Master the art of baking with this hands-on series that covers all the basic techniques you need to create delicious cakes, chocolates, pies, tarts, and breads. Impress your friends and family with your newfound skills and become the star baker you've always wanted to be.
Great hands on baking class, just the right amount of time learning and practicing different bakes. Our instructor was Erica, she was very engaging and helpful with her tips and tricks! Would be back for another class!
This hands-on, skills-based series covers the basic baking techniques you'll need to feel comfortable being called upon to "bring a dessert" to your next gathering. Or at the very least, understand a whole lot more of what is happening on the Great British Bake Off.
This program meets every week for 4 weeks.
WEEK 1: Cakes 101
SKILLS COVERED: Building Batters, Butter vs. Oil Cakes, Sponge Cakes, Making Buttercream, Assembling a Double Layer Cake, Basic Piping, Caramelizing Sugar
RECIPES INCLUDE: Yellow Butter Cake (i.e. Birthday Cake) with Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Caramelized Fruit Upside Down Cake
WEEK 2: Chocolate + Confections
SKILLS COVERED: Choosing the Best Chocolate, How to Read a Chocolate Bar, Melting Chocolate, Making Ganache, What Causes "Seizing," Pastry Cream, Pate a Choux Dough
RECIPES INCLUDE: Chocolate Genoise Swiss Roll, Dark Chocolate Truffles, Eclairs with Vanilla Pastry Cream
WEEK 3: Pies + Tarts
SKILLS COVERED: Working with Pate Brisée (pie dough), Pressed Nut Doughs (tart doughs), Crimping Techniques, Blind Baking, Making Lemon Curd, Working with Puff Pastry
RECIPES INCLUDE: Seasonal Fruit Galettes, Lemon Curd Tart, Apple Tarte Tatin
WEEK 4: Breads
SKILLS COVERED: Working with Yeasted Doughs, Working with Whole Grain Flours, Rising and Proofing Dough
RECIPES INCLUDE: Focaccia, Whole Wheat Pita Bread, Make-Your-Own Pizza, and Chopped Salad (for carb mitigation)
For NYC In-Person Classes:
You’ll receive a complete recipe packet and enjoy a full sit-down meal at the end of class with your classmates. Our classes are BYOB, and you are welcome to bring a bottle to enjoy at the sit-down meal (not including our baking or dessert classes).
Our classes are hands-on, coupled with demonstration-style teaching. Everyone is situated at their own cutting board/chef’s knife station around a large wooden work table that accommodates the whole class (10 people max). We work together as a group, with the chef at the head of the table.
We focus on knife skills, preparing ingredients for cooking, and we strive to find every opportunity to offer you a hands-on experience at the stove and at your station, all within the spatial parameters of a single stove/family-style kitchen. We ask for volunteers to assist in all cooking.
For Public Classes:
We have a firm 3 business
days cancellation policy (for credit only) to ensure that we have enough time to re-fill
your seat with another student.
Please note: Boot
Camps require 6 business
days notice
to be rescheduled.
While it is not in our nature to say no, we are simply not able
to accommodate last-minute illnesses or work-related conflicts. However, you
are always welcome to send someone in your place, because we understand that
these things do happen. Classes are
not refundable.
For Culinary Boot
Camps:
Because of the volume of Boot Camps we offer, we cannot offer make-up classes to anyone who
misses a single class, no matter the reason, as it happens too often and we
cannot handle that volume of make-ups. Once you book your boot camp, make
sure to mark (and prioritize) all the dates in your calendar.
Because we know how disappointing it is to miss a class, you are
always welcome to send a friend in your place (just send us their name ahead of
class), and perhaps insist that they cook you dinner as repayment.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment
and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from
the refund amount.
Thank you for understanding!
Students at Baking Boot Camp for Beginners appreciate the hands-on approach of the classes, allowing them to both learn and have fun. They feel that the class strikes a good balance between learning and practicing different baking techniques. The instructor, Erica, is praised for being engaging and helpful, providing valuable tips and tricks. Students have expressed their satisfaction with the class and their desire to return for more.
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Home Cooking New York
SoHo, Manhattan
158 Grand St Stu 207
Btwn Lafayette & Centre Streets
New York, New York 10013 SoHo, Manhattan
158 Grand St Stu 207
Btwn Lafayette & Centre Streets
New York, New York 10013
Please Note: This location is in Manhattan. This same address exists in Brooklyn, but this cooking school is in SoHo, NYC.
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