Basic Baking Skills
- Start:
- Throughout the year
- Duration:
- 3 hours per week for 4 weeks (Thursdays, 1pm - 4pm)
- Location:
- Balliol Road Campus
Course Details
Learn the essentials of baking on our four-week Basic Baking Skills course. Each week focuses on a classic bake: sticky toffee pudding, quiche with shortcrust pastry, sea salt and rosemary focaccia, and a festive chocolate yule log.
Along the way you will pick up core techniques in mixing, pastry, bread making and sponge work, and leave with the confidence to bake at home.
Week 1 – Sticky Toffee Pudding
Learn the fundamentals of pudding making as
you create this classic British dessert from scratch, covering mixing methods,
baking techniques and preparing a rich homemade toffee sauce.
Week 2 – Quiche & Pastry Skills
Discover the fundamentals of pastry
making as you prepare a delicious quiche and develop confidence working with
shortcrust pastry.
Week 3 – Sea Salt & Rosemary Focaccia
Learn the art of bread making by
creating a beautiful homemade focaccia infused with sea salt and rosemary,
covering dough preparation, kneading, proving and baking techniques.
Week 4 – Chocolate Yule Log
Finish the course with a festive yule
log. Learn the principles of sponge making, rolling, filling and
decorating as you create a delicious chocolate yule log.
