HALF DAY CAKE BAKING

3.5 hrs - £160 (group)

• Fail safe recipe

• Correct weighing and measuring

• How to adapt the recipe for a variety of flavours

• What to do if your mixture curdles

• The perfect technique for light, fluffy icing

• How to check the cakes are perfectly cooked

• Using a cake cutter to size your layers correctly

• How to fill your cake

• Creating a ‘crumb coat’ to contain the crumbs

• The RiGHT way to fill a piping bag

• How to pipe ruffles on the sides and top of your cake

During this lesson we will cover step-by-step techniques, to ensure a perfect bake, free from baking disasters such as curdling.

You will learn how to adapt the recipe to create countless variations.

While your cake is baking you will be shown how to produce a delicious buttercream to fill and ice your cake with.

Once it has cooled you will be taught how to use a cake wire to ensure that all your layers are even before icing it with a ‘crumb’ coating.

You will then learn how to pipe a stunning ‘ruffle effect’ around the sides of the cake, using a professional cake turntable, before creating your beautiful ‘rose’ centrepiece.

You will leave the class with a 6 inch layer cake