BEGINNER / INTERMEDIATE BAKING COURSE

BEGINNER / INTERMEDIATE BAKING COURSE

Course Duration: 3 Weeks

Course Fee: ₦

Course Syllabus:

1. Introduction class
  - Identification of baking items
  - Identification of decoration tools and equipment
  - How to use the measuring scale, mixer and oven.
2. Cake Baking
  - Chocolate Cake
  - Marble Cake
  - Lemon Cake
  - Strawberry Cake
  - Butter Cake
  - Light / Rich Fruit Cake
  - The Mix and Bake Excel Sponge Cake
  - Red Velvet Cake
3. Pastry
  - Meat pie
  - Sausage roll
  - Commercial Bread
  - Doughnut
4. Buttercream Icing Class
  - Butter Icing -:
    - Recipe and Preparation
    - Preparing the bag for decorating
    - Levelling your cake
    - Frosting and combing
    - Bag positioning
    - Pressure control
  - DESIGNS TECHNIQUES:
    - Star Design
    - Dot/writing
    - Shell design
    - Reverse shell
    - Rosette
    - Frosting
    - Using gold flakes
    - Combing effect (different combing designs)
    - Leaves using leaf tip
    - White butter cream icing: recipe & preparation
    - Cartoon character toppers & edible picture on covered cake
    - Butter icing flowers, i.e Rose flower, Ribbon rose & Sweet pea flower
    - Chocolate drizzling techniques on butter iced cakes (i.e dessert cake design)
5. Fondant Icing Class
  - Recipe & Preparation:
  - Gelatin fondant icing
  - Preparation of special fondant icing
  - Coloring fondant Icing
  - Techniques of covering a cake with fondant Icing
  - Cake leveling techniques
  - Covering a cake dummy/cake with fondant Icing

OTHER FONDANT ICING TECHNIQUES:

- Boarder designs using cutter & molds.
- Marbling effect with fondant
- Using artificial flowers to enhance your design
- Writing techniques- using royal icing & message plaques
- Cut outs/cake side designs using available molds/cutters for sale in Mix n Bake
- Fondant icing flowers – blossom, daisy, ribbon rose.