Professional Chocolate Wedding Cake Course with Mark Tilling at Barry Callebaut

Join UK Master Chocolatier Mark in Banbury, Oxford for this professional three-day course.

You will learn new and contemporary techniques with Mark, who will show you how to make chocolate sponge cakes, chocolate fillings, how to use syrup alcohol flavouring, and even the science behind working with chocolate.

Mark will teach you about storing chocolate, shelf life and planning guidelines for making professional chocolate cakes, making this an essential course to attend whether you are making cakes for a business, or for friends and family.

But it’s not all work – you will also have the opportunity to make taste comparisons of cake fillings, ganache and various grades of chocolate.

The techniques covered include:

• Colouring chocolate and cocoa butter
• Making chocolate pencils
• Making smooth and rustic decorations
• Working on marble to make fans and wraps
• Making chocolate roses
• Using chocolate moulds
• Airbrushing
• Making ganache

During this course you will make your own two-tier chocolate wedding cake that you will then design and decorate based on the techniques you have been taught.

Mark’s teaching style is relaxed and fun, and you will go home with the knowledge and skills to make your very own beautiful chocolate wedding cakes.

Early booking is advisable.