A beautiful cake makes any holiday or special occasion more festive! Here’s your chance to learn from the pros, in this buttercream cake class led by Palmer’s Bakery expert cake decorators.
— an announcement from Darien Community Association
The class will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7 at the Darien Community Association.
Each student will receive an eight inch cake, turntable and set of spatulas (yours to keep), and choose from a variety of cake flavors and fillings.

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The Darien Community Association Offers a Winter Cake Decorating Class with Palmer’s Bakery.
Instruction will include: how to cut, fill and crumb coat a cake; icing a cake in buttercream, basic piping skills; and decorating techniques such as sugar roses and gum paste bows.
Whether you are a beginner in the kitchen or an old hand, you’ll learn valuable tricks of the trade as you decorate a cake from start to finish, and have a great time doing it!
This event is $140 per person, or $120 for DCA members. Prepayment is required by Monday, March 4, and can be made online, or by contacting the DCA at 203-655-9050, extension 10. The DCA is at 274 Middlesex Road.