Honey Bento Cake Masterclass: Clarins x Angel Cakes 2026 in Dubai

The Honey Bento Cake Masterclass: Clarins x Angel Cakes in Dubai is a 90-minute hands-on class at the Angel Cakes cafe in Dubai Hills Park, where you assemble, frost and decorate a small bento cake of your own design. Angel Cakes presents and hosts the afternoon in collaboration with Clarins Middle East, and the organisers sum up the mood in one line: just girls, cakes and a whole lot of pink.

What happens in the class

The masterclass is built around three clear stages, and the hard part has already been done for you. The cake layers and cream are prepared before you arrive, so the time is spent on the fun of building and finishing a cake rather than waiting for sponges to bake.

1. Assemble

You start by stacking the prepared layers with cream to build the body of your bento cake. This is where you learn how a neat little cake gets its shape and height.

2. Frost

Next comes the frosting, aiming for a smooth base coat. It is the step most home bakers find tricky, and doing it with guidance from the Angel Cakes team is the main skill you take away.

3. Decorate

Finally, you decorate with coloured cream in a design that is entirely yours. Piped borders, messages, flowers or something wonderfully over the top: the finish is up to you, and you leave with your cake.

What is a bento cake?

Bento cakes are small single cakes, usually packed in a small takeaway box much like a lunch box, which is where the bento name comes from. They are popular as gifts and for small celebrations, often decorated with a short message or a playful design. Because they are compact, they are an ideal first project for a beginner: big enough to practise real layering and frosting techniques, small enough to finish in one afternoon session.

The Clarins collaboration

This is a beauty and baking crossover. Clarins, the French skincare and make-up house, is tagged on the listing as the collaborator, and the event is framed around its Lip Perfectors with the line “where Clarins Lip Perfectors meet their sweetest match”. The organisers have not spelled out how the honey theme in the title ties in, but the pink colour story runs through the whole afternoon.

Each participant receives a Clarins goodie bag to take home, alongside one drink during the class. All materials and tools for the cake are included too, so you do not need to bring anything.

About Angel Cakes

Angel Cakes is a UAE cafe brand founded in 2022 by Alina Tutkova and her husband Dima Tutkov, and it is backed by the model and impact investor Natalia Vodianova. The concept is desserts and breakfasts made without gluten or refined sugar, served from branches including Dubai Mall, Bluewaters, Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Hills Park, where this class takes place.

That background is worth knowing if you usually steer clear of baking classes because of dietary needs. The listing does not say whether the cake used in the class follows the cafe’s no-gluten, no-refined-sugar approach, so ask the host before booking if it matters to you.

The setting: Dubai Hills Park

The Angel Cakes branch sits within Dubai Hills Park in the Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid area of Dubai Hills Estate. That makes it easy to turn the class into a longer afternoon, with a stroll through the park before or after, or a visit to the shops and restaurants of Dubai Hills Mall in the same community.

Who it suits

• Friends looking for a different catch-up: the class is pitched as a girls’ afternoon, which makes it an easy plan for a small group.
• Beginners: no baking experience is needed, and the prepared layers take the pressure off.
• Birthday or bridal plans: everyone leaves with a decorated cake and a goodie bag, which makes it a neat small celebration.
• Clarins fans: a relaxed way to meet the brand’s lip range in a setting far from a beauty counter.

Booking and availability

Places are very limited, with only around a dozen guests registered. When we last checked, the event page showed the class as sold out, with a waitlist open. You are only charged if you are admitted from the waitlist, so there is no risk in adding your name if you would like a place. If a spot opens up, you will hear through the event page. Wear something you do not mind getting a little cream on, since decorating is the whole point.

If you miss this one, browse more hands-on workshops in Dubai, see our pick of events for women, or find other ideas for the coming days in our weekend guide and things to do in October roundup.