Overview

Use inspired flavor combinations to make your cakes irresistible. Set yourself apart from other bakers with uniquely delicious offerings.

Join renowned pastry chef Jenny McCoy as she teaches you to dream up and test your own flavor pairings for cakes, fillings, and frostings tailored to any palate. Learn nine base recipes to build memorable cakes, including dark chocolate layer cake, white cake, and yellow sponge cake enhanced with flavors like toasted coconut, espresso almond, and fresh raspberry. You’ll also create flavored curds, mousse, and frostings that will elevate your baked goods.

Course Outline

• Chocolate Cake Flavors
  • Duration: 25 min
  • Meet Chef Jenny McCoy and learn to create a decadent chocolate cake alongside five unique flavor variations.

2. White & Yellow Cake Flavors
   • Duration: 48 min
   • Discover how to incorporate flavors like ground espresso, flavored extracts, and fresh fruits into white and yellow cake recipes.

• Fruit Curds & Cooked Custards
  • Duration: 32 min
  • Make a rich lemon thyme curd and toasted almond pastry cream to use in your cakes.

4. Chocolate Mousse
   • Duration: 26 min
   • Master the art of creating a rich chocolate mousse, learning the traditional French technique of pâte à bombe.

5. Frostings
   • Duration: 40 min
   • Jenny demonstrates how to make Italian meringue and transform it into cocoa hazelnut orange buttercream and a tiramisu-inspired cream cheese frosting.

• Basics of Cake Building
  • Duration: 41 min
  • Learn to level, stack, frost, and decorate finished cakes that not only look great but taste amazing!