On Sunday I was lucky enough to attend a rather lovely blogging event #ToastOfTheTown at the Copthorne hotel in Newcastle, organised by Joe Blogs for an afternoon of cupcake decorating and afternoon tea. It was only my second event and I was feeling rather nervous as I did not really know anyone attending but my nerves were soon quashed when I arrived at the hotel.
Situated on Newcastle's quayside overlooking the river Tyne is the Copthorne hotel which I had never been to before, on entering I was immediately impressed with the calm and relaxing atmosphere and took a seat in the lobby whilst waiting for the event to start. Once everyone arrived we were shown to a small room and told to help our selves to the table's of Prosecco and delicious looking nibbles provided for us. I was having a rare day off mummy duties so of course, I had a glass (or two) of Prosecco, it would have been rude not to. Although I did resist the scrumptious looking nibbles (as I am on a diet to lose my baby weight) but I was told they were delicious.
After chatting with some friendly bloggers and having a drink to calm our nerves it was time to head into another room for some cupcake decorating. The room was set out for the class and I headed to a table where I sat with Sarah and Tracy two super lovely bloggers who I had a great afternoon chatting too.
I was expecting the cupcake decorating to be a bit of a disaster as I have never done anything like this before apart from the odd children's Peppa pig cake set which always turns out looking rather terrible. I need not have worried though as we were talked through and shown the decoration process step by step with the helpful ladies from Julie's cake house on hand to keep us right every step of the way. We decorated four cupcakes each, a flower made of marshmallows, a cute pink bear, a makeup brush and lipstick cake and a petal one. All whilst sipping Prosecco, chatting and enjoying the glorious view of the river Tyne from the window. I was really impressed with the cakes I made and who knew cupcake decorating could be so much fun.
After the class we were then broken up into two groups and taken on a tour of the hotel, The Copthorne hotel is part of the Millennium group of hotels. I was impressed with the hotel as it has been designed with its guests in mind and only has rooms on one side of the building facing towards the river giving every single guest a stunning view from the room. We visited a number of different rooms in the hotel from suites, to upgrade rooms to normal standard double rooms and every room was spacious and comfortable looking. I have to say the normal standard double room on the third floor was my favourite of all as it had a huge floor to ceiling window facing the River Tyne and the bridges which would be a lovely view to wake up to.
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After the tour of the hotel, we were served afternoon tea of various dainty finger sandwiches, mini cakes and huge scones with cream and jam served with tea or fresh orange juice. Of course, I am on a diet so I gave the scones a miss but I did try some sandwiches and a slice of lemon cake which was utterly mouthwatering.
The cake class was a lot of fun and the food was nice. If anyone is planning on visiting Newcastle then I would not hesitate in recommending the Copthorne hotel it has a great location as it is only a five-minute walk from the city centre yet is very peaceful and quiet and the rooms look very spacious and comfortable.
Sounds like a lovely way to spend an afternoon and I am impressed with your cakes :D
ReplyDeleteIt was such a great afternoon and so much fun, it was a shame you were at work and could not attend. I am amazed with the cakes as i was expecting them to be a disaster xx
DeleteYour flower cake turned out fab! I struggled with the petals It was a great afternoon and lovely to meet you
ReplyDeleteThank you Alison, i struggled with the petals too i found that cake the hardest one. It was such a great afternoon and was really lovely to meet you too xx
Deletesounds like a lovely day, and how amazing are your decorating skills!?
ReplyDeleteIt really was such a lovely day and nice to have a break from mum duties. I am amazed the cakes turned out so well for my first attempt xx
DeleteWOWZA at that flower one!!! I would SO proud of that!!! Sounds like such a great day and seeing your photos is making me SO EXCITED for my first trip to the north east next week!!!! Squeeee! xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you Hayley it was such a great day and nice to do something different. I was amazed the cakes turned out as well as they did. I hope you love the north east and have a great time visiting Jon's family xx
DeleteYour cakes look amazing, well done :) x
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