Bread, Baking and Cake Decorating

Discover the art of buttercream piping in this hands-on workshop, designed for enthusiastic home bakers looking to level up their skills and professionals wanting to refine their technique.

Victoria will explain how to make the perfect cupcakes complete with recipes for your convenience. You’ll then be guided through a range of piping techniques – versatile skills you can use time and again – before putting them into practice with plenty of decorating time.

Across the session you’ll decorate 14 cupcakes that will be arranged into two stunning cupcake bouquets. You’ll also learn how to construct and gift-wrap your bouquet, ready to present as a stylish edible gift.

Flowers you’ll create include:

• Rose
• Hydrangea
• Sunflower
• Chrysanthemum
• Daisy

You’ll leave with two beautifully finished large cupcake bouquets – please bring a sturdy bag or box for transport.

What’s included:

• Tea, coffee and refreshments throughout the day
• All ingredients, equipment and gift-wrap
• Your decorated cupcakes to take home (please bring suitable containers)
• Full workshop notes emailed after the class
• Best of all, we take care of the washing up!

Skill Level: Suitable for all abilities.

Sourdough bread has been around for hundreds of years. Widely favoured amongst many due to its ability to digest easier within the body and for its tangy flavour and wholesome appearance.

Whilst the supermarkets have brought sourdough to our shelves, the amount of care and attention needed is sometimes lost in the mass production of sourdough which takes great care and most of all time.

Matt has been baking and teaching for many years and runs a Most bakery in Altrincham, he is full of technical know how about how to achieve great sourdough results.

In this easy class for sourdough beginners, we teach you:

• How to make a starter from the beginning, how to take care of it and feed and nurture it using a variety of readily available ingredients.
• You will also be shown how to shape the dough to achieve the best looking loaves and simple cutting effects to make those enviable patterns so that your bread has that professional appearance.
• We will also be discussing and using many different types of grain and show you how easy it is to make a super fast version of sourdough for an every day supply of better bread.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

What’s included:

• Tea and coffee will be available through the class and Matt will bring a sourdough for you to taste.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.
• We have all the equipment you need but please bring or buy a banneton
• Additional drinks can be purchased from the bar payable via card.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Either bring a banneton or purchase one of ours. If you don’t want to purchase a banneton you can bring a colander with a damp towel to take your dough home.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Learn the essential skills of professional cake decorating in this hands-on workshop with Victoria. You’ll master how to level, fill, crumb-coat and finish a cake from start to perfection. Explore a range of buttercream techniques, from creating smooth, sharp edges to elegant piping and drip designs. With expert guidance throughout, you’ll have the freedom to add your own creative flair — designing a cake that’s uniquely yours.

Skills you will learn:

• Learn to stack, dowel and prepare a pre-made cake ready for decorating.
• Buttercream Icing for a professional smooth finish.
• Creating the perfect drip in your choice of colour.
• Buttercream decorating skills – flowers and swirls.
• Victoria will show you piping techniques to create different shapes, you choose which to put onto your cake.

You’ll leave with a beautifully finished cake – please bring a sturdy bag or box for transport.

What’s included:

• Tea, coffee and refreshments throughout the day
• All ingredients, equipment and gift-wrap
• Your decorated cake to take home (please bring suitable containers)
• Full workshop notes emailed after the class
• Best of all, we take care of the washing up!

Skill Level: Suitable for all abilities.

If you have ever oohed and aahed over professionally baked cakes and wondered just how and why they tick all the right boxes of appearance and taste, then this is the class for you.

Former tutor of Slattery School of Excellence, Victoria has joined the team at Food Sorcery to deliver a range of baking classes. The perfect pastry for pies, patisserie passion, tempering chocolate or cake decorating, let Victoria inspire you.

Please note: this class cannot be adapted to gluten free or vegan.

You will learn

• The details that matter when making cakes professionally
• How to bake three different kinds of cake
• The secret art of cake flavouring
• Slicing and layering large cakes
• Piping cream as a filling to give structure to a layered cake.

You Will make and Take Home

• Lemon Drizzle – Moist & tangy cake dotted with lemon zest and drizzled with a tart-and-sweet lemony glaze
• Black Forex Gateaux – Moist chocolate sponge layers, soaked with kirsch, whipped cream and finished with dark chocolate curls
• Genoise Sponge – Light airy cake – leavened with egg /sugar and filled with fresh Chantilly cream and rich fruit jam.

Save the planet! – bring three large re-useable cake boxes or containers and a bag to transport your bakes home. We have disposable ones if you forget.

What’s Included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need. You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations.
• Bring your own containers to transport your creations home, we have simple ones if you forget.
• Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Take your pizza, pasta and docle skills to the next level with Salvatore, this class will focus on how the science behind making pizza dough, a perfect passata and choosing topping combinations that make this Italian classic a favourite around the world. We will be using domestic ovens to cook, the skills you will learn are transferable to pizza ovens.

A combination of hands-on cooking and demonstration, this class includes time to enjoy eating your dishes in the dining room. You will leave with plenty of leftovers and the confidence to cook more delicious dishes at home.

Example dishes: For allergies & dietaries let us know in the booking notes.

Note: this is one of the few classes not adaptable to vegan or gluten free diets.

• Traditional Pizza Dough – understanding how to make a perfect dough, a rich passata and combining flavours for toppings
• Pasta – Using a royal dough you will make and roll perfect pasta to take home.
• Tiramisu – Salvatore will teach you his unique tricks to make this dessert sophisticated, yet comforting and decadent.

What’s included:

• Complimentary drink on arrival. Additional beverages can be purchased at the bar.
• All ingredients provided; you will enjoy your meal in the company of others in the dining area.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

There’s nothing more delightful than a homemade afternoon tea — especially when you’ve baked it yourself. In this class, you’ll learn to create a selection of classic sweet and savoury treats, from delicate pastries to perfect scones and elegant bites. Working together, you’ll pick up expert tips on baking, presentation, and timing to bring your afternoon tea to life.

One ticket is for two people, feel free to come alone and bake double. Suitable to attend with children age 10+

You Will Make: Let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements in the booking notes

• Traditional Scones Savoury & Sweet
• Shortbread Bites with various flavours
• Demo of home made jam and whipped cream, to taste and eat with your scones

What’s Included:

• Tea & Coffee throughout the day.
• You will take home your creations, please bring suitable containers and means to take them home!
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

• Free standing inclusion egg.
• Hand rolled truffles, spun with white chocolate.
• Hand piped chocolates.

What’s Included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need including cellophane to present your egg.
• We have basic containers; however, we recommend you bring your own study ones.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Get to grips with the classics of French baking — from buttery pastry to rich fillings and delicate finishes. You’ll learn the key techniques behind France’s classic bakes, discovering how a few simple skills can transform what you make at home.
It’s a hands-on class filled with flavour, creativity and the joy of mastering timeless recipes.

One ticket is for two people, feel free to come alone and bake double the amount. Suitable to attend with children age 10+

Example Dishes: Let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements in the booking notes

• Tarte Au Citron – A classic French dessert, with a crisp, buttery pastry shell filled with a creamy, zesty lemon curd
• Glazed Pear Frangipane Tart – Classic dessert featuring a sweet shortcrust pastry shell, a rich almond cream
• Demo of Meringue to add to your Tarte Au Citron.

What’s Included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need.
• You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations.
• Bring your own containers to transport your creations home, we have simple ones if you forget.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Take your pizza, pasta and docle skills to the next level with Salvatore, this class will focus on how the science behind making pizza dough, a perfect passata and choosing topping combinations that make this Italian classic a favourite around the world. We will be using domestic ovens to cook, the skills you will learn are transferable to pizza ovens.

A combination of hands-on cooking and demonstration, this class includes time to enjoy eating your dishes in the dining room. You will leave with plenty of leftovers and the confidence to cook more delicious dishes at home.

Example dishes: For allergies & dietaries let us know in the booking notes.

Note: this is one of the few classes not adaptable to vegan or gluten free diets.

• Traditional Pizza Dough – understanding how to make a perfect dough, a rich passata and combining flavours for toppings
• Pasta – Using a royal dough you will make and roll perfect pasta to take home.
• Tiramisu – Salvatore will teach you his unique tricks to make this dessert sophisticated, yet comforting and decadent.

What’s included:

• Complimentary drink on arrival. Additional beverages can be purchased at the bar.
• All ingredients provided; you will enjoy your meal in the company of others in the dining area.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Baker Victoria Richardson will show you the delights of working with different techniques to achieve the best results. Making bread is both a treat and a satisfying experience, the aromas amazing and with plenty of transferable skills you will be enjoying adapting your techniques to different breads.

Examples of what you will learn:

• Plaiting & Knotting Techniques – Traditional dough ready to shape into a six plait loaf and knots.
• Adding Flavour to bread – Choose Olives, Onions, Caraway seeds etc. and learn how to adapt a dough to add flavour.
• Soda Bread – Yeast free and low fat, all of its leavening comes from baking soda and buttermilk.
• Foccaccia – Classic Italian bread topped with rosemary, olive oil and sea salt.

Bring large containers/bag to take your bread home.

What’s Included:

• Tea & Coffee on arrival and refreshments throughout the day.
• Light lunch – Served with bread.
• You will take home your creations, please bring suitable containers and means to take them home!
• Copies of the workshop notes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Sourdough bread has been around for hundreds of years. Widely favoured amongst many due to its ability to digest easier within the body and for its tangy flavour and wholesome appearance.

Whilst the supermarkets have brought sourdough to our shelves, the amount of care and attention needed is sometimes lost in the mass production of sourdough which takes great care and most of all time.

Matt has been baking and teaching for many years and runs a Most bakery in Altrincham, he is full of technical know how about how to achieve great sourdough results.

In this easy class for sourdough beginners, we teach you:

• How to make a starter from the beginning, how to take care of it and feed and nurture it using a variety of readily available ingredients.
• You will also be shown how to shape the dough to achieve the best looking loaves and simple cutting effects to make those enviable patterns so that your bread has that professional appearance.
• We will also be discussing and using many different types of grain and show you how easy it is to make a super fast version of sourdough for an every day supply of better bread.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

What’s included:

• Tea and coffee will be available through the class and Matt will bring a sourdough for you to taste.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.
• We have all the equipment you need but please bring or buy a banneton
• Additional drinks can be purchased from the bar payable via card.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Either bring a banneton or purchase one of ours. If you don’t want to purchase a banneton you can bring a colander with a damp towel to take your dough home.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Spruce up your cakes by learning the art of sugar paste. This workshop is perfect for home bakers looking for a new challenge, or professional bakers needing to hone their sugar craft skills.

Professionally coat & cover cakes
We will teach you how to crumbcoat a pre-made cake, that you will fill and stack with jam and buttercream.
You will then be taught how to get a smooth flawless finish using sugar paste.
Once you have perfected this method you will then make a bonus bear who will sit proudly on top of your newly created masterpiece.

Save the planet! – bring a large re-useable container and a bag to transport your bakes home. We have disposable ones if you forget.

What’s included:

• Tea & Coffee on arrival and refreshments throughout the day.
• You will take home your cake, please bring suitable containers and means to take it home!
• Copies of the workshop notes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Sourdough bread has been around for hundreds of years. Widely favoured amongst many due to its ability to digest easier within the body and for its tangy flavour and wholesome appearance.

Whilst the supermarkets have brought sourdough to our shelves, the amount of care and attention needed is sometimes lost in the mass production of sourdough which takes great care and most of all time.

Matt has been baking and teaching for many years and runs a Most bakery in Altrincham, he is full of technical know how about how to achieve great sourdough results.

In this easy class for sourdough beginners, we teach you:

• How to make a starter from the beginning, how to take care of it and feed and nurture it using a variety of readily available ingredients.
• You will also be shown how to shape the dough to achieve the best looking loaves and simple cutting effects to make those enviable patterns so that your bread has that professional appearance.
• We will also be discussing and using many different types of grain and show you how easy it is to make a super fast version of sourdough for an every day supply of better bread.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

What’s included:

• Tea and coffee will be available through the class and Matt will bring a sourdough for you to taste.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.
• We have all the equipment you need but please bring or buy a banneton
• Additional drinks can be purchased from the bar payable via card.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Either bring a banneton or purchase one of ours. If you don’t want to purchase a banneton you can bring a colander with a damp towel to take your dough home.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Take your pizza, pasta and docle skills to the next level with Salvatore, this class will focus on how the science behind making pizza dough, a perfect passata and choosing topping combinations that make this Italian classic a favourite around the world. We will be using domestic ovens to cook, the skills you will learn are transferable to pizza ovens.

A combination of hands-on cooking and demonstration, this class includes time to enjoy eating your dishes in the dining room. You will leave with plenty of leftovers and the confidence to cook more delicious dishes at home.

Example dishes: For allergies & dietaries let us know in the booking notes.

Note: this is one of the few classes not adaptable to vegan or gluten free diets.

• Traditional Pizza Dough – understanding how to make a perfect dough, a rich passata and combining flavours for toppings
• Pasta – Using a royal dough you will make and roll perfect pasta to take home.
• Tiramisu – Salvatore will teach you his unique tricks to make this dessert sophisticated, yet comforting and decadent.

What’s included:

• Complimentary drink on arrival. Additional beverages can be purchased at the bar.
• All ingredients provided; you will enjoy your meal in the company of others in the dining area.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Pies are the ultimate comfort food, and every great pie begins with perfect pastry. A pie is typically filled with pre-cooked ingredients, while a pasty contains raw filling that cooks inside its pastry parcel. In this class, you’ll learn the essential do’s and don’ts of pie fillings and how to master the art of the pasty. Once you’ve nailed these techniques, your pie-making possibilities will be endless.

One ticket is for two people, feel free to come alone and bake double.

Example Dishes: Let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements in the booking notes

• Traditional Cornish Pasty – you will make shortcrust pastry and the filling
• Traditional Apple pie – you will make the sweet pastry, Victoria will pre make the apple filling
• Demo of different tops for your apple pie, lattice and a weave

What’s Included:

• Tea & Coffee on arrival and refreshments throughout the day.
• Light lunch – you will eat the pie that you make.
• You will take home your creations, please bring suitable containers and means to take them home!
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Learn to make a Sourdough pizza. Making bread from scratch is a skill that both fills your kitchen with wonderful aromas and brings the immense satisfaction of taking the simplest of ingredients and creating something so delicious.

Baker Victoria Richardson will bring an established Sourdough Starter for you to make your Sourdough Pizza, Sourdough Crackers and Sourdough Breadsticks. You will then learn how to make a traditional dough to give you skills to make different types of shaped bread rolls, Pretzels and Bagels. You even get a Sourdough Starter to take home and nurture.

Note: This is about making a Sourdough starter to make a pizza and then making a regular dough rolls & bagels

• Sourdough Starter – How to create and feed a starter, you will make a quick prove Sourdough pizza, learning to gently stretch the dough. Create Sourdough crackers and breadsticks from your starter discard. You will eat your pizza during the class.
• Traditional Loaf, Pretzels & Bagels (Not Sourdough) – Using a regular dough which will prove over lunch you will make a traditional loaf and bagels.

If you are looking for a Sourdough only class please take a look at our Sourdough masterclass.

What’s Included:

• Tea & Coffee on arrival and refreshments throughout the day.
• Light lunch – you will eat the pizza that you make.
• You will take home your creations, please bring suitable containers and means to take them home!
• Copies of the recipes and notes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Discover the art of buttercream piping in this hands-on workshop, designed for enthusiastic home bakers looking to level up their skills and professionals wanting to refine their technique.

Victoria will explain how to make the perfect cupcakes complete with recipes for your convenience. You’ll then be guided through a range of piping techniques – versatile skills you can use time and again – before putting them into practice with plenty of decorating time.

Across the session you’ll decorate 14 cupcakes that will be arranged into two stunning cupcake bouquets. You’ll also learn how to construct and gift-wrap your bouquet, ready to present as a stylish edible gift.

Flowers you’ll create include:

• Rose
• Hydrangea
• Sunflower
• Chrysanthemum
• Daisy

You’ll leave with two beautifully finished large cupcake bouquets – please bring a sturdy bag or box for transport.

What’s included:

• Tea, coffee and refreshments throughout the day
• All ingredients, equipment and gift-wrap
• Your decorated cupcakes to take home (please bring suitable containers)
• Full workshop notes emailed after the class
• Best of all, we take care of the washing up!

Skill Level: Suitable for all abilities.

Get to grips with the classics of French baking — from buttery pastry to rich fillings and delicate finishes. You’ll learn the key techniques behind France’s classic bakes, discovering how a few simple skills can transform what you make at home.
It’s a hands-on class filled with flavour, creativity and the joy of mastering timeless recipes.

One ticket is for two people, feel free to come alone and bake double the amount. Suitable to attend with children age 10+

Example Dishes: Let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements in the booking notes

• Tarte Au Citron – A classic French dessert, with a crisp, buttery pastry shell filled with a creamy, zesty lemon curd
• Madeleines – Traditional French sponge cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape
• Demo of Salted caramel sauce or Profiteroles to taste and take home

What’s Included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need.
• You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations.
• Bring your own containers to transport your creations home, we have simple ones if you forget.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

The festive season is all about indulgence, and nothing says comfort quite like freshly baked treats straight from the oven. In this class Victoria will show you how to bake some seasonal favourite bakes, come along with a friend, a gang or on your own and bake double.

One ticket is for two people, feel free to come alone and bake double the amount. Suitable to attend with children age 10+

Examples of what you will bake:

• German Stollen – studded with fruit and marzipan, finished with melted butter, icing sugar and wrapped
• Festive Gingerbread Shapes
• Demo of Mince Pies to Taste and Take Home

What’s included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need. You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations.
• Bring your own containers to transport your creations home, we have simple ones if you forget.
• Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities