Basic BAking Skills
Simple baked goods are day-to-day enjoyments you can easily make. Our classes open the door to the numerous building blocks in pastry arts – simple desserts, basic cakes, breads, macarons – and let you entertain your sweet craving or your foodie party at anytime.
Class listing updated on March 3, 2025.
Single classes are flexible and caters to your interests.
Click open the skills below to see individual class details.
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Earl Grey Chiffon with Raspberry Coulis
$135 or 5 prepaid points /person
3 hours, 4 - 9 studentsWhat you will learn:
Making a cloud-like sponge with minimal ingredients and no chemical leaveners
Understand the stiffness of whipped egg white and its effect on sponges
Learn the key points in successfully making a flavoured chiffon cake
Garnishing chiffon sponge with chantilly cream and raspberry
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Raspberry Madeleine & Rose Financier
$135 or 5 prepaid points /person
3 hours, 4 - 7 students
What you will learn:Tricks to enhance flavours of everyday ingredients to the next level
Making of two types of dainty cakes suitable for feeding crowds
French methods in handling recipes and to cake baking
Understanding how time and temperature influences baking
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Lemon Blackcurrant Baba au Rhum
$169 or 6 prepaid points /person
3 hours, 4 - 12 students
What you will learn:Techniques in manually producing an enriched dough
Learn about dough fermentation and ingredient interactions
Making a fruit glaze and adjusting its flavours
Incorporating fruit flavour to chantilly cream
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New York Croissant Rolls
$195 or 7 prepaid points /person
5 hours, 4 - 6 studentsWhat you will learn:
Theories of flaky laminated dough and dough fermentation
Simple lamination techniques done by hand
Chocolate, pistachio, and raspberry fillings cooked from scratch
Corresponding glaze and decoration
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Piña Colada Cream Puffs
$169 or 6 prepaid points /person
3.5 hours, 4 - 7 studentsWhat you will learn:
Choux pastry theories and interaction of its ingredients
Learn to recognize visual cues of properly prepared choux
Techniques to pipe, bake, and fill choux puffs
Piña Colada cream fillings and decorative elements
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Sweet Option
Basic Macaron Skills (Sage Brown Butter, Orange Cranberry)
$195 or 7 prepaid points /person
4 hours, 4 - 6 students
What you will learn:Tricks and secrets to fault-free macarons
Learn about ingredient roles and their interactions
Techniques in properly handling a piping bag
Making buttercream that has intense fall flavours
Solid filling to complement a ganache
Savoury Option
Basic Macaron Skills (Black Truffle / Lobster Bisque)
$219 or 8 prepaid points /person
4.5 -5 hours, 4 - 6 students
What you will learn:Tricks and secrets to fault-free macarons
Learn about ingredient roles and their interactions
Techniques in properly handling a piping bag
Savoury applications with savoury flavours
Make real lobster bisque and turn it into filling
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Raspberry Soufflés with Earl Grey Cream
$135 or 5 prepaid points /person
2 hours, 4 - 12 students
What you will learn:The art of souffle and tweaking of its flavour
Fundamental skills of separating eggs and making meringues
Learn about pasteurization and food safety
Infusing flavour to chantilly cream
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Blood Orange White Chocolate Mousse
$135 or 5 prepaid points /person
3 hours, 4 - 12 students
What you will learn:Variation of mousses with water- and fat-based ingredients
Techniques and temperatures in using gelatine as a setting agent
Cooking of crème bavarois, whipping cream, and using fruit purees
Handling chocolate in its different states ensuring a smooth texture
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Flaky Hong Kong Egg Tarts and Milk Tea
$135 or 5 prepaid points /person
3 hours, 4 - 12 students
What you will learn:Making a flaky shell dough and forming a tart base
Techniques in making a smooth and creamy egg tart filling
Hands-on practice in making Hong Kong style milk tea
Appreciation of cultural and technical aspects about egg tart and milk tea
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Crystal Amber Candy
$110 or 4 prepaid points /person
2 hours, 4 - 7 students
What you will learn:Colouring techniques in making these colourful candies
Tricks to create facets and shapes to mimic crystals
Temperature control and sugar concentration
Variations on ingredients and flavours
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Eggless Lemon Meringue Tart
$195 or 7 prepaid points /person
4 - 4.5 hours, 4 - 6 students
What you will learn:Create a pâte sablée shell with sandy, buttery texture
Prepare eggless lemon curd with balanced acidity
Make stable eggless meringue that browns well
Learn to make rich almond cream as the foundation layer
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Matcha Raspberry Festive Scones, Clotted Cream
$110 or 4 prepaid points /person
2.5 hours, 4 - 12 students
What you will learn:Learn how to make clotted cream from scratch at home
Hands-on techniques in making light and flaky scones
Create flavour profiles with ingredient substitutions and inclusions
Baking and serving of scones and how to prepare ahead of time
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New York Cheesecake with Maple Lemon Curd
$110 or 4 prepaid points /person
2 hours, 4 - 12 students
What you will learn:Classic baked cheesecake with a rich yet soft centre
Preparations of ingredients and tools for baking applications
Baking your own crumble for a flavourful crust
Cooking a lemon curd without the addition of white sugar
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Sakura Roll Cake
$169 or 6 prepaid points /person
3 - 3.5 hours, 4 - 6 students
What you will learn:Sheet Cake forming the base of the roll
Sakura Chantilly cream filling
Sakura decorative elements for presentation
Rolling technique for creating the spiral structure
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Tiramisù Cake with Homemade Ladyfingers
$169 or 6 prepaid points /person
3.5 hours, 4 - 8 students
What you will learn:Prepare light, airy ladyfingers from scratch
Create smooth mascarpone cream with the right consistency
Develop coffee syrup with balanced flavour and soaking technique
Build a layered tiramisù cake with proper structure
Apply finishing touches with cocoa powder and decoration
Class fee is per person per set of materials, subject to HST.
HANDS-ON CLASS INCLUDES:
Relevant recipes
Hands-on practice on recipes as guided by chef instructor
All materials needed – the tools and ingredients we use in class are of top quality
An apron to use during class (you are welcome to bring your own)
Container for you to take away your finished product
Private class available for booking from 4 people. Please send us an email with your group’s preferred dates and time, we will try to accommodate.
Structured course strengthens your pastry foundation.
Learn all essential techniques in this 8-week course.
Pastry Fundamentals (8 Lessons)
Every path has a beginning. The sweet path of a pastry chef begins here. In this carefully designed multi-lesson course, learn the building blocks of pastry and acquire the technical skills and theories so you can get creative in the right way.
There are a variety of flavours for each cake or dessert components, which the chef will determine at his discretion considering students' preferences and seasonal availability. These courses are suitable for beginners or experienced home bakers who'd want to learn effective methods in pastry arts.
$859 or 31 prepaid points /person
All materials included
Duration: approx. 3 hours each lesson
Class Capacity: 6 students minimum; 12 students maximum
Topics to cover:
Biscotti
Shortbread & Pate Sablee
Meringues & Creme Anglaise
Pastry Cream & Tart
Panna Cotta, Agar Jelly, Granita
Chiffon Cake & Chantilly Cream
Dacquoise & Buttercream
Bavarian Mousse Cake
Certification of Completion will be provided upon completion of the course.