How to learn how to bake custom-made cakes. Your own cake home business

Yes, our courses are suitable for beginners. You will receive an extensive theoretical and practical knowledge base that will give you an understanding of the ongoing processes. After completing the courses, you will easily prepare desserts, and you will also be able to work to order using our recipes.

Before starting the course, you can study the list of the necessary equipment and ingredients that you will need in your work. We will show you a number of popular stores and links to inventory in them.

Here is a list of the equipment you need: ring 16cm, ring 18cm, mold for cupcakes 6 pcs, capsules for cupcakes, silicone mat, round nozzle 12 mm, closed star 8 mm, pastry bag (I use green, you can use others), angled spatula, comfortable length about 20 cm, scraper, string, turntable, 22 cm pads, measuring cup, acetate film (it is better to choose a loose one so that it easily takes the desired shape. Height does not matter), silicone spatula, silicone molds for mousse cakes.

Do I have to take homework assignments?

What happens if I haven't finished my homework in time?

You can work at your own pace. Teacher support, the ability to take homework assignments and the right to receive a certificate will remain.

How long will the lessons be available?

The lessons will stay with you forever and ever... We do not close access to lessons and you can always return to them and cook your favorite dessert or cake

How is access to lessons organized?

Immediately after registering for the course and paying you will have access to dedicated platform We have developed this platform ourselves for the convenience of our students.

On it you can watch all the lessons and the necessary material as with phone and computer, using the recipe calculator to automatically calculate the ingredients for the desired weight, get acquainted with the most frequent questions of the students on the recipe, see all the materials for the lesson. You will have access to the platform forever.

I do not have much time

It takes only 2-3 hours to complete one lesson, and you need to complete it in a week. V ideo you can watch at any time. You can work at your own pace if necessary. Continuous support and lessons will stay with you forever.

Everything can be found on the Internet

There are many free recipes on the internet, but many are of poor quality.
It is very likely that you will simply transfer products and waste your time.
We teach according to proven and proven recipes, with answers to any questions.
We guarantee you will have delicious desserts.
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More than 700 people have already been trained according to these recipes in live and online master classes.

Do you like to bake beautifully and tasty? Temporarily out of work? Do you want to try your hand at starting your own business? The cake baking business is exactly the kind of activity that will bring you pleasure from work and a good income.

The maximum investment for a home business is 40,000 rubles, the payback period of the project is 4-5 months.

Custom homemade cakes are a good idea for business

Do you have doubts?

Let's figure it out:

1. Not a single celebration is complete without a birthday cake, especially children's holidays.
2. You can organize a pastry shop in your own kitchen without renting premises and equipment.
3. Baking is a creative process that brings income and aesthetic pleasure.
4. There are many ways to find clients - the Internet, acquaintances and friends, children's playrooms, wedding salons.
5. Business is easy to open.
6. And it's also easy to close if you lose interest in it.
7. Fast payback of production, minimum investment for its launch.
8. Stable customer demand.
9. Registration of an individual entrepreneur to start work and receive income is not required.
10. Freedom of pricing. You set the cost of the product yourself, based on its weight, design complexity, composition.

Startup benefits

Separately, I want to highlight the main advantages of a startup - modest start-up investments, the ability to do business at home, and the vacancy of a niche.

More details about each item.

Small investment

If you plan to start with your own kitchen, you only need to buy some bakery tools. For the purchase of whisks, means for decorating, mats for drying mastic decorations, tools for working with mastic, plungers, forms for jewelry, baking paper, a turntable and some other "necessities" you will have a maximum of 30,000 rubles.

Ability to work from home

Your own kitchen is quite enough for making masterpieces, for testing your strength, searching for buyers, preparing the first advertising samples of products.

Niche vacancy

Baking homemade cakes attracts many mothers on maternity leave and those who are temporarily unemployed, but not everyone manages to turn their confectionery hobby into a profitable business.

A hobby will make money if you treat it with a business spirit

Take your business seriously, create an advertisement for yourself, channel your creativity in the right direction and you are guaranteed success.

What about competition - market analysis

The confectionery market has a number of features that need to be considered:

• short term of product realization. An aspiring entrepreneur needs to work to order and actively establish sales channels;
• high competition in sales of products with a low price and low competition among expensive cakes and other products. 80% of sales in pastry shops are for sweets with a price of 180-240 rubles;
• a huge selection of Russian raw materials: berries, fruits, nuts.

Your main competitors are large industries and those who, like you, have chosen homemade baked goods to earn money.

Analyze the market in your area of ​​the city, study the experience of competitors, find out where and how they receive orders. Suggest interesting recipes, unusual design, tempting product prices. To confidently compete with large confectionery shops and the same "house-lovers" like you, you need not only to attract attention, but also to keep it.

At first, you can only rely on acquaintances and colleagues. A holiday at your spouse's work? Bring an original delicious cake and orders from his colleagues at work are guaranteed to you.

How to start a cake business - step by step instructions

A clear concept is the key to the success of any enterprise. Before you start selling your first product, think over an action plan, decide on the scale of the enterprise, make a list of equipment and materials to be purchased.

Let's consider each step of starting a business: where to start and what to pay close attention to.

Step 1. Find a room

If you have a private house, there is a free space or a spacious kitchen, part of which can be used as a mini-workshop for baking desserts, then you do not need to look for anything. If the volume of sales does not yet exceed one position per day, the issue of rent is irrelevant, at least until your production becomes crowded in this area.

If you are aiming at a large volume of products from the start, you already have clients and have the start-up capital, feel free to look for a rental space.

Rent a room in a residential area. When choosing, keep in mind that it will serve as both a pastry shop and a store, so it needs an appropriate layout, interior and location that is convenient for customers.

Step 2. We buy materials and equipment

Surely baking is your hobby and you already have everything you need to work. But you still have to buy something. In particular, tools for working with mastic, a set of pots, a syringe, a blender, a mixer and various attachments.

And you will also need flour, sugar, coconut flakes, candied fruits, raisins, food colors. It is better to buy these components for future use and in large quantities in order to reduce production costs. But perishable food - milk, cream, butter - it is better not to buy for future use.

Expenses for purchasing equipment from scratch:

Equipment	Quantity	Price (rub.)
Food processor	1	10 000
Bakeware	5	6 000
Confectionery syringe with attachments	1	1 000
Kitchen scale, measuring bowl	2	1500
Bowls of different sizes	5	3 000
Pans	5	5 000
Dough rolling pin and several boards	4	1500
Set of tools for mastic	1	4 000
Knife set + string knife	1	3 000
Whisk, brushes, small inventory	10	2 000
Parchment for baking, circles for drying cakes and more.		3 000
Total:		40 000

Step 3. We select personnel

The need for staff will arise when you build up a customer base and receive more than one order per day. In the first couple, your own hands are enough.

If you start to expand your horizons, hire a good pastry chef who will replace if necessary and help you increase production. As the number of orders increases, your pastry shop will need a courier to deliver sweets to customers.

When hiring a pastry chef, ask for a medical record, give a trial paid assignment to verify the culinary skills of a potential employee.

Step 4. Starting a business and looking for clients

Business success depends on the quality and beauty of the products, but more on how you present yourself.

Buyers search methods:

1. Acquaintances, relatives, friends, work colleagues. Make the most of your word of mouth. It will provide most of the clients.
2. Advertise your services on forums where young mothers communicate.
3. YouTube. Shoot a video about your favorite recipes, about how another masterpiece is born in your hands, talk about the composition, the naturalness of the ingredients.
4. Advertisements on marketplaces. Be sure to place several photos in them, indicate the price, contact information.
5. Advertising boards on the Internet.

Step 5. Registering a business

Business registration will be needed when you have built a good client base. The most convenient form of activity for you is individual entrepreneur. You don't need a lot of documents to complete it.

Income is taxed according to a simplified system, that is, you will have to pay only 6% of the total income without deducting expenses or 15% of the net profit to the tax office. Having issued an individual entrepreneur, register with the Social Insurance Fund and the Pension Fund.

OKVED code 10.71.2 - Manufacture of flour confectionery products, cakes and pastries of short storage.

Be prepared for the fact that the premises you rented will be visited by an inspection. It must meet sanitary and fire safety standards.

To help a novice entrepreneur, short recommendations on the main stages of opening your own mini-confectionery:

Stage	Explanations	Guide to action
Formation and refinement of the working concept	You need not just a good idea, but an innovative one that has an attractive feature to compete successfully in the market.	Create an individual recognizable design, specific ingredients, etc.
Accurate rendering of the menu, analysis of the consumable part and its optimization	For a basic menu, a large assortment is not needed, it is better when there are few offers, but at the same time they have high quality at low costs.	Decide on a list of cakes to be made, bring their recipes to perfection. Make cost calculations for each separately and all in total, think about how to reduce the cost.
Creation of a recognizable brand and development of a marketing plan	Promote your products more actively than your competitors, backing it up with high quality service.	Promote products on social networks, attract specialists.
Purchase of tools and equipment for production	Make a list of basic tools and minor attachments that will make the job easier, but not your first priority.	With such an analysis, you will avoid unnecessary expenses at the start.
Organization of work space and place	In this work, it is extremely important to observe hygiene standards and comfortable working conditions.	Keep your clothes, hands, workplace clean.

How to advertise your products

Let's take a look at several effective ways to attract buyers.

Through social media

Post not only photos, but also videos of the cooking process. This will confirm your authorship of the photographs and visually demonstrate the confectionery skills.

One of the "divorce" schemes: a client places an order in your public page. While you are offline, a scammer will answer for you, asking you to pay for the order. He will send fake details to the client and, having received the money, will disappear.

Using flyers or business cards

Even if you work alone in your own kitchen, you need business cards. Give them to your customers with every order. This will increase your customer audience.

Flyers are another effective print advertisement. Paste them up and distribute them to your friends. Take the portion to your nearest supermarket, cabinetry, shopping stowage, and other places you visit.

Advertising is the engine of commerce, and it also works with cakes.

Through newspaper ads

Place your ads in the best-selling ad newspapers, as well as free print ads that are handed out on the streets. Advertising in them is not expensive, but it adds buyers.

Using your own website

Having your own website is one of the best methods to promote your services. Post photos, videos, descriptions of new recipes, your reasoning on the topic of cooking, pastry.

If you yourself are not versed in creating and promoting a website, ask for help from friends or go through a simple tutorial. There is plenty of information on this topic on the Internet.

A useful video from a webinar on cake sales on how to take photos of products, how to make a portfolio, how to attract a buyer:

Useful tips for those who want to make custom-made homemade cakes

Here are some useful tips from those who have achieved success in this field.

Serving even the most delicious and effective dessert is spoiled by a simple cardboard or plastic box in which it is packed. Find interesting packaging options for your sweets.

Order a package indicating the date of manufacture, the composition of the treat, your contact phone number. Box design is an original way to stand out from competitors, as well as convey the necessary and important information to the buyer.

The main mistake of novice confectioners working at home is overestimating their strengths. She especially concerns mothers on maternity leave who have chosen this business as a part-time job.

Even if you are determined to turn your hobby into a profitable business and are ready to work hard on your own, still find yourself an assistant who will replace you if necessary and help you quickly and efficiently fulfill orders when their number increases.

Don't limit yourself to baking fondant-decorated birthday cakes. Offer customers cakes, cupcakes, muffins, macaroons, cheesecakes, rolls, pies, small cakes. Focus on low-calorie and diet recipes.

The wider your assortment, the larger the audience you will be interested in. Advertise all kinds of pastry baked goods that you do great. Post a photo on your website or in social media accounts, sign the name, the composition of the products and indicate the cost.

Business planning is the first step to success. The clearer you are about your goals, the sooner you will succeed. A business plan is insurance against unnecessary expenses and annoying mistakes. When making a plan, describe each stage of production, starting with the selection of baking recipes and ending with the delivery of the finished order to the client.

Planning also reflects the financial part of the work: the cost of purchasing materials and the necessary equipment, advertising, packaging and the expected profit.

Make a production schedule. By checking with him, you will evaluate the correctness and effectiveness of your actions.

Set clear goals for yourself, for example, earn 15,000 rubles in the first month or sell 5-6 cakes a week, and systematically move towards your goal.

A video about how the pastry hobby grew into a profitable business:

Cake is an essential attribute of almost any holiday, be it a birthday, wedding or Easter. At the same time, a sweet treat can be both the main gift for children and adults, and an addition to it. Despite the wide variety of manufactured products, homemade products have always remained the most in demand. If you know how to bake and decide to open a custom-made cake business, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with this article.

Where to begin?

So where to start your custom cake business? First of all, you should do advertising. The most common option for selling sweet products will be the Internet and the dissemination of information through acquaintances. Let's go through everything step by step:

1. Tell your friends and acquaintances about your business idea of ​​making money on cakes, ask them to spread this information if possible.
2. Bake some culinary delights for your friends and family for the holidays. Before giving sweet presents, be sure to take beautiful photos of your cakes for the future catalog.
3. When you have enough photos, create your own group on social networks and post them in special photo albums. For each photo, add a description with the composition, title and any information you deem necessary.
4. Invite people from your city to your community and constantly update your photo album.

To quickly promote a group on the network and attract subscribers, you can resort to services smmbox, which will save you a lot of time. Social media is a good opportunity to attract customers.

To begin with, such actions will be enough to get the first income on making cakes to order. Remember that in order for your business to become successful and profitable, you need to stand out from other culinary specialists. Continuously improve, use new materials and study numerous recipes on the Internet. For example, it is now very fashionable to cook confectionery products using mastic, because thanks to this substance you can give the product any shape, as well as decorate it beautifully.

As you have already noticed, there is nothing particularly complicated in this type of cake business. However, there are some special points that you need to be aware of. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with useful tricks to be fully armed:

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Hi girls! I have a question right away. Do you like cakes? Stupid question, I know. Sweets are the biggest weakness, and not only ours, but also of our men. Indeed, according to statistics, 87% of men and only 46% of women have a sweet tooth! Do you want to learn how to bake cakes to order or for yourself?

In this article, you will learn:

This is not as scary as it seems at first glance. I learned once, and you can! No matter how trite my words may sound, the main thing in this matter is desire and diligence. Talent is by no means a key condition for success, but just a natural inclination that must be constantly developed.

Why do I need it?

Baking is a good source of income. Now every second family orders cakes from home confectioners for children's and adult holidays, on weekends, and for no reason - to indulge. So, good craftswomen have a thriving business.

Not ready to do business - just please yourself and your family. Imagine how surprised the guests will be when you offer tea not with shop cakes, but with an amazing homemade dessert!

In general, everything related to cooking and housekeeping is in our blood. Just don’t deny it. There is no need for these conversations that in the modern rhythm of life it is easier to order a ready-made cake and not take a steam bath.

My friend Oksana is a convinced careerist. She works day and night, she made herself, she is so self-sufficient that she divorced her husband, she simply does not need him! How much she does not like to do housework, but no, no, and she will ask me for a recipe for a good pie or bake a cake.

Even adherents of proper nutrition, vegetarians and raw foodists make cakes according to their own special recipes. All because we have it in our blood! You can't fool nature.

I'm ready! Where to begin?

The first step is to take a sober assessment of your skills. Based on them, choose the best plan for further action.

1. Zero level - you have never approached the oven at all, and you don't even know where it is. You don't keep flour at home, and you can't imagine what a baking dish should be.
2. So-so culinary specialist - you made charlotte twice, but once it had to be thrown away. Once I found a simple recipe for cupcakes on the Internet, my husband praised it, but actually they were harsh.
3. Start your career - you bake cakes for the holidays and you enjoy making them. There are a couple of proven recipes. It turns out very tasty. But there is not enough experience. There are problems with the decor, and they are somehow crooked. Yes, and already tired, I want something new, unusual.

What category do you belong to?

If to the first, then your case is the simplest! You are like a blank slate. And here the main thing is not to spoil your impressions of baking, not to get scared. Therefore, I definitely recommend contacting a proven pastry school and start practicing under the strict guidance of a teacher and curators.

The second case is also from the category of uncomplicated ones. You just need to find good workshops online or live. Take a few lessons and things will jump.

And the worst case is the third. You picked up on the tops, it seems that you already know everything, why learn something? Now I will quickly watch the video on the Internet and there will be a new cake.

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No, it’s not like that. The art of confectionery is a whole science. Previously, they studied for confectioners in vocational schools. Now this is mainly done by specialized schools. But the meaning is the same - this is a profession, in the subtleties of which you need to delve into, deepen and constantly learn something new.

It seems that I’m throwing food into the mixer bowl, whacking, pouring it into the molds and into the oven. No, my dears. All this is only on Instagram, the bloggers are cleverly at it. But in fact, you need to study the technology of confectionery production, know the chemistry and physics of processes in order to understand what will react with what and how, which form is better to take for the cake, and which one for the mousse, so that nothing sticks, etc.

Equipment and fixtures

Well, you have found a suitable recipe on the Internet or bought a good course. I would like to start cooking as soon as possible. But let's check if you have everything you need in your kitchen?

Now in stores there is just a frenzied selection of all kinds of equipment, and smiling sales assistants will surely tell you that you will die of starvation without a planetary mixer, a multicooker-steamer-pressure cooker with a built-in Wi-Fi and expensive dishes from a reliable German manufacturer. Don't get fooled by advertising!
Of course, all these gadgets can make your life easier, but they can also turn your kitchen into a warehouse of unnecessary appliances and empty your wallet.

In order to bake almost any cake at home, a beginner will need a minimum:

1. any working oven;
2. conventional mixer,
3. whisk for beating eggs,
4. a large bowl for kneading dough,
5. form for cooking,
6. the right attitude.

Everything else can be purchased gradually as needed. Over time, you will have experience, and you will understand what is really needed and what is not.

For example, it took me several months to adjust to an old gas oven. But when I changed it to electric, all the recipes began to be obtained the first time. Convection, electronic programmer and temperature control do their job.

I don't bake cakes on an industrial scale, so a simple 4-speed mixer is enough for me. But I have several convenient bowls. Plastic and glass with a rounded bottom, larger and smaller, so that you can mix the dough and several creams at once. I always keep on hand a pair of silicone spatulas, which make it so easy to collect food debris from the walls of the dishes.

I have so many baking dishes that my mother always persuades me to throw out half of them. There was a time when I bought everything - glass, ceramic, silicone, aluminum, expensive Italian and cheap Chinese. Mom was partly right. after all, most often I use a detachable round metal shape or ring. it is also very convenient to collect cakes in the ring. then they turn out to be very neat and it takes much less time and cream to align.

I also purchased a turntable and three spatulas for assembly. I use them according to the situation - I apply a triangular cream, I align the top of the cake with a long rectangular one, and I walk along the sides with a square one. So this stage became very easy.

How about products?

It is worth thinking in advance not only about the technical side of the issue, but also about the ingredients. It is better to purchase everything you need in advance. Of course, most groceries can be bought at any store close to home. But if you are going to do everything as professionally as possible, then you will have to look for something in specialized pastry shops or on the Internet.

And before you rush to cook, read the recipe carefully. Do not ignore the recommendations about the temperature of the food. Sometimes it is better to take the eggs out of the refrigerator in advance, because the whites are much easier to beat whites at room temperature. And on the contrary, it is better to keep the cream in the cold for at least a day. then the cream will come out of them very dense and stable.

Decoration and decor

The cake is baked and harvested. Let's move on to the fun part - decoration! This is a very creative process that I always look forward to. Usually I do not yet know what kind of biscuit I will bake and what I will put in the filling, but the image of the finished cake is already ripening in my head. What will it look like on the outside? White, pink, multicolored? Will I cover it with mastic or cover it with ganache? Or maybe it will be in the shape of a heart or with figures of cartoon characters, as children love?

It's great that you can fantasize on any topic and easily bring everything to life. If you try very hard, you can learn how to make unrealistically beautiful cakes. For beginners, I recommend a simple one:

1. Fruit / sweets. This is the most modern way to decorate desserts. I put pieces of fruit and berries on top - that's it! And the main thing is that it always looks fashionable and fresh, it does not oblige you to anything. Instead of berries, you can use ready-made sweets - marshmallows, small meringues, pieces of chocolate, cookies, M & m’s, Raffaello, marmalade and all kinds of confectionery sprinkles. Such a cake will be suitable for both a children's table and an adult. And if you put a mini-bottle of alcohol on top, you get an excellent birthday present for a man. Any topper or candle will work here.
2. Printing on sugar or waffle sheets. Also an option without problems. Even in Murom I have several places where you can print any picture on a special pastry printer. In big cities, there will be no problems with this. I often see ready-made pictures in online stores. You just have to choose the size you want and order home delivery. Previously, such pictures were molded onto the surface of the cake. Now many of them are cut out and attached vertically. The cake becomes dynamic, lively.
3. Creamy roses and curls. You shouldn't think that this is a relic of the past. just choose a modern piping bag attachment and practice a little. See how modern pastry chefs play great on this topic.
4. For wedding cakes, fresh flowers are often used instead of cream ones. Of course, they look softer and fresher, create a unique atmosphere of celebration. Decorating them is quite simple. Nature has created this beauty for you.

A novice pastry chef should always remember that you should not overdo it with decoration. A cake with a simple glaze inscription "Happy Birthday" will look much neater. It is better to put a couple of cherries than to pour everything all at once.

Modern cakes

The decor options that I brought up have become almost classics. But the confectionery industry is developing rapidly, something new is constantly appearing.

The real sensation is this. They burst into our refrigerators and thoughts a couple of years ago and still have not lost their relevance. This is a huge field for experimenting with tastes and textures. Add some exotic flavor and a new dessert is ready!

In addition, these cakes require a minimum of decor. For example, “three chocolates” are good on their own. You add any dye to the mousse, on top of a strawberry, you look at it and smile. You can freeze it slightly and cover with a glaze - plain or mirror - to your taste.

Someone got bored? What if I tell you about desserts that have practically supplanted classic cakes from the top of the most ordered sweets? Yes! And there are many of them.

Cupcakes come first here - either cupcakes or pastries. You can hide any filling, berries, nuts inside, and “put on” a voluminous cream hat on top. Their charm is in the simplicity of preparation, the minimum cost of everything in general - time, money, dishes. Just think, you don't need a knife or a plate to serve your guests a cupcake. Bake them in paper tins and forget about lengthy dishes.

And here's another portioned dessert - trifles. They are served in disposable transparent cups or any glass container. The idea for their preparation can be taken from any cake - even from red velvet, even from a sneaker, even from a Napoleon. Laying slices of cakes, cream, filling, berries or fruits in a mold and you get a completely new type of dessert that will appeal to everyone.

Well, and my absolute favorite is! 20 minutes of free time, 500 rubles for groceries, and at the exit the most popular dessert of all coffee houses and restaurants.

We make to order

We have smoothly approached the topic of baked goods to order. It’s not just that. In fact, many come to this. If you love to bake and do it well, then why not turn your hobby into a source of income?

Mostly women think that it is difficult, you need to invest a lot at the initial stage. But look around? You are not running a factory, but a small home bakery. You probably already have all the necessary tools and techniques, which I wrote about at the beginning of the article. You are using several proven recipes. There is always a couple of glasses of flour, eggs and butter. What is missing from this scheme?

That's right, customers! But if you start baking regularly, they will appear on their own. First, relatives will ask to bake a cake for a family celebration, then a girlfriend, and then word of mouth will start working. At the initial stage, it is important for you to fill your hand and earn a reputation. Therefore, hostesses often sell their first cakes at cost. A colleague of mine just gave her clients a list of the products they needed.

It is important not to forget to photograph all your work, collect reviews in order to create a portfolio, start maintaining a page on the social network, and then you can start advertising.

Where to learn everything? Choosing courses.

I think many people have a mess in their heads right now. How to organize everything, put it on the shelves so that everything works out? We need some kind of training system, step-by-step instructions or something. Do you think there is one? You can search for answers to your questions on the Internet for a long time, shove through a lot of information. Or you can save time and go to confectionery courses.

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I would conventionally divide all courses into two types - live and online.

Living things have one big advantage - you can touch everything with your hands. You cook side by side with the pros, ask questions, control the process and at the end taste the finished cake or even take it home with you.

But the disadvantages of this teaching method, in my opinion, override all the advantages.

First, you need to have a lot of time and be relatively free. Not everyone can go somewhere after work or on weekends. This option is hardly suitable for mothers of young children.

Secondly, the prices are sky-high. The cost of your education includes the cost of food, inventory, studio rent, utility bills, the salaries of teachers and organizers, not to mention advertising and other little things that you do not feel, but they are.

Thirdly, you will study in a group of 10 to 20 people. Think about schoolwork and lab work. Someone understood, someone did not understand, someone asks questions, and someone is shy. And you will come home, and in general, half of what you have covered will fly out of your head.

Often online schools spend free master classes as a presentation. On them you will cook together with the pastry chef on the air. As a rule, recipes are selected simple so that the cooking process does not stretch in time. In these classes, you will appreciate the quality of distance learning.

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Video lessons

As a rule, full-fledged cakes are not prepared online. The lessons were recorded on video and edited. At the same time, you can see all the stages of preparation, special emphasis is placed on complex and important points.

From the video, you can immediately start cooking. After all, it is easy to rewind or pause at any time.

If you are looking for a proven online school, I recommend the Home Pastry School “ ProfiTrolls».

There are courses of various difficulty levels, and prices are below average. It is great that each student is assigned a personal curator who will answer all questions and give practical advice at any time. So, no general chats for you and a bunch of unanswered questions. The curator, like a guardian angel, is always in touch in the messenger.

You can try your hand at a free master class tomorrow. Register using the link and start making your dreams come true! You will not only learn how to bake, but you will also quickly understand how to get to the first sale.

And I'm wondering what kind of cake would you like to make right now? Maybe there is a loved one or who really wants to learn how to bake?

Thanks in advance for your comments! Wait for new articles on confectionery topics, coming soon!

Some enjoy tasting sweets, while others enjoy the process of making them with their own hands.

If you finally have time to prepare more complex dishes than soup and mashed potatoes, learn how to learn how to make cakes at home for yourself and to order. We will tell you what is the best way to start this delicious and beautiful hobby, what to buy, where to learn the skill and how to come to a confectionery masterpiece that delights guests.

Where does the path of a respected chef begin

Any skill starts with desire and practice. But if you dream of learning how to bake beautiful cakes, then do not rush to immediately take on masterpieces from the portfolio of cool pastry chefs. Start from scratch, gradually moving up the steps.

Simple recipes - fast results and powerful incentives

It is known that success inspires and gives confidence in a new business. There is only one way to quickly get the desired result - choose the simplest recipes for a start with simple decor elements available to a beginner.

The easiest way to learn how to make cakes from ready-made biscuit cakes, which are sold in stores. They are always perfectly flat and have the same crust thickness. You just have to prepare the cream and decorate the product.

Equipment and tools - essential tools

If you want to learn how to bake cakes for cakes, then you will definitely need a gas or electric oven. For biscuits, it is convenient to use a multicooker with a baking function (we will learn more about this technique and its choice). From household appliances, you will definitely need a mixer, it is advisable to buy a stationary one in order to do other things while whipping cream or dough.

If you have a lot of dishes, you probably won't have to buy anything, but make sure you have bowls of different sizes, plastic and stainless steel containers with non-stick and enamel coatings, spoons and forks of different sizes.

However, the most important thing in the preparation of confectionery is the tools for decorating, it is difficult to create admirable beauty with “bare hands”.

What a novice pastry chef should have:

• kitchen scales, measuring glasses and spoons;
• baking dishes - professionals recommend buying metal ones with a non-stick coating with a removable ring, silicone molds and non-stick mats are also useful;
• a pastry bag with a set of nozzles - it is better to purchase a bag, since working with a syringe is not very convenient;
• stencils for quickly transforming simple homemade tori using powdered sugar or cocoa powder;
• brushes for decoration;
• tools for rolling out dough, sugar mass and mastic;
• leveling paddles;
• cling film.

Consumables will require: baking paper, border and packing tapes, boxes or paper disposable stands.

There are many cooking recipes, but there are products that are bought in stock, because they are used very often:

• dyes;
• vanillin, cinnamon;
• flavors;
• nuts;
• cocoa powder;
• powdered sugar;
• impregnation for cake layers;
• powdered milk or cream;
• gelatin;

Later, when you have learned how to make cakes and have decided on the basic recipes, this list will be supplemented with other ingredients.

How to learn to make beautiful cakes

There are a lot of techniques for decorating homemade confectionery products, we will consider only those suitable for beginners.

Mastic - quick results without drawbacks. Mastic is a sweet elastic mass that is used for covering cakes and making decorative items. To cover the cake, the mastic is rolled into a layer (like dough for dumplings) and the product is completely or partially wrapped with the resulting layer. The result is a ready-made field for creativity - other decorations and inscriptions can be applied to the surface. You can buy ready-made or do it yourself.

Confectionery spray - a novelty for an instant effect. This product deserves special attention, unlike mastic, it does not require any preparation. The spray just needs to be sprayed onto the product, after which its surface will acquire the effect of a flocked coating.

Ready-made sugar figurines for effortless beauty. Today there is a huge selection of ready-made decor for cakes on sale:

• flowers for every taste in different sizes;
• figurines of animals and people, including the bride and groom;
• toys and cartoon characters for children's cakes;
• figures for anniversaries and children's themes;
• inscriptions, names and individual letters;
• imitation of fruits and berries and other decor.

All kinds of sprinkles in the form of gold and silver balls, beads, stars look interesting.

Edible decals are another beautiful cake secret for those who are just learning the pastry craft. Such pictures are printed with food colors on rice, waffle or sugar paper. The decor is applied to the cake lined with mastic.

Openwork decorations and chocolate figurines also quickly turn an ordinary cake into an elegant and festive one. Later you will learn how to make lace and leaves on your own, but first you can buy ready-made decor.

The most popular types of homemade cakes

DIY cakes do not have to look like the masterpieces of eminent pastry chefs. Over time, you will have your own flavor, and perhaps your own style. But with all the variety of options, all of them can be divided into several types. Consider the most popular and fashionable ones, because the confectionery world also has its own trends.

Jelly cakes contain a minimum of dough and fat, for which they are appreciated by adherents of a healthy diet. Jelly is made from sour cream, cream, cottage cheese, soft cheeses, juices, fruits. Read about how to cook and decorate a sour cream cake.

Puff pastry products are most of all similar to homemade ones, as they resemble the beloved grandmother's "Napoleon".

Waffle cakes are suitable for making simple cakes at home. They do not require complex decor and are quickly transformed by sprinkling with chocolate, nuts, and powder.

Honeymen are a favorite delicacy of those who love tender and aromatic dough. The softness of these cakes depends on the cream. If it is sour cream, then you get a very soft and delicate dessert, when using butter cream, a slight crunch will remain.

Sponge cake is the most popular; dozens of others are distinguished in this group, classifying by the number of layers and tiers, types of cream, type of decoration.

At the peak of popularity is the naked cake - with this method, the sides of the product are not covered with cream, but left as they are, showing creamy layers. Fresh fruit is most often used for decoration.

Where to improve your skills and learn professionalism

If you have been baking sweets at home for several days, but want to learn how to make cakes to order, consider the courses. There are three options here:

Homemade cakes are in demand because they are associated with naturalness. Making money on dessert lovers is a current trend, but to translate it into reality will take a little more effort than learning how to bake for yourself. This is detailed in our other publication.

If you are determined to learn how to make homemade cakes with your own hands, then start baking! Only with experience do skills and abilities come, no books can replace practice.