Course Highlights
  • Everything you need to know to make the perfect cake, every step of the way from mixing to serving!
  • The tools and materials needed to bake, assemble and frost a cake
  • How to mix your cake batter (including recipes for vanilla and chocolate cake)
  • How to bake a moist cake
  • How to prepare cake layers and assemble a layer cake
  • Prepare fillings and frostings (including recipes for flavoured and coloured fillings and frostings)
  • How to frost a round, square and rectangular cake
  • Finishing touches to decorate cakes
  • How to store, transport and serve cakes
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum

2 Topics
Introduction
Tools and Materials You'll Need

1 Topic
Mixing a Cake

5 Topics
Preparing Cake Pans
Converting Recipes
Baking Cakes
Turning Cakes Out
Troubleshooting

4 Topics
Levelling Cake Layers
Simple Syrup
Trimming and Dividing Cake Layers
Storing Cake Layers

5 Topics
Making Buttercream
Flavouring Buttercream
Colouring Buttercream
How Much Buttercream?
Storing Buttercream

4 Topics
Assembling a Cake
Buttercream Dams
Rectangular and Square Cakes
Key Points

2 Topics
The Crumb Coat
Square and Rectangular Cakes

4 Topics
The Final Coat
Sharp Edges: Method #1
Sharp Edges: Method #2
Square and Rectangular Cakes

4 Topics
Finishing Touches
Borders
Toppers
Bases

4 Topics
Storing
Transporting Cakes
Serving Cakes
Final Words

1 Topic
Cake Decorating

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The Basics Of Cake

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