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Back to Basics DVD

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Every beautifully decorated cake needs a stable and delicious cake at its foundation. Sharon Zambito will lead you through all of the basics you need for successful cake baking. Every detail is covered, from preparing the pans and oven, to decorating a beautiful dessert style cake. Bonus section and recipe booklet included. Run time approx 2 hrs, 16 mins.


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Topics covered include:

  • Oven preparation
  • Pan preparation methods:
    • Homemade pan grease
    • Grease and flour
    • Parchment lined
    • Non-stick spray
    • Use of flower nails and heating cores
    • Using wet strips
  • Preparing cake batter:
    • Doctored cake mix recipe
    • Scratch pound cake recipe
  • Baking and testing for doneness
  • Cooling
  • Freezing cake layers
  • Leveling Methods:
    • Level in the pan
    • Push down method
    • Freehand leveling
    • Using leveler
  • Covering cake boards
  • Torting and filling:
    • Torting with toothpicks as guide
    • Torting using cake leveler
    • Applying simple syrup
    • Filling with no dam for dessert style cake
    • Filling with dam (excerpt from Perfecting the Art of Buttercream DVD)
  • Making a batch of crusting buttercream
  • Icing and decorating a gourmet dessert style cake
  • Bonus section: making cake balls
  • Bonus: recipe booklet and supply list included

Watch a sample of the video

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A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the support of Klinefelter Syndrome

www.aaksis.org

www.genetic.org