Chocolate Parcel Cake

Name: Chocolate Parcel Cake
Start: 2025-04-12T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-12T16:30:00+01:00
Location: The Old Forge, The Green, ME14 4DT Bearsted, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat Apr 12 2025 at 09:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

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

Learn how to fill, cover and decorate a delicious chocolate ‘present themed’ cake including ganache, ganache plates, how to achieve sharp edges and corners, how to temper chocolate and how to use transfer sheets.
Whether you are new to chocolate or you are looking to extend your skills this course covers so many skills. Learn how to fill, cover and decorate it, to create a devilishly attractive chocolate ‘present themed’ cake.
Use ganache, ganache plates and learn how to achieve those super sharp edges and defined corners.
You’ll use transfer sheets to make stunning patterned bows, Everything you need to create this sumptuous cake is already included; the fillings, transfer sheets, chocolate, board, and a box to take it home.
We teach you the art of tempering chocolate to create a glossy finish. This skill, once mastered, will allow you to create even more delicious, professional looking and fabulous treats.
Enjoy a day working with this unique medium and go home with a beautiful cake and the skills to make more of these gorgeous creations. Just bring your enthusiasm and an apron, we look after the rest.
How to:
- make whipped ganache
- split, fill and crumb coat a rich chocolate cake
- use ganache plates and ganache before covering your cake
- use Belgian chocolate paste to cover your cake
- achieve sharp edges and defined corners on a square cake (techniques translate easily into a buttercream/ sugar paste cake)
- temper chocolate
- use transfer sheets
- create a chocolate bow
- store and transport your cake.
Includes tutorials: how to make white chocolate ganache, including keeping times/ storage; all about chocolate, what it is, how to choose it, how to store it.