COOKIE DECORATING 102

Olga Chayka — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:26:51 +0000

Bring your cookie decorating to the next level but don’t be surprised if you hear your friends say “It’s just too beautiful to eat”. Techniques that will be covered include working with different royal icing consistencies, piping and flooding, incorporating fondant accent pieces, working with metallic highlighters, luster sprays and edible images and much more.

Duration: Two, 3 hour class

Tools Required:
Apron, pen, pencil, large zip-lock bag for dirty tools, 2 dish towels, 8” pallet knife, 8-10 disposable piping bags, 2-3 standard, couplers – optional, decorating tips # 1, 2, 3; #3 flat brush and #3 round brush, parring knife, 6″ ruler, dark colour edible marker,
9″ rolling pin, scissors, food grade artist pallet

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DONUTS BAKING WORKSHOP

Olga Chayka — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 01:54:22 +0000

Skip the store bought donuts, join this hands on class and make your own fresh baked donuts. In this class students will make and take home a variety of sweet and savory donuts.

Duration: One, 3 hour class

Tools Required: Apron, Pen, Pencil

Prerequisite: None

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CREAM PUFF AND ECLAIRS

Olga Chayka — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:16:26 +0000

Learn to make Cream Puff and Eclairs

Bringing back a time honored “Choux” pastry tradition. Students will make the Choux Pastry and three different fillings: Salted Caramel, Raspberry and Lime.

Tools Required: All materials for the class are supplied however you may wish to bring an apron and a pen.
Students take home their own baked goods.

Duration: One, 3 hours class.

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FESTIVE TRUFFLE TREE

Olga Chayka — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:14:13 +0000

Create a spectacular holiday season centerpiece out of truffles. This class is for anyone who would like to learn the art of making the perfect chocolate truffle and finishing off by creating there very own truffle tree centerpiece to take home. Come alone, with a friend or loved one. This class is a great gift idea or the perfect way to end your dinner or function with something sweet!
Join in our hands-on all day truffle workshop and learn how to make the truffle ganache, how to hand roll truffles and finally dipping your truffle in a fine Belgium chocolate. Work with different truffle recipes to create and take home a finished truffle tree.
All materials for this class is supplied however you may wish to bring an apron and a pen.
A light lunch is provided with this all day chocolate workshop.
Duration: One, 6 1/2 hour class
Prerequsite: None

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TWEENS I – BASIC CAKE DECORATING

Olga Chayka — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:15:08 +0000

For the beginner, you will build the skills you need for all types of cake decorating projects, from cakes and cupcakes to sweet treats. Discuss the steps used to get your idea from your creative imagination and the guidelines to a successful finished product. Topics covered in this hands on class include:
Learn how to level, torte, fill, mask and cover your cake for decorating using buttercream icing.
Learn how to fill a piping bag correctly, techniques of bag striping with a brush or spatula.
You will pipe numerous different decorations using the same tip.
Using the supplied decorating tips: Star, round, petal, drop flower, leaf and other specialty tubes.
Learn to write on your cake, as well as how to use cookie cutters as templates.

Duration Three, 3 hour classes

Tools Required: Apron, pencil, scissors, and a smile. Everything else is provided.
Prerequisite: None

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TWEENS II – FLOWERS AND CAKE DESIGN

Olga Chayka — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:16:39 +0000

After completing The Tweens One Basic Cake Decorating :
Royal icing and sugar paste (fondant) are the ideal mediums to use when creating flowers or decorating your cakes. In this class you will discuss the basic principles of cake design, flower arrangements and colors.

You will discover the core skills required to work with royal icing, fondant, and the best way to display them on your cakes and sweet treats.

You will learn basics of the following flowers : Pansies, Lilies, Apple Blossoms, Daffodil and Violet.

You will learn the piping skill of Cornelli Lace, and Brush Embroidery.

Duration: Three, 3 hour classes

Tools Required: Basic tip kit from Tweens 1, rolling pin with rings #12259, apron, pencil, scissors, and a smile. Everything else is provided.

Prerequisite: McCall’s Cake Decorating for Tweens One

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SEASONAL CUPCAKES

Olga Chayka — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:53:29 +0000

Students learn the paring of fillings to the cupcake. You will take home cupcakes to enjoy and share.
Duration:
One, 3 hour class.
Tools Required:
Pastry tips : 1 of each #1M, #2D, #4 plain, #352, #12, #103 or #104,6 disposable bags, small spatula, apron, tea towel, pen/pencil, Ziploc bag

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ARTISTIC GELATIN FLOWERS

Olga Chayka — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:19:39 +0000

Learn how to transform simple ingredients into shimmering, edible 3-D floral designs that will amaze your guests! Create vividly coloured flowers and leaves suspended in clear gelatin.

Duration: One, 3 hour class

Tools Required: apron, tea towel, Ziploc bag, pen/pencil and notebook for notes.
Prerequisite None

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AUSTRALIAN LAMBETH

Olga Chayka — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:54:52 +0000

Bring back the charm of English Piping on your next masterpiece. Join us in this class and master the technique of over-piping, scallops, barrels and stringwork extensions.

Duration: Four, 3 hour classes

Tools Required: #8 or 10″ piping bag with coupler, tips – #101s/261, #1 to #5 plain, #13 to #16, #349, #362, small palette knife, scissors, paring knife, ruler, tape measure, dish towel, #2 round brush.

Prerequisite: McCall’s introduction & Intermediate or a strong working knowledge of piping and rolled fondant work is essential.

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HOLIDAY BAKING AND TREATS

Olga Chayka — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 23:17:39 +0000

Bake up a storm of cakes and cookies in this class!

Students will be making and taking home a Stolen, Chantile Roll, Gingerbread loaf, an assortment of cookies (Peffernusse, Scottish Shortbread, Mini Cinnamon Roll cookies, Snickerdooles, Petticoat Tails, McCall’s Shortbread and White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies). This class will be perfect for your last minute holiday baking.
A light lunch is provided.
Duration:
One, 7 hour class.
Tools Required:
All materials for the class are supplied however you may wish to bring an apron and a pen.

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