Classes
Welcome to the rewarding world of cake designing and decorating! Learn to decorate beautiful glamorous cakes for all occasions at the Cake Emporium Institute. With step by step instructions and hands on training from the Cake Diva herself Johra A. Naser, you will find how easy and fun it is to create that perfect masterpiece. If you are a beginner, experience the joy of completing your first cake. Move on to the next level and explore more sophisticated ways to bring your creations to life. As you continue your journey, learn the necessary skills to create exquisite flowers using gum paste.
Professional Courses & Credentials
1. Baking & Confectionery Arts
Module 1: Bakery Essentials I
Module 2: Bakery Essentials II
Credential: Certificate
Duration: 5 weeks
2. Cake Designing & Decoration
Module 1: Fondant
Module 1: Sugar flowers/ gumpaste flowers
Module 3: Royal icing & piping
Credential: Certificate
Duration: 2 weeks
3. Advanced Wedding Cakes
Module 1: Modern wedding cakes
Module 2: Lambeth (Traditional over piping wedding cake designs )
Credential : Certificate
Duration: 2 weeks
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BAKING BASICS
(a) Cakes :–
- Vanilla cake
- Vanilla frosting
- Chocolate cake
- Vanilla frosting
- Red velvet
- Black forest
(b) Cookies :-
- Chewy chocolate chip
- Short bread
- Alfajores
(c) Cupcakes :-
- Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting
- Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting
(d) Costing cakes
(e) Theory
Duration 2 weeks
Credential: Certificate
BASIC PASTRIES
(i) Croissants
(ii) Danish
(iii) Meat pies
(iv) Doughnuts
(v) Pizza
(vi) Sausage roll
(vii) Theory
Durations 2 weeks
Credential: certificate
SPECIALTY CAKES
(i) cheese cake
(ii) Fruit cake
(iii) Carrot cake
(iv) Tiramisu
(v) Apple cake
(vi) Theory
Duration 2 weeks
Credential: certificate
PETIT FOUR & DESERTS
(i) Petit fours
(ii) Vanilla crème brulee
(iii) Strawberry moose
(iv) Coconut vanilla bean panna cotta
(v) Souffle
(vi) Chocolate soufflé
(vii) French meringue
Duration: 2 weeks
Credential: certificate
DIPLOMA COURSE:
a) Bakery Essentials
b) Fondant
c) Royal Icing & Piping
d) Sugar Paste Flowers
e) Wedding Cakes
f) Theory
- Recipe costing
- Business essentials & requirements
- Safety and first aid
- Food knowledge and hygiene
- Nutrition
Duration 6 months: 4 Months in class training
2 months attachment
WORKSHOPS
i) Fun with cookies
ii) 3D stand up doll
iii) Figure modeling
iv) Designer handbag
v) Designer shoes
vi) Candy making and cake pops
vii) Cup cake boquet
viii) Water paper flowers
ix) Painting on cakes
x) Fun baking with kids
Cake Emporium Bakers Guild of Kenya
Monthly workshops
Workshops conducted last Saturday of every month.
FONDANT
i) How to make fondant
ii) How to cover a rounded and square shaped cakes
iii) Crimping and Embossing
iv) Fabric effects
v) Textured drapes
vi) Frills
vii) Ribbons, bows and sugar embroidery
viii) Modeling fun figures
ix) Textures, inlay & APPLIGUE
x) Stacked cake design & handling
xi) Designing celebration cakes & colours
xii) Balance
xiii) Basic business guidelines
Duration: 2 weeks
Credentials: certificate
SUGAR PASTE FLOWERS
i) How to make gumpaste
ii) Basic techniques
iii) Unwired & wired flowers
iv) Fantacy, roses, orchids
v) Lines cherry, blossom, gerbera
vi) Chrysanthemums, freesia, dahlia, garden pinks
vii) Black berries
viii) Seasonal flowers
ix) Alternative to sugar flowers
x) Arranging sugar flowers
xi) Decorating cake stands & knives
Duration 2 weeks
Credential: Certificate
ROYAL ICING & PIPING
i) How to make royal icing
ii) Basic techniques
iii) Covering, templates & scroll boarders
iv) Run out colour flow Collars & Motifs
v) Extension boarders & lace design
vi) Brush embroidery
vii) Cake balance & multi tiered cakes
viii) Assembly & presentation
Duration 2 weeks
Credentials: certificate
