For Children & Teens
CAMPS
Join The Art of Cake Studio for our 10th year of baking and decorating camps! Learn to bake and decorate with Pastry Chef and Owner, Tammy Dunwoody. Tammy has been featured on Cupcake Wars and The Martha Stewart Show, worked with The Radio City Rockettes, The Bob Hope Family, Bill Griffeth of CNBC and Ellis Island. She has also been featured in (201) Bride and (201) Magazine, and most recently, Edible Jersey Magazine. As the first cake decorating and baking camp for kids in Bergen County, she has taught over 2000 children the art of cake decorating and baking.
We believe that the campers should have fun and learn from their culinary experience. Children are grouped together by age, with friends or siblings, and work with partners. Younger campers do not work with our older campers unless requested. Our low 1:4 instructor to camper ratio ensures the attention and instruction to reach these goals. Children do not need prior experience with cake decorating or baking to enjoy this camp.
Lunch: Lunch can be brought in or purchased (must be prepaid at time of registration) by our full day campers. Please bring a peanut/tree nut/seed free lunch and drink if you are bringing lunch. Lunch items are chosen and ordered daily from a local deli or pizzeria.
Winter & Spring Break Camps - Ages 7-13
1-4 Days, Morning, Afternoon, or Full Day
Feb 17-20 & April 6-9
Our winter and spring break camps are limited to 8 children per session and follow the format of a cake decorating or baking class that we hold throughout the year. Each day is a different class and children can attend as many or few sessions as they would like.
Morning Cake Decorating Schedule
Monday: Sprinkle Explosion, Tuesday: Candy Drip, Wednesday: Fault Line Sprinkle, Thursday: Sprinkle Drip
Afternoon Baking Schedule
Monday: Eclairs, Tuesday: Chocolate Layer Cake, Wednesday: Apple Galette (pie), Thursday: 4 Cookies - 1 Dough
Summer Camp Sessions
Weeks of June 22-August 10 - Ages 7-13
Week of August 17 - Ages 12-15
4 or 5 Mornings, Afternoons or Full Days
Weeks of June 22-August 10
Morning Decorating: Campers learn to mix & measure ingredients used to make two cakes, and sugar cookies that they decorate during the week. They'll decorate a trending fun edible buttercream cake, a fondant cake of their own design, and sugar cookies with royal icing. Campers learn to make characters, flowers and other decorations, use edible glitter, pearl dust and fondant cutters and molds. Optional Friday Fun Cupcake Wars Competition: Campers work together in groups to create delicious and beautiful cupcakes in a Cupcake Wars like setting for a chance to win prizes.
Featured morning buttercream cake:
June 22 - Sprinkle Explosion & Fondant Cake of Choice
July 6 - Candy Drip & Fondant Cake of Choise
July 13 - Watermelon Fault Line Sprinkle & Fondant Cake of Choice
July 20 - Sprinkle Drip & Fondant Cake of Choice
August 3 - Candy Drip & M&M Anti Gravity Fondant Cake
August 10 - Sprinkle Explosion & Fondant Cake of Choice
Afternoon Baking: Each week campers learn to read and follow recipes, measure liquid and dry ingredients and use a mixer to make delicious homemade pastry and desserts. Each week is a different baking experience and some of the things we'll make include cakes, pies, tarts, hand pies, cheesecake, danish, and more. This is a hands on class! Children learn all of the necessary skills to make the desserts from scratch. Desserts are brought home daily so it is a good idea to have a party or bbq planned for the weekend! Optional Fun Friday Sugar Rush Competition. Campers work together in groups to whip up desserts in a race against the clock for fun prizes.
Special Session - Week of August 17 - Ages 12-15
4 or 5 Mornings, Afternoons or Full Days
Morning Decorating: Design, bake and create a two tiered fondant or buttercream iced cake of your design. We'll be making the cake, fillings and icing from scratch and learn to professionally level layers, fill, crumb coat and ice a cake. Day 5 includes learning to use an airbrush, stencils & projector to create amazing designs that can be used on future fondant cakes and cupcakes and royal icing cookies.
Afternoon Baking: Each participant works with their own mixer to create assorted pastry and fillings, cake & mini pastry. Day 5 is a cookie and bar swap day. Participants each make a different type of cookie or bar from one of our recipes or a family favorite. All of the items are divided and taken home to share.
