Baking,
Cake Decoration & Pastry
International School

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Baking 101 Foundation Course
Never Baked Before... Looking to begin your baking with Scones, Muffins, Biscuits & Loaf Cakes. Well Lets Begin with the Basics and Perfect those Scones & Sponge
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The Basics of Baking is definitely important especially if you want to do Cakes for cliens Various Decoration and Birthday Cakes etc
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Before jumping in the deep end it is important to get some basic skills and prepare yourself for a journey that involves details and patience.
Learn the following key objectives
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Learn Scones
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Learn to make Muffins
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Biscuits that are simple and yet easy to sell
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Cost effective biscuits without being dependent on butter
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Cakes with Fillings
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Cakes Loaf
You will Bake & Make
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Scones with butter
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Muffins
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Biscuits
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Banana Bread Cake Loaf
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Madeira Cake Loaf
THIS COURSE IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners, Intermediate & Advance
Duration: 1 Day Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 17:00
Course Fee: R2,900 (Price increase from Jan 2023)
Suitable for: Anyone currently a beginner
baker or has a fair level of baking
experience.
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Offered 7 days a week (Subject to Availability)
Contact us to book a date suitable to you




Complete Cupcake, Piping & Buttercream Flower Decoration Course
All you need to know to Master the Art of Buttercream, condensed into super easy-to-follow. We teach you the essential buttercream skills for filling, icing and decorating. To explore buttercream to its fullest, there is no better way than a variety of piping techniques and decoration on cupcakes that can also be done one cakes.
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It may seem like everyone you see online has mastered that flawless finish and beautiful buttercream design techniques.
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You should be able to create these buttercream beauties too and work confidently with buttercream to get a flawless finish every time.
Looking to learn
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Elegant and contemporary Cupcake Designs
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Moist Cupcake Recipes
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Variety of Buttercream Piping Techniques
You will Bake & Make
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12 Vanilla sponge cupcakes
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12 Red Velvet sponge cupcakes
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12 Blue Velvet sponge cupcakes
Recipes Included
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Chocolate sponge cupcakes (Batch of 12)
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Vanilla sponge cupcakes (Batch of 24)
THIS COURSE IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
Piping Techniques Suitable for Cupcakes & Cakes
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Flower Bouquet
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Classic Nozzle
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Russian Nozzle
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Ombre Buttercream Design
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Buttercream Roses
Skills & Techniques
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Over 15 various Piping, Cupcake Designs and Designs for Cakes
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Buttercream Frosting Designs
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Buttercream Flowers & Leaves
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners, Intermediate & Advance
Duration: 1 Day Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 17:00
Course Fee: R3,800
Suitable for: Anyone currently a beginner
baker or has a fair level of baking
experience.
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Offered 7 days a week (Subject to Availability)
Contact us to book a date suitable to you




Cakes & Buttercream Cake Decoration Certified Course
The Ultimate Course for Birthday Cake & Celebration Cakes. Learn the baking methods, recipes, & essential tips and techniques covering the art AND the science of baking sponge based products and perfecting buttercream cake decoration. All the skills are techniques required to make attractive, modern and elegant cakes.
Looking to learn
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Marble Effect Cake
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Fault Line Cake
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Tall Cakes with Buttercream & Sharp Edges
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Buttercream Classic Piping
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Isomalt Cake Toppers
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Perfect you Buttercream Frosting. Make your very own well balance and stable Frosting / Icing
You will Bake & Make
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Churro Muffins
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Buttercream Frosting
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Mini Cakes
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Bento Cake
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Vanilla Sponge Cake
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Carrot Sponge Cake
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Chocolate Sponge Cake
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French Inspired Lemon Zest Sponge Cake
Introduction to Cake Toppers
Cake Topper Decoration
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Isomalt Designs
Skills & Techniques
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Decorate Buttercream Cakes
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Fault line Buttercream Techniques
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Layers Sponges
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Crumb Coating
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Secure with Dowels
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Sharp Edges
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Isomalt Cake Topper
Includes your SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement
Level of Skills learnt: Intermediate
Duration: 3 Day Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Course Fee: R6,500
Suitable for: Anyone currently a beginner
baker or has a fair level of baking
experience
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




Cake Pops, Popsicles & Chocolate Molds Course
Cake pops, cakesicle molds, popsicle sticks, frosting, chocolate, chocolate molds, drizzle and soft sponge. Need I say more, its fun and easy baking and creative techniques.
Looking to learn and perfect
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Cake pops
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Cake popsicles
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Geometric hearts
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Chocolate molds
You will Bake
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Work with milk, white & dark chocolate
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Tempering of chocolate
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Working with molds
Introduction to Mold and Tempering Techniques
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Cake popsicle molds
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Cake pop decoration
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Chocolate molds
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Geometric molds
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Tempering chocolate
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Drizzle of chocolates
Skills & Techniques
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Variety of chocolate tempering and contemporary techniques
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Cake toppers
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Decorative cake boxes
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners & Intermediate
Duration: 1 Day Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 17:00
Course Fee: R3,500
Suitable for: Anyone currently a
beginner baker or has a fair level of
baking experience.
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement provided upon request. An minimal additional fee will apply
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




Introduction to Sugar Craft
Fondant Cake Decoration Certified Course
NOVELTY CAKES & SPECIFIC THEME DESIGNED CAKES
What are novelty cakes, they are cakes designed around a theme such as lego, micky mouse, Peppa pig or pop it cakes. It can certainly be the most frustrating aspect of cake-making, and demands quite a lot of know how to get it right.
Plastic Icing / Fondant on a cake can sometimes be overlooked. But it can make or break a design.
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A professional looking cake is only possible once the outer layer has been perfected.
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A perfectly covered cake is a beautiful blank canvas which lets your decoration and design truly shine. Once you’ve mastered this, you are able to continue and add variety of designs and figurines that give your cake a vibe!!!
Looking to learn
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Plastic Icing / Fondant Cake Decoration
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Plastic Icing / Fondant Figurines / Cake Toppers
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Design Novelty Cakes
You will Bake & Make
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Cover dummy cakes
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Bake a Cake
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Cover a Baked Cake
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Various Figurines
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Core focus on use and designing with own hands
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Not many molds used
Sugar Craft Decoration
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3 final and complete sugar craft cake designs
(Dummy Cakes will be used & 1 Baked Caked
of course)
Skills & Techniques
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Plastic Icing Techniques
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Sugar Craft Cake Decoration
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Fondant Cake Toppers
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners & Intermediate
Duration: 2 Day Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 16:30
Course Fee: R4,200
Suitable for: Anyone currently a beginner baker or
has a fair level of baking experience.
Looking to expand their skills in
sugar craft and plastics icing.
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




Engagement & Wedding Cake
Edible Gum-Paste Sugar Flowers Certified Course
CAKE TOPPERS ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSIC BIRTHDAY, ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING CAKES
Sugar Flowers will add that special touch to your cakes. What makes these flowers a definite hit is that are made with gum paste is a sugar dough. This dough is stretchable, elastic and pliable which makes your flowers absolutely authentic, real and yet edible. Yes that's right Edible !!!
Gum-paste sugar flowers are not difficult in fact they are easy and take skill and craft to perfect. Once they are prepared and have dried, you will end up with beautiful, porcelain hard, life-like flowers. If keep away from moisture and light, these flowers will keep for years!
Looking to learn and perfect
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Gum-paste / Sugar Flowers
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Create real and long lasting decorative flowers for different cakes and occasions
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Enhance your options for cake toppers
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Improve your cost on the overall cake and design
You will Make
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Flame Lilly
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Southern Magnolia Flower
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Tiger Lilly
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Anemone Flower
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French Magnolia Flower
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Peony Flower
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3 Types of Roses
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Small Rose
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Medium Rose
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Large Rose
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Rose branches
Skills & Techniques
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Gum-Paste Techniques
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Sugar Craft flower skills
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners, Intermediate & Advance
Duration: 2 Day Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Course Fee: R3,500
Suitable for: Anyone currently a beginner baker or
has a fair level of baking experience.
Looking to expand their skills in
sugar craft and gum-paste / sugar
flowers
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




Cakes, Ganache & Fondant Cake Decoration Certified Course
TIERED ENGAGEMENT & OCCASIONAL CAKES COURSE
Everything you need to know to perfect your ganache, cover your fondant cakes with a flawless finishes & sharp edges & create exquisite designs with sugar flowers and fondant decoration.
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The truth is, most cake decorators struggled at first too.
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But once you’ve mastered the basics and got the right techniques in place ganache and fondant will become your best friend, not your enemy.
Looking to learn and perfect
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Two Tier Cake
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Bake & Crumb Coat
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Ganache and Sharp Edges on Cakes
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Secure with dowels
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Layer & Stake Two Tier Cakes
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Panel method for Fondant
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Cover Cakes with Fondant
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Sugar Paste Flowers
You will Bake
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Red Velvet Sponge Cake
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Blue Velvet Sponge Cake
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Vanilla Sponge Cake (Recipe Only)
Introduction to Ganache & Fondant Techniques
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Ganache Techniques
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Sugar Craft: Gum-Paste Flowers
Skills & Techniques
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Ganache Technique
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Paneling Technique
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Filling & Filling Recipes
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Layers sponge cakes
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Crumb coating
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Secure with dowels
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Sharp edges with Ganache & Fondant
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Stacking two Completed Cakes
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Wafer Paper Decoration
Includes your SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement
Level of Skills learnt: Advance
Duration: 2 Days Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 16:30
Course Fee: R6,900
Suitable for: Anyone ready to take their baking
to the next level. Suitable for those
looking to specialize in fondant,
novelty & celebration cakes
Requirements: Fair knowledge or experience is beneficial to become proficient. We suggest to have completed Beginners & Intermediate Cakes Courses to be completed prior to taking this course. As it allows you to better master the techniques taught in this course having had worked on foundation and intermediate skills.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates
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Gluten Free Cakes & Buttercream Cake Decoration Course
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Our Gluten-free cake course is a specialty product made with alternative flours and other various ingredients that contain no gluten, this is for a great option for those who selectively chose this form of diet or may have celiac disease.
The cupcakes are better than our classic ones
& best part is you can eat as many ... guilt free ;)
Looking to Learn
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Gluten Free Sponge Products
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Various Gluten Free Ingredients to Use
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Cakes
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Cupcakes
You will Bake & Make Gluten Free
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Chocolate Sponge / Red Velvet Sponge
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Vanilla Cupcakes
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Vanilla Sponge Cake
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Chocolate Cupcakes
Skills & Techniques
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All organic and Gluten Free Products
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Prepare and Bake Gluten Free
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Gluten Free Sponge Based Products
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Organic Sponge Based Products
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Large Batches of Cupcakes
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Triangle Silicon Cake Baking & Decorating
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No use of Nuts
Additional Notes
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Gluten Free Baking Guidelines & Notes
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 2 Day Course (Depends on Schedule and Intake)
Time: 09:00 to 17:00
Course Fee: R6,900
Suitable for: Anyone
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates
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Cream Cakes & Cream Decorated Cakes With Fruit Fillings
Fresh cream cakes are a must for many and they absolutely love them. The biggest challenge is working with cream. Suppose you want to make elegantly decorated cake but you want the cream to hold its shape for some time and not be too susceptible to heat. Well here you go!!!
Stress no further and find your feet making cream cakes
Looking to Learn
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Egg-free Sponge Products
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Various Sponge based Products
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Stable Cream
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Cakes
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Fruit fillings
You will Bake & Make
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Vanilla Sponge Cake
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Red Velvet Sponge Cake (Moist Moist Moist)
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Chocolate Sponge Cake
Final Products
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Classic Vanilla Cake
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Ganache Chocolate Cake
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Red Velvet Cake
Skills & Techniques
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Egg Free Recipes & Products
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Working with a Stable Cream
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Cake Designing
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Cake Decorating
Level: Beginners and Intermediate
Duration: 1 Full Day Course
Time: 09:00 to 17:00
Course Fee: R5,000
Suitable for: Anyone
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




French Patisserie Pastry Certified Course
LAMINATION & PASTRY COURSE
SUITABLE FOR ANYONE!
Come fall in love with French Pastries. Be able to make amazing French classics such as Croissants, Tartlets, Custard Slices, Profiteroles, Chocolate éclairs and Paris-Brest to name a few.
Learn the fundamental techniques and how to make pastries. Build your skills and techniques step by step and start cooking and baking like a professional pastry chef.
Looking to learn and perfect
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Make a variety of confectionary & savory pastry items using puff pastry
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Understand and work an enriched dough
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Practice and learn the techniques and methods of Lamination
You will Make & Bake
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Croissant Pastry Dough
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Classic Croissants
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Pain Au Chocolat
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Butter Puff Pastry
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Mille-Feuille /Custard Slices
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French Pastry Cream
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Chantilly Cream
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Diplomate Cream
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Cream Horns
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Basic Enriched Dough
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Cinnabons with glaze
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Frangipane
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Danish pastry
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Rose Des Sable Au Chocolat
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Chocolate Eclairs
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Choux à la Crème / Choux Pastry
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Classic Eclairs + Paris-Brests +Profiteroles
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Pâte Sucrée / French Sweet Short-Crust Pastry
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Milk Tart + Classic Milk Tart Filling
Skills & Techniques
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Viennoiserie / Enriched Yeast Leavened Pastry Dough
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Preparation of enriched dough
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Lamination techniques and method
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Designing and decorating French Patisserie Pastries
Includes your SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement
Level of skills learnt: Beginners & Intermediate
Duration: 3 Day Certified Course
Time: 09:00 to 13:30 / 14:00
Course Fee: R6,900
Suitable for: Anyone that enjoy pastries,
and are looking to learn the science
and art of pastry, will love this course
and all the pastries you will be
making!!!
Requirements: No previous knowledge or experience.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




Biscuit & Cookie Course
FLOUR BASED CONFECTIONERY FOOD PRODUCT WHICH IS MADE AND BAKED COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY TO CAKES
Much like cake, biscuit and cookies are soft and crumble unlike the sponge based products. A biscuit is a flour-based baked food product. Cookies are made from a soft, thick dough and are denser than an English biscuit. When they are finished, cookies are larger, softer, and chunkier than their biscuit cousins. One Day Class is a must to perfect scones, biscuits & cookies
Looking to learn and perfect
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Make a soft dough for both biscuits & cookies
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Understand the texture of both biscuits & cookies
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Use various piping skills to create decorative biscuits
You will Bake
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Almond Snowballs / Greek Cookies
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Melting Moments Biscuits with Chocolate
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English Ginger Cookies
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Lemon Poppy Seed Biscuits
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French Madeline's
Additional Recipes
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Classic NO SPREAD Sugar Cookies
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Royal Icing
Skills & Techniques
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Perfecting the texture of biscuit and cookies
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Cookies require soft dough, while biscuits require hard dough.
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Cookies are little heavier than biscuits, whereas, biscuits are fluffier
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Methods and process for making these biscuit and cookies based products
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Storage and managing orders
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners, Intermediate & Advance
Duration: 1 Day Course
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Course Fee: R3,500
Suitable for: Anyone!
Requirements: No previous knowledge or experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




Dough & Bread Course
YEAST BASED FLOUR PRODUCTS
A variety of yeas dough recipes you can use for making loaf bread, pizza and dinner rolls anything you can think of using bread.
Going through the process of kneading any dough is crucial and the correct method results in a great texture. There are lots of different types of dough, and the technique for making pizza dough can differ from making dough for a loaf of bread. All you need to know how to knock up these dough recipes you’ll have an excellent foundation for doughs and breads.
Looking to learn and perfect
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Process of making a variety of dough
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Proof the yeast, scaling ingredients, mix, knead, proof the dough
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Working with doughs that are made differently and result in different end products.
You will Bake
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Dinner Rolls
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Focaccia
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Grissini's / Sesame Bread sticks
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Brioche Buns
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Braided Enriched Bread / Challah Bread
Skills & Techniques
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Fermentation process
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Understand and work with a leavening agent
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Kneading technique
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Proofing process
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Shaping dough
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners, Intermediate & Advance
Duration: 1 Day Course
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Course Fee: R3,500
Suitable for: Anyone!
Requirements: No previous knowledge or experience
SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement will be made available upon request. An additional administration fee will apply.
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates




Bakery Confectioners Certified Course
STARTING UP A SMALL BUSINESS OR BAKERY
We got you. Are you interested in baking, are you keen on learning the ins and outs of baking methods for large quantities and production volume. Are you looking to start a small business, are you a baker who is ready to start a bakery business. This course is for anyone interested in understanding the bakery confectioners baking process and ingredients.
They say bread will get you on your feet but its confectionary that will make you money. Starting a bakery is an exciting project! Learn all the requirements, tips, tricks and secrets required to in a bakery.
Looking to learn
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The key procedures for baking depending on scale
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Work with various ingredients used in a commercial setting
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Make a variety of sponge based products
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Use various piping skills to create decorative bakery cakes
You will Bake
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Scones
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Chelsea Buns
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Madeira Cakes
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Chocolate Muffins
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Queen Cakes
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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing
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Vanilla Sponge Cake & Buttercream Icing
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A Bakery Premix for home baking
Skills & Techniques
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Process to making items found in a bakery.
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Breads, scones & cake items
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Learn more in- depth details of mass production
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Bakery Business Plan
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Bakery Start Up Checklist
Includes your SACA Certificate of Completion & Achievement
Level of Skills Learnt: Beginners, Intermediate & Advance
Duration: 2 Day Course
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Course Fee: R6,500
Suitable for: Anyone!
Requirements: No previous knowledge or
experience
Booking is Essential
Contact us for Schedule and Available Dates
Contact
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079 451 2516
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Acc Name: Bakeology Studio
Acc No: 628 6479 4146
Branch Code: 250655
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