Improve your home baking skills as you learn the techniques to master tasty recipes and understand the science behind baking sourdough, cakes, pastry, and more.
4-7 hrs per week
Approx 20 weeks
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Course 1
Learn How to Bake Afternoon Tea with BBC Good Food
4.8 (6 reviews)From madeleines to macarons, get the tips and techniques you need to bake the perfect afternoon tea and improve your cooking.
1 test
5 weeks
6 hours per week
Week 1
Introduction and scones
- Introduction to afternoon tea
- Kitchen kit, terminology and ingredients
- Scones: Recipe know-how
- What's next?
Week 2
Beautiful biscuits
- All about biscuits
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Recipe know-how
- Decorating and flavouring
- What's next?
Week 3
Choux pastry and éclairs
- Choux pastry and éclairs
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Recipe know-how
- What's next?
Week 4
Madeleines
- All about madeleines
- Kitchen kit
- Know your ingredients
- Recipe know-how
- What's next?
Week 5
Macarons
- Macaron week
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Recipe know-how
- Making macarons step-by-step
- Fillings, flavours and decorations
Course 2
Learn How to Bake Sourdough with BBC Good Food
Discover how to bake the perfect loaf of sourdough bread – from autolysis to scoring – alongside baking experts at BBC Good Food.
1 test
5 weeks
7 hours per week
Week 1
Starting sourdough
- Introduction to sourdough
- Making your starter
- What you will need for making bread
- Getting ready to make your first batch of dough
Week 2
Baking a basic loaf
- Making a dough
- Shaping and baking
- Basic loaf troubleshooting
- Your second loaf
Week 3
Beyond basics
- Introducing different flours
- Shaping and advanced scoring techniques
- Crumb structure and evaluating your loaves
- Baker's percentages and hydration
Week 4
New shapes and focaccia
- How to read and interpret recipes
- Shaping bread dough
- Next steps: Baking on trays, stencilling and flavour changes
- Focaccia
Week 5
Pizza and sweet bakes
- Sourdough pizza
- Enriched doughs and cinnamon buns
- How to make a fruited sourdough
- Sourdough recap: What we've learned in this course
Course 3
Learn How to Bake Pies and Tarts with BBC Good Food
Bake top tasting tarts and pies you're proud of with this pastry-making masterclass from the baking experts at BBC Good Food.
1 test
5 weeks
4 hours per week
Week 1
All about pastry
- Working with pastry
- Kitchen kit
- Know your ingredients
- Perfecting your technique
- Troubleshooting pastry
Week 2
Shortcrust Pastry
- Shortcrust pastry
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Techniques and recipes for shortcrust
- Fillings, pies, free-form tarts, free-from pastries and next steps
- What's next?
Week 3
Rough puff & flaky pastry
- Flaky and rough puff pastries
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Basic technique and recipes
- Troubleshooting and recipes to try
- What's next
Week 4
Puff pastry
- Mastering puff pastry
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Basic technique, recipe and troubleshooting
- Next steps and quiz
Week 5
Hot water crust pastry
- Hot water crust pastry
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Basic technique and recipes
- What's next
Course 4
Learn How to Bake Showstopper Cakes with BBC Good Food
Discover new recipes for celebration cakes, learn tips for making and decorating showstopper cakes you’re proud of.
1 test
5 weeks
6 hours per week
Week 1
Equipment and ingredients
- What is a 'showstopper cake'?
- Choosing a cake base
- Kitchen kit
- Recipe know-how
- What's next?
Week 2
All about icing and frosting
- Frostings, icings and glazes
- Kitchen kit and ingredients
- Chocolate ganache
- Meringue buttercream
- Cream cheese frosting
Week 3
Decorating techniques
- Decorative techniques
- Ingredients and a kitchen kit recap
- Two chocolate cakes and two ways to decorate
- Piping techniques: Ruffle cake and ombre cake
- What's next?
Week 4
Hidden centres
- Hidden surprises
- How to make patterns inside your cake
- What's next?
Week 5
Fault line cakes and designing your own cake
- Fault line cakes
- Ingredients and kitchen kit
- Recipe know-how
- What's next?
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