Baking Classes for Children – Easter 2019

Introducing a “Tea Time Treats”  Baking Class for Children

The Real Macaron Company is delighted to announce a new baking class for children!!

Following the continued success of our Macaron “Bake with Me” sessions for 7-13 year olds,  we are introducing a new baking class for children, this Easter holiday.

The first “Tea Time Treats” class will be held on Tuesday 9th April from 2.00pm – 4.00pm. The children will make and decorate Easter biscuits, create a chocolate Malteser slice and produce a delicious homemade lemonade. The best bit is that they will enjoy their own afternoon tea and sample everything they make, before proudly taking the remainder home.

Our “Tea Time Treats” class is great value at only £27.50 per child, including all ingredients, refreshments and tea or coffee for accompanying adults.

Macaron “Bake with Me” Classes

This Easter holiday, we will be holding two macaron baking sessions for 7-13 year olds, on Tuesday 16th April, one at 10.30am and the second at 2.00pm.

In these classes for younger bakers, the children will work with me to create, bake and decorate their own selection of delicious macarons, to take home and share (or not)!

 

Places are limited to 6 children per class and cost £22.50 per child, which includes a soft drink and a macaron as well as tea or coffee for accompanying parents!

Baking Parties

Bespoke parties for children and teenagers can also be arranged. Prices for parties start at £25 per head and depend on the level of activities and the age of the participants, .

Afternoon Tea Baking Class at The Real Macaron Company – 30th March 2019

Let’s get baking!!  Rachel’s Apron and I are delighted to announce that our next Afternoon Tea Baking class, will take place on Saturday 30th March, 12.30 – 4.30pm.

In this class you will learn to bake perfect, buttery shortbread, try your hand at  choux pastry  with raspberry eclairs, get to grips with iced lemon fondants and  master the all important “macaronage” for a coconut, dark chocolate and lime macaron.
This four hour class includes professional demos and plenty of hands-on baking as well as lots of helpful tips and baking advice.
When all is baked, we invite you to sit down, relax and enjoy a cup of tea whilst sampling your baked delights. The added bonus is that there will still be plenty to take home and share with friends and family.
The class will be held at Macaron House in Newbury – a perfect space for a relaxing and inspiring class.
Places are limited so do book soon. At only £75 per person, this really is a baking class not to be missed!

(Photo courtesy of Paul Gregory Photography @photographypaulgregory)

Afternoon Tea Baking Classes

Rachel and I are delighted that our newly launched Afternoon Tea baking classes are proving so popular.  Our next class is scheduled for Saturday 20th October from 12.30pm to 4.30pm, and the extra good news is that we  are maintaining the special promotional price of only £75 per person, until the end of the year.

What better way to enjoy an autumn afternoon than baking a delicious, classic afternoon tea? Learn to bake the perfect buttermilk scone, master the science of buerre noisette as you make delicious honey and orange Madeleines, perfect your piping skills with melt-in-the-mouth Viennese Biscuits, and create a beautifully delicate Earl Grey and lemon macaron.
This four hour class includes professional demos and plenty of hands-on baking as well as lots of helpful tips and baking advice.
And when all is baked, sit down, relax and enjoy a cup of tea whilst sampling your baking delights, with cream, jam and fresh strawberries to accompany the scones. The added bonus is that there will still be plenty to take home and share with friends and family.
The class will be held at Macaron House in Newbury – a perfect space for a relaxing and inspiring class.
Book soon and take advantage of our special promotional price of £75 per person. This really is a baking class not to be missed!

To book email gaye@therealmacaroncompany.com or call Gaye on 07887 870274

New Year Opening Hours

Please note that The Real Macaron Company shop at 41a Newtown Road, Newbury, RG14 7BS, will be closed this week – 30th, 31st December and 1st, 2nd January – and will open as usual from Wednesday 6th January 2016 at 10am. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and looking forward to seeing you all in 2016.

Macarons for Christmas

Enjoy working with real macarons!

Time to celebrate!

 

Macarons at 41a Newtown Road, Newbury

I can hardly believe it, but The Real Macaron Company has been in Newbury for four exciting and fun-packed months!  The time has flown by and every day has brought us new ideas, challenges and of course, fantastic customers.

Macarons for everyone and for every occasion

The shop is a hive of activity, open on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays selling our ever-expanding range of delicious French-style macarons, as well as creamy cupcakes and wonderfully gooey brownies, to take home as treats or gifts. We also serve great coffee, a variety of teas’ and steaming hot chocolate, which has been a particular favourite on cold, wet, winter days.  Demand for our macaron master classes  continues to grow and the shop is transformed into a kitchen workshop at least twice a week, accommodating enthusiastic groups of would-be macaronistas!  The keenest among them return frequently for a macaron chat and to pick up macaron-making accessories such as, silicone mats and gel colours.

The Real Macaron Company loves to welcome brides-and-bridegrooms-to-be to sample our macarons and chat about wedding favours, macaron towers and cakes over a relaxed cup of coffee, and with the wedding season fast approaching we are delighted to be involved in a number of local weddings. Towers and dessert selections are also popular for special birthdays, hen parties, Bar Mitzvahs and christenings, and we encourage our customers to come and visit, and taste, before deciding on the perfect macarons for their big event.

We are still busy even when closed, as we bake on the premises, preparing stock for the shop, as well as macarons to order, for both private and corporate customers … and of course the phone and the email are always open for your enquiries and orders.

So if you haven’t managed to visit The Real Macaron Company at 41a Newtown Road, Newbury in the last four months, do come and see us soon, and enjoy all that is a real macaron!

 

 

The Real Macaron Company now open in Newbury

We are open! Visit us at 41a Newtown Road, Newbury from 10.00am til 5.00pm every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 19th November 2014, for macarons, cupcakes, brownies, chocolates and coffee ( and tea of course!)

Coconut and mint chocolate macarons

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Macaron Towers

Macaron towers are a wonderful addition to the dessert table and a stylish alternative to the celebration cake, with colours and flavours chosen to compliment the theme and scheme of your event or party.  For additional impact, macaron towers can be dressed with flowers or ribbons, or be presented on a traditionally iced cake , to allow for the cake cutting “photo opportunity”. Macaron towers hold from 32 to 235 macarons, depending on the number of tiers, making them suitable for both small and large events. The Real Macaron Company offers up to six flavours and colours per tower ensuring that all taste buds are catered for. Towers can be hired from The Real Macaron Company and filled  with your delicious choice of macarons in-situ at your event venue.

 

Macaron Tower for Wedding Tea

Look out for more macaron tower ideas from The Real Macaron Company in the coming months.

Macaron Master Class

Macaron Master Classes will be held on the following dates at The Real Macaron Company, 41a Newtown Road, Newbury, RG14 7BS. If you love baking or just love macarons this is a perfect way to spend an afternoon or evening. Classes cost just £40 per person.

• Saturday 11th October, 2pm – 4.30pm
• Saturday 18th October, 2pm – 4.30pm

If you can’t make these classes look out for future dates or let me know what would suit you.

Contact Gaye@therealmacaroncompany or on 07887870274 for more details or to book a place.

 

 

A macaron for everyone.

Thoughts on a Macaron Master Class

Review received from Gemma Guest on 3/7/14:

I cannot recommend this class enough! My mum took me last week as a birthday present. I have been trying to master making macarons for some time now but wasn’t having very much luck.

Gaye was so welcoming and friendly and she made you feel completely at home. She has come up
with her own recipe for making macarons and made it so simple to follow. She started by demonstrating how to make a batch infront of us all, explaining all the time exactly what she was doing and answering all the questions that we had.

And then it was our turn! I must say that after her demonstration and with the very easy-to-follow recipe she developed, making macarons was a breeze. We all got to choose a different colour for our batch and I’m pleased to say that every single person in the class managed to produce a perfect batch of macarons! During the day we were treated to tea and some of the beautiful macarons that Gaye had made.

At the end of the class we went home with a gorgeous goody bag of lovely macarons that we had made, Gaye’s foolproof macaron recipe and I even treated myself to some of the gel colourings that Gaye had on sale (which were very reasonably priced). I have tried the recipe at home – I made raspberry flavoured pink shells with a raspberry and white chocolate filling and they turned out perfectly! I was so pleased.

I think this class is excellent value for money. I thoroughly enjoyed the day – so much so that I’m thinking of friends to take so I can go again! For the disheartened baker this class was invaluable for providing me with a simple recipe for macarons. But for the beginner, such as my mum, it is a lot of fun and a great way to learn a new skill to impress all your friends with! Thanks Gaye!