All ingredients and equipment are provided.
Techniques you will learn
Baking
• Tips behind perfect baking, how to get to know your oven
• Starting small – working with a 6″ cake to get used to your techniques
• Essential equipment you should have
Preparation
• Level, layer, fill and coat your cake
• Colour, roll out and cover your cake in smooth fondant first time every time
Decorating
• Use our equipment and teacher assistance to produce a fabulous looking cake that matches with current cake decorating trends
On completion of the class
Once you have finished Cake Basics we hope you can go home with the confidence to bake a successful cake the first time, decorate it and present it to your friends and family! Or choose to expand on your knowledge with some of our advanced cake and modelling classes.
Equipment
You will take home a cake leveller, sugar glue, a cake smoother, a vial of tylose plus your fully decorated 6″ round cake in a box.
Booking
Cake Basics runs over the course of two afternoons/evenings (usually approx 6 hours in total) and all materials and equipment is provided. If you have an apron it is recommended you bring it along. Each place is $200. You can host your own Cake Basics class at home with four students, email us for more details.
Please visit the Class Registration page to check if this class is currently running and has any available places, and then fill out the basic details to register. Payments can be made immediately through PayPal with Credit Card or you can send your booking via bank deposit.
Before booking, please also see our classes FAQ for more detailed information on the booking terms.
Location
Our classes currently take place at the Box Factory Community Centre, 59 Regent Street South, in the city. There is ample untimed parking on Halifax Street, which is a short walk down the street from the centre.
