Overview

Everything you need to start baking with confidence.

Ready to dive into the satisfyingly delicious art of baking? Join expert Zoë François in this comprehensive beginner’s class, where she’ll teach you the basics of making delicious baked goods at home. Explore a range of key tools, equipment, and techniques to make a variety of pastries and desserts from scratch, including biscuits, pies, cakes, quick breads, cookies, and more. Plus, Zoë will walk you through each step and share her tips and tricks along the way, so that you can start baking with confidence!

Course Outline

• Setup: Getting Started Baking
  • Duration: 8 min
  • Ground yourself in the fundamentals of baking, including time management, space setup (mise en place), and precision.

• Setup: Essential Tools & Equipment
  • Duration: 6 min
  • Follow along as Zoë discusses the tools, equipment, and ingredients necessary for baking success.

• Setup: Essential Ingredients
  • Duration: 9 min
  • Explore a variety of essential baking ingredients and learn how to shop and store them properly.

• What You Need: Biscuits & Pies
  • Duration: 2 min
  • Discuss the ingredients and tools needed for cold fat batters used in biscuits and pies.

• Method: Working With Cold Fat
  • Duration: 12 min
  • Learn how to cut butter using different methods and get tips for gently handling dough.

• Make It: Biscuits
  • Duration: 14 min
  • Master the techniques to make buttermilk biscuits from scratch.

• Make It: Pie Dough
  • Duration: 30 min
  • Create a versatile pie dough and learn to make a double-crust pie with a classic look.

• What You Need: Cookies & Tarts
  • Duration: 3 min
  • Get familiar with ingredients and tools for making cookies and tarts.

• Method: Working With Room Temperature Fat
  • Duration: 14 min
  • Learn tricks for bringing ingredients to room temperature and the best methods for creaming.

• Make It: Cookies & Tart Dough
  • Duration: 31 min
  • Follow Zoë as she demonstrates how to make various cookies and tart variations.

• What You Need: Muffins & Quick Breads
  • Duration: 2 min
  • Learn about the components for making muffins and quick breads.

• Method: Muffin & Quick Bread Techniques
  • Duration: 6 min
  • Discover techniques for lining pans, mixing wet and dry ingredients, and batter portioning.

• Make It: Muffins & Quick Breads
  • Duration: 13 min
  • Practice making blueberry muffins and discover tips for successful quick breads.

• What You Need: Cakes
  • Duration: 3 min
  • Understand the ingredients and tools required for cake baking.

• Method: Cake Techniques
  • Duration: 19 min
  • Master key cake-making techniques, including whipping egg whites and folding ingredients.

• Make It: One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes
  • Duration: 7 min
  • Prepare a super-easy chocolate cake or cupcakes with moisture retention techniques.

• Make It: Vanilla Pound Cake
  • Duration: 15 min
  • Create an all-purpose batter for a traditional loaf or Bundt pan.

• Make It: Angel Food Cake
  • Duration: 13 min
  • Learn to make a light angel food cake using smart techniques.

• Method: Frosting Techniques
  • Duration: 15 min
  • Discover how to make and apply an easy American buttercream frosting.

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