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Learn How to Bake Afternoon Tea with BBC Good Food 

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Overview

From madeleines to macarons, get the tips and techniques you need to bake the perfect afternoon tea and improve your cooking

Duration

5 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

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Learn How to Bake Afternoon Tea with BBC Good Food
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  • Earn a certificate from BBC Good Food
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Who should do this course?

This course is designed for beginner to intermediate bakers.

Whether you want to learn how baking works so you can be more experimental with your bakes, you’re looking to avoid unhealthy bakes and want to bake from scratch with family, you’re interested in becoming a baking hobbyist, or you’re an experienced baker and want to add new abilities – this course has something for you.

What are the course deliverables?
Learners will be taught to describe the mechanics of cooking, and in particular baking.
 
They will be encouraged to investigate the behaviours that they will create around them as they cook, the cultural role that baking plays in life and how to become better cooks.
 
Learners will be able to research and collect recipes that they want to try based on being able to evaluate the written instructions
 
They will learn how to ‘read’ or interpret a recipe to see if it is workable, and to annotate it, to improve it
 
Learners will be encouraged to be brave when cooking, to explore new flavours and experiment with different ingredients.
 
They will be taught how to reflect on failure if it happens, assess possible causes and modify techniques.
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More about this course
  • This course offers five delicious recipes for you to try each week to help you create your own ideal afternoon tea.
  • You will discover how to bake scones, sugar biscuits, madeleines, eclairs, and macarons classic tea treats sure to leave friends and family wanting more!
  • The course will help you explore recipe ideas for the bakes you love and help you to explain why each one works.
  • You will learn what to look for in ingredients, and how to start exploring bold new flavours to really bring your afternoon tea bakes to life.
  • Once you are comfortable with the essentials, you will see how you can vary your ideas and make your bakes even better.
  • You will pinpoint how you could become a better cook, by learning to annotate and improve recipes as well as reflect on the inevitable odd failed bake!
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Curriculum

How to read and amend a recipe

 

What to look for in ingredients

 

Bakeware and kitchen equipment tips

 

How to get creative with decoration

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Liberty Mendez
After completing a professional chef diploma at Westminster Kingsway, I went on to work as a pastry chef at the House of Commons before joining the team at Good Food as the recipe developer.

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