Baking Mini Chocolate Cakes Class

Mini Chocolate Cakes with Chocolate Ganache & Blood Orange Garnish Join award-winning Pastry Chef Dawn Alston of Ravy Cakes, featured on Food Network's Wedding Cake Championship, for a fun and delicious hands-on baking experience! In this interactive class, you'll learn how to bake, assemble, and decorate beautiful mini chocolate cakes from scratch using premium Laconiko olive oil. Whether you're a beginner or love baking at home, Chef Dawn will guide you step-by-step through professional techniques that you can recreate in your own kitchen. Class Details Skill Level: All experience levels welcome Format: Hands-on, instructor-led Duration: Approximately 3 hours Ages: Adults and children 10+ (children must attend with a parent or guardian, and each participant requires a ticket) What to Bring: Just yourself and a love for sweets! What You'll Learn Bake a rich and moist chocolate cake from scratch. Students will prepare a decadent chocolate cake completely from scratch, learning proper mixing methods, batter consistency, and baking techniques that guarantee a tender, flavorful crumb every time. Assemble and frost mini layered cakes like a pastry chef. With all components prepared, you will be guided through the professional process of assembling your mini layered cakes — from leveling and filling to stacking and crumb-coating with precision and care. You will learn how to build a structurally sound, beautiful, even mini cake that looks just as impressive on the inside as it does on the outside. Make smooth chocolate buttercream and learn basic piping techniques. We will cover the proper technique for creaming butter to the ideal consistency, incorporating rich cocoa, & Laconiko's exclusive products to achieve a complex flavor, and a perfectly smooth, pipeable texture. You will use this luscious buttercream to fill and frost your mini cakes, learning how to apply it evenly and professionally for a polished, bakery-worthy result. Create a silky chocolate ganache for the perfect finishing touch. Students will learn the correct ratios of cream to chocolate, temperature control, and how to achieve the perfect pourable consistency for a flawless, elegant drip finish. Decorate your cakes with a beautiful chocolate drip and elegant garnishes. You will learn professional decorating techniques, applying the ganache drip with confidence and artfully garnishing each cake blood orange slices, candied zest curls, and elegant finishing touches that transform your creation into a true showpiece. Reserve your seat - maximum of 25 seats.