Decadent Chocolate Cakes
Alice Medrich
Class Preview
- In-depth Instruction; over 185 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
Introduction and Materials
9:08
Meet Alice and go over the tools and ingredients you'll use in this class.
Chocolate Talk
11:21
Learn all about using chocolate from the "First Lady of Chocolate" herself.
Queen of Sheba: Baking
14:53
Mix your ingredients and melt your chocolate, then bake the Queen of Sheba cake.
Queen of Sheba: Finishing
23:34
Make your finishing glaze and crumb coat, and add almonds as a finishing touch to the Queen of Sheba cake.
Making Ruffle Fans
17:15
Melt and scrape chocolate to create delicately delicious chocolate fans.
Ultimate Birthday Cake: Baking
17:00
Prepare your devils food layers and mix wet and dry ingredients before baking the Ultimate Birthday Cake.
Ultimate Birthday Cake: Finishing
33:37
Make ganache, glaze and crumb coat for your Ultimate Birthday Cake.
Chocolate Raspberry Ruffle Pt 1
13:00
Ruffle your taste buds with this raspberry treat.
Chocolate Raspberry Ruffle Finishing
33:22
Create the chocolate lined mold, raspberry simple syrup and add chocolate fans to this exquisite dessert.
Pretzel Basket and Dipped Strawberries
10:54
Create the chocolate coated pretzel base and dipped strawberries for this decorative salty-and-sweet snack.
Description
Learn to melt and handle chocolate like an expert as Alice teaches you how to marble, glaze and decorate delicious cakes. With her detailed instruction, you’ll bake the decadent recipes included in this class. Impress your family and friends with the sleek Queen of Sheba, the Ultimate Chocolate Birthday Cake and the Chocolate Raspberry Ruffle Cake, plus a bonus chocolate centerpiece.
Alice Medrich
Author, pastry chef and teacher Alice Medrich is one of the country's foremost experts on chocolate and chocolate desserts. Since 1976, Alice's innovative ideas and insistence on quality ingredients have influenced a generation of confectioners, pastry chefs and home cooks. She has appeared on the Food Network's Chef du Jour and Baker's Dozen, and Julia Child's PBS series Baking with Julia. She has won more James Beard Foundation and IACP "cookbook of the year" and "best dessert book" awards than any other author. Her ninth cookbook is Flavor Flours (Artisan, November 2014). Alice lives in Berkeley, California.
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