The Ultimate Baking Course (Intensive)

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This course takes you through the fundamental baking principles and techniques, for example cakes, pastry, breads, macarons, meringues and cake decorating. Furthermore, you’ll pick up plenty of tips and tricks to assist you in future baking adventur

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4 Days

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Learn to bake with our four-day intensive baking course! Even though you’ll enter a beginner, you will leave with all the confidence and competence to create a wide range of beautiful baked goods.

This course takes you through the fundamental baking principles and techniques, for example cakes, pastry, breads, macarons, meringues and cake decorating. Furthermore, you’ll pick up plenty of tips and tricks to assist you in future baking adventures. The course will be a mix of hands-on and interactive demonstrations, ensuring you cover as much as possible over the four days.

Firstly, at the start of each session in this baking workshop, you will be welcomed with breakfast. After this, you’ll roll up your sleeves to start baking. In the afternoon, you will sit down to enjoy lunch with organic wine before diving straight back in. Best of all , after each class, you will take home what you have made, so be sure to bring along a container to every lesson.

We are happy for students to pay for this course in up to three instalments, with the final payment made at least one week before the course starts. If you want to do this, please call us to book your place.

 

During this intensive baking course, you will learn:

Day 1:

Shortcrust and choux pastry

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 then take home a quiche or apple pie (of your choice).

 

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

 

Puff pastry

During this session, you will learn to make and use puff pastry. At the end of the lesson, you will take home the pastry you made to use at your leisure.

 

You will learn to make the following:

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

 

Day 2:

Quick bread and yeast breads

During this session, you be baking quick breads and yeasted breads. Lunch will be the delicious pizza that you have made during the session. You will then 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
  • Flatbread
  • Focaccia
  • Pizza
  • A traditional plaited chollah

 

Baking French breakfast pastries

During this session you will use delicious organic butter to learn traditional techniques for two classic dough recipes – croissants and brioche. Even though these two techniques can take years to perfect, they are both very versatile doughs that can be extended to several recipes. You will then 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 chocolat
  • Pain aux raisins
  • Brioche

 

Day 3:

Baking 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.

 

During the course of day three you will be baking the following:

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

 

Baking meringues and macarons

Understand your egg whites and make delicate meringues and macarons. We will devote this session to teaching you how to make perfect meringues and macarons and a variety of fillings for them. You will then 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

 

Day 4:

Baking cakes

During this session, you will explore different methods of cake making. More specifically, we will be looking at butter cakes, oil-based cakes and quick cakes and then preparing and adding the toppings to your freshly baked cakes. In the end, you will enjoy a cake feast with coffee and then 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

 

Cake decorating

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

 

You will learn how to do 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
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