Baking Master Class

Name: Baking Master Class
Start: 2026-04-25T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-25T16:30:00+01:00
Location: The Old Forge, The Green, ME14 4DT Bearsted, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat Apr 25 2026 at 09:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Old Forge, The Green, ME14 4DT Bearsted, United Kingdom | Maidstone, EN

The ultimate guide to baking success - go home with yummy cakes and knowledge. This course is suitable for complete beginners through to more experienced bakers - knowing the hows, whys, the science, the troubleshooting will transform your baking.
Join us for a day in the kitchen, learning the secrets to baking cakes that are a winner every time. Using the finest ingredients you will bake three of our most popular flavours for celebration and wedding cakes, using our very own tried and tested recipes. You will also make cupcakes.
You’ll start by baking a rich fruit cake. Following on, you’ll bake a vanilla Madeira cake that is light and moist, yet firm enough to withstand icing and decorating. Bake raspberry & white chocolate cupcakes.
While your rich chocolate cake is baking, we conclude your day with a demonstration on troubleshooting techniques explaining why things go wrong, how to avoid the pitfalls and how to rescue the mishaps.
This is a very comprehensive baking course designed by Annabelle. Annabelle is a genius in the kitchen and will share her extensive experience, top tips and secrets for success.
We provide the ingredients for the three cakes and the cupcakes; all you need are people waiting at home to help you eat the cakes.
Tutorials: the principles of successful baking; how to choose ingredients and the role each one plays within a recipe
How to:
- line a cake tin (round, square, shapes and a number frame)
- bake in a novelty tin
- tell if a cake is correctly baked
- bake a rich fruit cake (this includes a discussion of the techniques used and why)
- bake a rich chocolate cake (this includes a discussion of the techniques used and why)
- bake a Madeira cake (this includes a discussion of the techniques used and why)
- bake perfect cupcakes (including making sure the cases do not come away)
- make smooth butter cream
Plus:
- Oven temperatures and baking times
- Trouble shooting: what goes wrong, how to avoid the pitfalls, how to correct mistakes
- Storage and keeping times including freezing