Mar- May 2012 Baking Workshops

............................................................. Classic Baking: Traditional Kueh Lapis Hands-on baking (grp) Kueh Lapis is a rich, tender and fragrant traditional layered cake made from a combination of egg yolks, butter, flour, spices and loads of love and patience. This class is a must-try for any baker who loves the taste of good ol' traditional cakes!   Dates: Traditional Kueh Lapis: 15 Mar 2012 (Thu) 2-5.30pm (FULL) Traditional Kueh Lapis: 16 Mar 2012 (Fri) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Traditional Kueh Lapis: 17 Mar 2012 (Sat) 2-5.30pm (1 seat left as of Monday 12 Mar 2012)  Traditional Kueh Lapis: 18 Mar 2012 (Sun) 2-5.30pm (FULL) Traditional Kueh Lapis: 12 Apr 2012 (Thu) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Traditional Kueh Lapis: 13 Apr 2012 (Fri) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Traditional Kueh Lapis: 25 May 2012 (Fri) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Price: $98 (includes printed recipes, ingredients)

............................................................. Classic Red Velvet Cake   Hands-on baking (grp) + decorating (individual)  In this hands-on workshop, you will be baking Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing, a classic cake that is now all the rage in the US.  You will also learn how to decorate (1) a round layer cake with filling and frosting, (2) piped flower cupcakes and (3) cute little cupcake pops. It's a excellent introduction to both baking and decorating as it covers plenty of basic techniques that you will use again and again.      Dates: Classic Red Velvet Cake: 23 Mar 2012 (Fri) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE)  Classic Red Velvet Cake: 24 Mar 2012 (Sat) 2-5.30pm (FULL) Classic Red Velvet Cake: 25 Mar 2012 (Sun) 2-5.30pm (FULL) Classic Red Velvet Cake: 26 Apr 2012 (Thu) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Classic Red Velvet Cake: 27 Apr 2012 (Fri) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Classic Red Velvet Cake: 28 Apr 2012 (Sat) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Classic Red Velvet Cake: 29 Apr 2012 (Sun) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Classic Red Velvet Cake: 12 May 2012 (Sat) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Classic Red Velvet Cake: 13 May 2012 (Sun) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Fees: $98 (includes ingredients, recipes)

............................................................. Swiss Roll and Macarons Hands-on baking (grp) Discover how to make soft chocolate swiss roll with chocolate ganache, as well as basic plain and chocolate macarons with lemon curd, raspberry curd fillings in this all-new hands-on baking workshop! Dates: Swiss Roll and Macarons: 29 Mar 2012 (Thu) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 30 Mar 2012 (Fri) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 31 Mar 2012 (Sat) 2-6pm (FULL) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 1 Apr 2012 (Sun) 2-6pm (FULL) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 19 Apr 2012 (Thu) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 20 Apr 2012 (Fri) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 18 May 2012 (Fri) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 19 May 2012 (Sat) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Swiss Roll and Macarons: 20 May 2012 (Sun) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Price: $99 per person (printed recipes, ingredients)

............................................................ Chicken Pie & Durian Puff Hands-on baking (group)  What's a party without good old favourites like chicken pies and durian puffs? You will learn how to make juicy and succulent chicken pies, and soft and poufy puffs stuffed with durian cream, that no one can resist. Participants will be making both shortcrust (pie) pastry and choux (cream puff) pastry hands-on.   Dates: Chicken Pie and Durian Puff: 5 Apr 2012 (Thu) 6.30-10pm (AVAILABLE)   Price: $90 (includes printed recipes, ingredients)

............................................................ Romantic Cookie Art Hands-on baking (group) + decorating (individual)  This fully hands-on workshop is all about baking crunchy butter cookies and turning them into exciting little  art pieces, using a simple 3-step piping technique that will give you neat and beautiful results on each and every cookie. After baking and decorating a few cookies, you'll just fall in love with them, so much so it's going to be a little bit difficult giving them away! Recipes include a master butter cookie recipe with vanilla, citrus, coffee, chocolate and spice flavour variations, a safe homemade royal icing and a healthier reduced-sugar butter cookie recipe. Date: Romantic Cookie Art: 7 Apr 2012 (Sat) 2-5:30pm (AVAILABLE) Romantic Cookie Art: 8 Apr 2012 (Sun) 2-5:30pm (AVAILABLE) Fees: $88 (includes ingredients, printed recipes)

............................................................ Alphabet & Number Cake   Baking demo + hands-on decorating (individual) Is it for a child's birthday or a romantic anniversary? Or is it for anyone who would just love to see his or her initials as a cake? Let your next cake project be a simple yet visually effective alphabet or number cake. With my recipes for Lychee and Longan cake as the base, you'll find this to be a delicious cake that requires minimal effort to decorate beautifully. Don't miss 'Alphabet & Number  Birthday Cake' Workshop!    Dates: Alphabet and Number Cake: 14 Apr 2012 (Sat) 2-6pm (AVAILABLE) Fees: $99 (Price includes printed recipes, 7" cake to decorate and take home)

.............................................................  Cartoon Cakes Workshop Baking demo + Hands-On Decorating (individual) (Level: Moderate) Kids love to see their favourite cartoon on a cake, while adults appreciate the layers of soft sponge cake encased in a thin coat of cream. Why buy it from a shop when you can have the satisfaction of making it yourself? Every skill covered in this class is a classic that you will use again and again for birthday cakes. This workshop uses a new and improved Chocolate Transfer method for making edible chocolate pictures!   Dates: Cartoon Cake: 15 Apr 2012 (Sun) 2-6.30pm (AVAILABLE) Fees: $99 (includes printed recipes, a 6-inch sponge cake to decorate individually and take home)

............................................................. Basic Bread Rolls (no pork, no lard) Hands-on baking (group)  Learn how to make basic bread rolls from scratch!  After this hands-on baking workshop, you'll look forward to making this for the family too! Assorted toppings and fillings will be used for the buns.   Dates: Basic Bread Rolls: 21 Apr 2012 (Sat) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Basic Bread Rolls: 22 Apr 2012 (Sun) 2-5.30pm (AVAILABLE) Basic Bread Rolls: 5 May 2012 (Sat) 9.00am-12.30pm (AVAILABLE) Basic Bread Rolls: 6 May 2012 (Sun) 9.00am-12.30pm (AVAILABLE) Price: $88 (printed recipes, ingredients)

............................................................ Stunning 2-Tier Cakes Baking demo + Hands-on decorating (individual)  Have you always admired the show-stoppingly beautiful tiered fondant cakes on display at weddings and special birthdays? Now you can make one too, and reach new heights in your cake-decorating journey - literally! A deliciously moist all-purpose butter cake will be demonstrated at the start of the lesson, then you will be guided through the full assembly and decoration process for your very own 2-tiered fondant cake.  Don't miss out on the 'Stunning 2-Tier Cakes' Workshop. Sign up today! Dates: Stunning 2-Tier Cake: 26 May 2012 (Sat) 2-7pm (AVAILABLE) Stunning 2-Tier Cake: 27 May 2012 (Sun) 2-7pm (AVAILABLE) Fees: $180 (includes printed recipes, ready-made 4" and 6" butter cakes)

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