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Discover the joy of home baking in this friendly and practical six-week
course. Designed especially for absolute beginners, this hands-on course will help you build confidence in the kitchen while learning a
range of essential baking skills. Using everyday kitchen staples and readily available ingredients, you will be guided step-by-step through a variety of sweet and savoury recipes, showing how simple, affordable ingredients can be transformed into delicious homemade bakes.
Working in small groups or teams, you will learn the techniques needed to create delicious homemade treats and take your creations home each week.
Recipes include savoury rock cakes, autumn fruit crumble, ginger biscuits,
apple cake, scone wedges, chocolate and vanilla marble cake, mini ham and cheese pizzas, lattice jam tart, flapjack, ginger squares with lemon icing, and cheese and herb biscuits.
What you'll learn:
Kitchen safety and food hygiene
How to weigh and measure ingredients accurately
Basic baking methods including rubbing-in, mixing and creaming
Cake, biscuit, scone and pastry-making techniques
Sweet and savoury baking skills
How to use everyday ingredients to create a range of baked products
How to evaluate and improve your finished products
Working effectively as part of a small group or team
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for absolute beginners, anyone
returning to baking after a break, or those wanting to gain confidence in the kitchen. No previous baking experience is required and all instruction is provided in a relaxed, supportive environment.
What should I bring?
Suitable containers to take your baked goods home. Aprons, ingredients and equipment are provided.
Throughout the course, learners will have opportunities to taste, evaluate
and discuss their baked products both individually and as part of the group, helping to build confidence and develop their baking skills.
To ensure a good learning experience, courses require a minimum number of enrolments to run. If the minimum number is not reached, we may need to cancel the course. We aim to give learners at least 7 days' notice wherever possible.