Recent guests of ours were delighted to attend a culinary class led by Chef/Master Confectioner, Julie Bashore, founder and owner of Sugar Arts Institute. Just 15 minutes from the Brownstone Colonial Inn, classes are offered for professionals and hobbyists, in all aspects of cake decorating and sugar arts, including rolled fondant; creative piping in buttercream; & royal icing for cookie decorating; blown and pulled sugar, gum paste life-like edible flowers; pastillage for 3D edible cake top decorations; edible critters and figurines; sugar lace; chocolate novelties, pralines and truffles; plated high-tea desserts and savory hors d’oeuvres.

The best way to learn is hands-on with interactive instruction. You will be taught step by step, learning easier techniques and shortcuts to develop efficient time-saving cake decorating and sugar art skills. Julie the founder, is a native of England who has an award winning, thirty year background in Culinary and Confectionery Arts. She’s taught courses & demonstrated at conventions all over the world. Julie was a winner of The Ultimate Cake-Off Challenge on the TLC network and has written numerous articles for professional magazines. She founded and was the former owner of the House of Clarendon, a bakery in Lancaster Pa, and Epicurean Cuisine, a catering business and culinary arts school in Zimbabwe where she catered for Embassies, High Commissions and functions up to 3000 people.

For more information on these creative, unique experiences, check out her website at https://www.sugarartsinstitute.com/

For class details go to this link: https://www.sugarartsinstitute.com/view-class-schedules-2026