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Cake Baking Essentials: The Layer Cake

Uncover the craft of beautiful layer cakes at NY Cake Academy's Baking & Pastry Fundamentals class. Master the balance of taste and structure while picking up frosting techniques and cake assembly tricks from expert instructors. Lift your baking through hands-on practice in a vibrant kitchen setting.

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  • 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY
  • 4 hours

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Class Description

Description

For professional cake decorators, few desserts rival the elegance and presentation possibilities of a beautifully constructed layer cake, which serves as an ideal canvas for displaying sophisticated decorating techniques and creative expression.

In the second installment of the five-course Cake Baking Essentials Certificate series, you will develop the technical knowledge and practical skills to construct layer cakes that excel in both visual appearance and structural integrity. This course, part of NY Cake Academy's comprehensive Baking and Pastry Fundamentals program, reveals the systematic approaches to creating stable frosting bases and properly proportioned cake layers.

You will learn the engineering principles that balance structural integrity with component compatibility, ensuring your creations maintain their appearance and functionality. Under expert professional instruction, you will develop proficiency with the hi-ratio mixing method for creating superior fat-based cakes and master the technical approaches to cake layering and decorative piping techniques. You will gain hands-on experience working with high-temperature sugar preparations, developing custom buttercream flavor variations, and preparing Italian Meringue buttercream from scratch. By course completion, you will have successfully created a Glazed Marble Pound Cake and a multi-layer Hi-Ratio Buttermilk Cake finished with Italian Meringue Buttercream.

Essential Skills and Techniques Covered:

  • Mastering the hi-ratio mixing methodology for superior cakes
  • Systematically matching appropriate cakes with compatible frostings
  • Understanding the distinctive characteristics of major cake categories (foam-based, egg-based cakes, fat-based cakes, and hybrid formulations)
  • Exploring comprehensive frosting options (buttercream variations, ganache preparations, cooked frostings, and whipped cream frostings)
  • Creating professional Italian Meringue buttercream from scratch
  • Developing custom buttercream flavors through infusion and ingredient adjustment
  • Safely handling and working with high-temperature sugar preparations
  • Executing professional piping techniques and cake assembly methodology

Demonstration Projects and Hands-On Baking:

  • Glazed Marble Pound Cake with professional glaze finish
  • Hi-Ratio Buttermilk Layer Cake with Italian Meringue Buttercream

Course Format and Dress Code Recommendations

All required supplies and materials are provided by the academy. Classes are designed as fully interactive hands-on experiences where you participate actively in all demonstrations and baking activities. Please dress appropriately for an active kitchen environment. We recommend comfortable, casual clothing that can tolerate occasional contact with baking ingredients and sticky substances. Wear flat, sturdy, closed-toe shoes with good grip and support. Open-toed shoes and sandals create safety hazards in an active kitchen and are not permitted. If you have long hair, please secure it completely away from your face and shoulders to maintain food safety.

School Notes: Please note, if you require a gluten free option for your baking class, you must alert the school in advance and there will be a +$15 fee applied for each gluten free substitute which will be collected directly by the school. Please contact them or CourseHorse to arrange this.

Refund Policy

Classes are not eligible for refunds, however classes are transferable.

  • Students may reschedule their class to an alternative date up to 4 business days prior to the class date for in-person classes.
  • All deposits & fees are forfeited for no shows.
  • We do not provide make-up classes.

The school reserve the right to cancel a class due to low enrollment up to 48 hours before the class date. The school reserve the right to change class schedules. If for any reason the school should cancel a class, a full refund will be offered to the student. However, we do not accept responsibility for any other expenses incurred such as hotel or airline cancellation penalties.

Cancellations or changes can be made through email at [email protected]. Please be sure to include the full name of the registered student, and class registration confirmation.

If a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, or other circumstance beyond our control (facility issues, power outages, etc.), we will contact you with as much advanced notice as possible by email or telephone, and issue you a refund to the original form of payment. We will make every effort to run the class as long as it is safe to do so. If we make the decision to run a class during inclement weather and you make the decision not to come, you will not be able to get a refund, we will offer only a credit for future use.

Credits are valid for a 12 month period of time.

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.

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NY Cake Academy, founded by renowned cake decorator Joan Mansour over 25 years ago, has evolved into a premier one-stop-shop in Manhattan for all baking needs. With a 5,000 square foot store, it offers a vast array of supplies, runs a cake decorating school, and is recognized for its excellence in the industry, earning accolades from ZAGAT and the New York Press.

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