What you'll learn

  • 🎂 Master the art of baking, filling, frosting, and decorating your dream cake!
  • 🌈 Create stunning professional-style layered cakes, featuring watercolor, "naked," and fault line designs.
  • 🍫 Discover techniques for breathtaking decorations such as chocolate sails and elegant meringue toppers.
  • ✨ Learn how to temper and craft chocolate into jaw-dropping decorations.
  • 🍰 Unlock the secret chocolate cake recipe for moist, level, and perfect layered cakes.
  • 🍦 Create delectable fillings and toppings with versatile vanilla cream and raspberry delights.
  • 🍥 Master the classic Swiss meringue method for velvety smooth buttercream frosting.
  • 🧁 Explore essential piping techniques to elevate your cake decorating skills.
  • 🔪 Perfect your technique for cutting and leveling cakes for flawless stacking.
  • 🌸 Dive into the art of piping buttercream flowers to beautify any dessert.
  • 🎉 Craft your own homemade sprinkles for a personal touch to your creations!
  • 🧑‍🍳 Discover top tips and common pitfalls to ensure every cake you bake is a masterpiece.

Course Content

Introduction

2 lectures
Introduction
Tools and utensils

The basics

9 lectures
Lining the cake tins
Chocolate cake
Cutting and leveling the cake
Swiss meringue buttercream
How to color buttercream
Vanilla whipped ganache cream
Raspberry coulis
Assembling the cake
Crumb coating

"Naked" cake

4 lectures
"Naked" cake - the components
Buttercream flowers
Naked cake
Naked cake: assembly

Watercolor cake

8 lectures
Watercolor cake - the components
Isomalt bowl
Isomalt bowl finishing touches
Watercolor cake: coating the cake
Watercolor cake: creating the effect
Ganache drip
Watercolor cake: the drip
Watercolor cake: assembly

Fault line cake

12 lectures
Fault line cake - the components
Chocolate decoration: tempering
Modeling and shaping
Chocolate decoration: spheres
Home-made sprinkles
Piping the sprinkles
French meringue
Piping the meringue
Fault line cake: creating the line
Fault line cake: coating
Fault line cake: border accents
Fault line cake: assembly

Vegan baking

2 lectures
Vegan replacements for dairy products
egg replacements

More learnings

1 lecture
Bonus Lecture

Description

🎂 Discover the Art of Cake Mastery! 🍰

Join our comprehensive Pastry Course and elevate your baking skills to new heights! Learn the secrets of creating stunning, delectable cakes that will impress everyone. Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this course is perfect for you!

What You'll Learn:

  • Perfect Cake Creation: Learn to bake, fill, frost, and decorate the perfect cake! 🎨✨
  • Professional Layered Designs: Craft beautiful layered cakes with three unique styles: the watercolor cake, the "naked" cake, and the fault line cake. 🌈🎂
  • Show-Stopping Decorations: Master different techniques to create eye-catching decorations like chocolate sails, meringue toppers, and isomalt bowls. 🍫🎈
  • Chocolate Tempering: Learn how to temper and work with chocolate to create exquisite decorations. 🍫🌟
  • Ultimate Chocolate Cake Recipe: Discover the secrets to baking a moist, leveled cake perfect for layered cake style. 🍫🍰
  • Versatile Fillings and Toppings: Work with amazing fillings, including versatile vanilla cream filling and raspberry toppings. 🍦🍓
  • Swiss Meringue Buttercream: Master the classic Swiss meringue method to create buttery smooth frosting. 🧁💫
  • Basic Piping Techniques: Explore all the essential piping techniques to decorate with precision. 🎨🔧
  • Cake Preparation: Learn how to cut and level a cake to prepare it for stacking. 🔪📝
  • Buttercream Flowers: Develop the art of piping beautiful buttercream flowers. 🌼🧁
  • Homemade Sprinkles: Create your very own homemade sprinkles! 🌈🍬
  • Baking Perfection: Get all the tips and tricks for avoiding common mistakes and achieving the perfect cake every time. 🎯👨‍🍳
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Course Reviews

  • 😐 Nitisha
    2.5
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    4
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    5
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    5
  • 😀 Khethiwe Dube
    5

    The lecture is detailed and thorough.

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    3
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    5
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    4
  • 😀 Arlene Patricia Jones
    5

    Yes... So far Ive learned techniques that I have not seen before. Looking forward to trying these methods once I start baking. Excited to try different designs with the isomalt

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    5
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    5
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    4
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    5
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    5
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    5
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    5
  • 😀 Jenean Moore
    5

    so far so great I'm plant based and I love that the instructor also has vegan options I'm looking forward too that section

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    5
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    5
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    5
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    5

    Very easy to follow, step by step guide, that can be paused if you have missed something that has been said and you didn't quite catch it the first time.

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    4.5
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    5
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    5
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    5

    really experienced teacher, great course on baking, I am super happy, learning a lot.

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    4
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    5

    From start to this point, so much of what I am learning here makes sense. Things that I never knew and can now put into practice. Thank you.

  • 😀 Linda Mahlelehlele
    5

    So far so good.

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    5
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    5
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    3.5
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    5

    it is great course

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    5
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    3.5
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    5
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    5
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    5
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    5
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    4.5

    yes

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    4
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    5
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    5
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    5
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    5
  • 😀 Michelle Tlhapane
    5

    Just the start but I’ve learnt a lot already. The different utensils and tips.

  • 😀 Mike Steinberg
    4.5

    great i love it is to learn more then just basic then the every day that i did at the hotel very interested in learn everything to do with pastry THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURSE I love it

  • 😀 Nicole Alcazaren
    5
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    5
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    5
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    4
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    4
  • 😀 Varsha
    5

    Very clearly explained ❤️

  • 😀 Yiğithan Ulu
    5
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    5
  • 😀 Maria Noime Mananquil
    5

    Very good tips

  • 😀 Rafaela Charilaou
    5

    Best tutorial ever! Step by step with a lot of tips to get the best results!

  • 😀 Guada Mendoza
    5

    The best masterclass in udemy I enrolled so far! Engaging and she's making sure the viewers can duplicate what she's baking.

  • 😀 Shilpa
    4.5
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    4.5
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    5
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    5
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    4.5
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    5
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    4.5
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    5
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    5
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    5
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    5
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    5
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    3
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    5
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    5
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    4.5
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    4.5
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    3.5
  • 😀 Kathy Kovacs
    5

    I'm 70 years old and been baking cakes for more than 50 years. But I've had problems lately with the cake sinking in the middle. With this course, I've already learned what to do.

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    5
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    3
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    4
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    4.5
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    3
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    5

    Very good course

  • 😀 Sushmita Chakravartty
    5