordingly.)