Cake Baking

Hospo, Food & Tourism

Develop professional cake baking techniques with a self-paced online course—covering ingredients, methods, healthy cakes, troubleshooting, and icings, ideal for aspiring cake bakers.

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Interested in this course? Enquire now for Domestic & International pricing


This course starts anytime


Online study

Flexible online learning from anywhere

It will take a total of 2 weeks

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Prepare a variety of cakes using professional techniques

Learn to use industry-standard baking methods and tools to produce diverse cake types.

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Select appropriate ingredients and equipment

Develop skills to identify and choose the best ingredients and equipment for different cake recipes.

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Apply multiple baking methods

Understand and employ techniques such as Flour Batter, Blending, Creaming, Tea Cake, and All In methods.

What You're Signing Up For

The Professional Cake Baking Course provides in-depth training for aspiring cake bakers. Gain essential knowledge in baking a variety of cakes, selecting ingredients and equipment, using various baking methods, troubleshooting faults, and preparing sponges, fruit cakes, fillings, and icings. Study flexibly online at your own pace, with support from chef instructors and access to comprehensive online resources.

Course Content

  • Techniques to bake a range of cakes
  • Selecting the best ingredients and equipment
  • Baking methods: Flour Batter, Blending, Creaming, Tea Cake, All in
  • Ratios and yields: scaling servings
  • Identifying and fixing baking faults
  • Creating healthy cakes
  • Sponges and fruit cakes
  • Cake fillings and icings
  • Access to Learner Management System and e-portfolio
  • Mentoring and feedback from chef instructors

What you need to know first

Access to a home or industry kitchen for practicals

Ingredients for practice

Required kitchen equipment

Internet access

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What sort of industry will this job lead to

  • Hospitality

  • Food Services

  • Baking

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Future employment opportunities might be

  • Cake baker

  • Entry-level roles in commercial bakeries

  • Entrepreneur in cake baking business

  • Home-based cake baking