Baking & decorating tips & resources

The Lady Berry Cupcakes Blog

Welcome to the Lady Berry Cupcakes Blog home of cupcake decorating workshops, parties and step-by-step tutorials. Whether you're booking a corporate team-building cupcake workshop, planning a hen party or children’s cupcake party, or looking for online cupcake classes and recipes, you’ll find practical guides, ideas and tips here. I’ve been teaching cupcake decorating for over 14 years across London, Surrey, Hampshire and online, and this blog is here to help you grow your skills and confidence.

 

HI, I’M FARLEY!

A passionate cupcake decorating teacher. Teaching you how to create beautiful fondant details and mentoring small baking businesses.

Rosanna Rosanna

Decorating & Delivering Cakes in Hot Weather

In this blog post, I share essential tips on decorating and delivering cakes in hot weather, perfect for home bakers and cake business owners during summer orders and heatwaves. From keeping buttercream stable to safe transport and packaging, these tips will help you protect your cakes, avoid melting and ensure your cupcake and celebration cake orders arrive in perfect condition.

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Rosanna Rosanna

5 Practical Ways to Boost Your Baking Business Sales in 2025

In this blog post, I share five practical tips to help you improve sales in your home cake business. Whether you run a cupcake business, sell treat boxes or take custom cake orders, these simple sales strategies will help you attract more customers, increase repeat bookings and feel more confident running your cake decorating business from home.

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Rosanna Rosanna

Why Join a Lady Berry Cupcakes Adult Group Class?

In this blog post, I share the benefits of joining a Lady Berry Cupcake Decorating Class, whether you're a hobby baker or a small cake business owner. These classes teach you how to create beautiful, professional cupcake designs that you can use for your own orders, treat boxes and seasonal cake business sales, helping you improve your skills and grow your confidence.

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Rosanna Rosanna

Corporate Cupcake Decorating Workshops for Summer Team Building Events

In this blog post, I share ideas for Summer Cupcake Decorating Workshops, perfect for family events, children’s parties, corporate wellbeing sessions and seasonal baking classes. These pastel summer cupcake designs are light, colourful and ideal for garden parties, school holiday activities and cake business treat boxes during the warmer months.

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Rosanna Rosanna

How to Run a Successful Cake Shed for Your Home Baking Business

In this blog post, I share practical tips on running a successful cake shed for home bakers and small baking businesses, including setup ideas, pricing, customer safety and security tips. A cake shed can be a brilliant way to offer local cupcake collections and last-minute treat boxes, and this post explains how to run it safely, profitably and professionally from home.

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Rosanna Rosanna

After School Cupcake Decorating Clubs

In this blog post, I share why booking a Lady Berry Cupcakes After School Cupcake Decorating Club is a wonderful activity for schools. These weekly cupcake workshops give children a creative outlet, build confidence and teach simple cake decorating skills in a calm and structured way. I bring all tools and equipment to your school, making it an easy and valuable enrichment activity for pupils

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Rosanna Rosanna

Easter Cupcakes Tutorial

In this blog post, I share a step-by-step Easter Cupcake Decorating Tutorial by Lady Berry Cupcakes, perfect for beginners and home bakers who love pastel spring designs. This Easter cupcake tutorial includes simple fondant decorations, Mini Egg cupcake ideas and professional tips to help you create beautiful cupcakes for Easter parties, treat boxes and baking business orders.

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Rosanna Rosanna

Easter Corporate Cupcake Decorating Classes

In this blog post, I share ideas for Easter Cupcake Decorating Workshops and how they’re perfect for families, children, corporate wellbeing days and spring baking events. These pastel Easter cupcake classes include pretty fondant decorations, Mini Egg toppers and soft spring colours, ideal for anyone looking to enjoy a creative Easter activity or offer seasonal treat boxes through their cake business.

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Rosanna Rosanna

Care Home Cupcake Classes

In this blog post, I share how my Care Home Cupcake Decorating Classes and Workshops bring creativity, joy and gentle activity to residents. I travel directly to care homes with all tools, equipment and pastel decorating kits, making it easy for activity coordinators to offer a relaxing, inclusive cupcake workshop for elderly residents and community groups. Perfect for care home enrichment programmes and wellbeing activity sessions.

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