
Learn to create eight classic French slice cakes as single-serving desserts, with international appeal, varied flavors and shapes, plus creative, modern twists and alternative ingredients.
Learn essential pastry equipment and buying tips for pro results: angled spatulas, frames (18x18, 30x40, 40x60), mixers, bowls, thermometers, hand blenders, ovens, scales, and velvet spray techniques.
Explore essential slice cake ingredients, including eggs, sugars, flours, butter, creams, chocolates, pectin, gelatin, and agar, tempering, and shelf-life and cost calculations.
learn to make a fraisier slice with fresh strawberries, genoese layers, and musseline cream. master assembly, chilling, and precise decoration with white chocolate ganache for a fresh two-day shelf life.
Master the opera slice by layering genoise with coffee buttercream and ganache using a reverse layering method, then decorate with velvet cocoa butter and sugar paste prints.
Explore a traditional triple mousse slice with three chocolate mousses—dark, milk, and white—on a flourless genoese, finished with a glossy chocolate glaze and decorative touches.
master the chocolate caramel brownie slice cake by baking a moist brownie biscuit and whipping a gelatin-free chocolate mousse. assemble with caramel and white whipped ganaches, finishing with decorative piping.
Create a timeless black forest slice cake using a moist Mona Lisa chocolate sponge, white chocolate vanilla mousse, and blackcurrant coulis, finished with a velvet spray effect.
Discover how to assemble a Snickers slice cake with a dry Sacher biscuit base, a peanut caramel layer, and a glossy ganache, finished with decorative cocoa butter spray.
Explore the Saint-Michel slice cake, featuring dacquoise biscuit, praline mousseline cream, almond paste and nougatine, with step-by-step assembly and decorative techniques for a standout pastry.
Welcome to my course! I’m delighted to have you here and I hope you find it both enjoyable and inspiring.
This course consists of ten comprehensive lessons. In the first lesson, we will cover all the essential tools and equipment needed for cake preparation. The following lessons will each focus on a different slice cake, varying in style, flavor, and technique — including classics such as Opera Cake, Fraisier, Black Forest, and more. You will be guided through each recipe step by step, with a focus on mastering both the visual presentation and the taste, so you can recreate them with confidence and professionalism.
The French are masters of pastry, so it's no surprise that their cakes are some of the very best in the world.
When it comes to dessert, French cuisine is the gold standard of precision and aesthetics ... Classic French cakes are ingredient-forward, celebrating the flavors of anything from chocolate to fruit without masking them with sugar.
All of these French cakes that you will learn will please anyone you serve them to. They’ll be a fantastic addition to your next gathering or afternoon tea .
I truly hope this course meets your expectations and leaves you feeling motivated and excited to start baking!