Eight Weeks Baking Education Course

During this session you will explore different methods of cake making, looking at butter cakes, oil-based cakes and quick cakes. You will then prepare and add toppings to your freshly baked cakes. At the end you will enjoy a cake feast with coffee and take home a cake you have made.
You will learn to make the following:
Victoria sponge cake
Lemon cake
Devil’s food cake
Olive oil & sauternes cake
Honey & spice cupcakes
Carrot cake
Basic sponge
Gluten free orange cake
Chocolate ganache and a variety of icings

During this session you will learn to make and use shortcrust, sweet shortcrust (pate sucree) and choux pastry. At the end of the session you will eat what you have made and take home a quiche or apple pie.
You will learn to make the following:

• Shortcrust pastry
• Sweet shortcrust pastry (pate sucree)
• Choux pastry
• Cornish pasties
• Quiche
• Chicken and mushroom pie
• Fruit tart
• Apple pie
• Profiteroles & eclairs

You will learn to make and use puff pastry. At the end of the lesson you will take home the pastry you have made to use it at your leisure.
You will learn to make the following:

Provençal seasonal tart
Sausage rolls using organic British chicken sausage
Parmesan cheese straws
Palmiers

During this session you will learn to make quick breads and yeasted breads. You will sit down to eat the pizza you make at the end of the session and take home the dough that you have made in the class to bake at home.
You will learn to make the following:

• Cinnamon buns
• Cornbread
• Granary cob
• Wholemeal loaf
• Flat bread
• Focaccia
• Pizza
• A traditional plaited challah

Learn traditional techniques for two classic dough recipes – croissants and brioche, using delicious organic butter. These two techniques can take years to perfect but are both very versatile doughs that can be extended to a number of recipes. You will take home the croissant dough that you make in class to use at home at your leisure.
You will learn to make the following:

• Croissants
• Pain au chocolate
• Pain aux raisins
• Brioche
• Session 6: Scones
• Pancakes
• Waffles and Muffins

Learn how to whip up wonderful breakfasts or teas using our foolproof recipes. In addition you will learn a few flavoured butter recipes to enhance these dishes.

You will learn to make the following:

• Plain muffins
• Plain scones
• Cheese and herb scones
• Banana muffins
• Apple spice muffins
• Plain pancake (crepe)
• Griddle cake (American pancake)
• Waffles

Understand your egg whites and make delicate meringues and macarons. This session is devoted to teaching you how to make perfect meringues and macarons and a variety of fillings for them. You will take home the macarons you have made.

You will learn how to make the following:

• Mini piped meringues
• Meringues to be used in a Mont Blanc
• Chocolate macarons with a ganache filling
• Other macarons of choice with a butter cream filling

During this class you will learn how to make a perfect butter icing and learn how to pipe to perfection. You will take home a box of beautifully decorated cupcakes.

You will learn how to the following:

• Make a perfect butter icing
• Ice and decorate cupcakes professionally
• Use a piping bag and pipe different shapes onto cupcakes
• Use fondant, colour it, cover and smooth a cake and decorate it.
• Slice cakes evenly across
• Course Snapshot
• Expert teaching and advice, using standard kitchen equipment
• Leave with the knowledge and understanding to make the delicious recipes at home
• Hands on experience
• You will use sustainably sourced, high quality, organic ingredients
• You will never wash up – we take care of that for you always!