Charlottes and Mousse Cakes

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Learn to create delicious mousse desserts that are perfect for summer entertaining! You will make a lemon curd, perfectly whipped cream and sponge cakes as you make a lovely lemon charlotte and a white chocolate mousse cake to take home.

Cheesecake and Flourless Chocolate Cake

In this class you will make a delicous New York cheesecake with a caramel sauce as well as a flourless chocolate cake.

Please Note: These cakes both need to be refrigerated for several hours before they can be moved. Cakes will be baked during class and will be packaged and ready to be picked up after noon the next day.

Perfect Cakes

In this hands-on class you will bake and decorate a traditional European sponge cake. You will learn professional tricks to getting your cakes to rise evenly, torting them (dividing into layers) and some contemporary decorating techniques. You will take home your 8 inch cake to share with friends and family.

Thanksgiving Pies

Use this class to get ahead for Thanksgiving! You will learn to make perfectly flaky pie crusts and sensational pumpkin and fruit fillings as you prepare pies and cakes you can take home with you.

Mommy and Me: Holiday Cookies

Holiday Baking

Learn the principles behind great baking as you prepare a Christmas Yule Log and a White Chocolate Mousse Dome to take home. You will learn how to make perfect mousse fillings, meringue mushrooms, chocolate ganache frosting and simple and elegant decorating techniques.

Intro to Baking

 In this class you will bake lemon glazed pound cake, cinnamon apple muffins and cookies as you learn about the creaming method as well as about how basic baking ingredients work together. You can bring everything you make home to share with family and friends.

All About Pies

In this class you will bake lemon meringue pie, apple crumb pie and chocolate cream pie as you learn about how to make a perfect butter pie crust, pie fillings and perfectly whipped cream and meringue. You can bring everything you make home to share with family and friends.

Advanced Cake Decorating

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Learn to carve cake layers and make and use rolled fondant to cover a cake as well as how to work with gumpaste and create “painted” cakes as you design and create your own two tier cake.

Please note: this is an advanced decorating class. You will get the most out of this class if you are already comfortable leveling, icing and decorating cakes.

Need some practice? We also offer a cake decorating workshop.

Breads

Bake several types of breads in this hands-on baking class as you learn the steps of bread baking and how ingredients work together. You will make rolls, pan bread and a baguette. Learn how to adjust recipes and steps to fit your schedule and how to substitute ingredients. Light refreshments will be provided. The breads you bake will be yours to bring home and share with family and friends.

Buttercakes

In this class you will bake two different cakes and make a simple and rich chocolate ganache frosting. You will learn how to tier and frost a cake and will have your cakes boxed to take home with you. Light fare will be provided.

Holiday Cookies

Bake, decorate and package beautiful holiday cookies to take home to friends and family. In this hands-on class you will learn to make several different cookies including scottish shortbread,double chocolate pecan sandwich, checkerboard cookies and rugelach. You will learn about the different techniques used to bake and decorate cookies to prepare you for the holiday season!

Children's Birthday Cakes

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Learn techniques for constructing creatively shaped cakes, working with color and simple cake carving as you design and create your own whimsical child’s birthday cake.

This is an advanced cake decorating course! Although there are no prerequisites you should be very comfortable baking from scratch, making buttercream and decorating a cake.

Intro. to Cake Decorating

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In this hands-on session you will make a delicious buttercream frosting, bake a rich and moist cake and frost and decorate your cake neatly and professionally. You will learn techniques for baking level cakes, dividing cakes into layers and working with frostings and piping bags.

Cake Decorating Workshop

This hands-on workshop is designed to give you practice in leveling a cake, icing the cake and working with a piping bag to create beautiful borders. Students can also practice cake carving and chocolate work. Cakes, fillings and buttercreams are provided, come ready to practice!

Please contact us if there are particular techiniques you would like to learn and practice.