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The Baking Academy of Ireland offers a wide range of part-time courses in baking and sugar craft.

• Bread Baking Courses
• Cake Baking Courses
• Pastry Baking Courses
• Chocolate Courses
• Sugar Craft – Cake Decoration Courses
• Special Baking Courses
• Certificate Courses - 4 Day Courses

Bread Baking Courses

Do you love the aroma of freshly baked bread, hot and steaming from the oven? Would you like to learn how to make and bake different types of real bread? If the answer too either question is yes - then we have the course for you. We pride ourselves that our courses are rewarding, enjoyable and therapeutic.
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Here is a list of our upcoming bread baking courses:

1. - REAL BREAD BAKING COURSES
2. - Baking with Sourdough (1 Day)
3. - Sweet Bread Course
4. - Pizza & Flatbreads Workshop

Cake Baking Courses

Before 1930 the home made cake was more popular than "bought" cake. Home baking began to decline after the war the sale of packaged cakes increased. We will teach you the basics of good quality homemade cake. Our courses are for everyone, including the enthusiastic amateur and the professional baker. Our cake baking courses are rewarding, enjoyable and really great fun.
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Here is a list of our upcoming courses:

1. - CAKES & BAKES
2. - Cupcake Baking - Fun Course (half day)
3. - Doughnuts (half day)
4. - Meringues+Roulades and MACAROONS

Pastry Baking Courses

Does your pastry always break up when you try to roll it?  Do you find it difficult to make good pastry? Do not despair - we can help you. There are two distinct types of pastry – sweet and savoury. We offer pastry courses covering both types.
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Here is a list of our upcoming pastry baking courses:

1. - SWEET PASTRY (including (a) Traditional Pastry & (b) Classic Pastry Courses)
2. - Savoury Pies and Pasties

Sugar Craft – Cake Decoration Courses

Once upon a time all special occasion cakes were decorated using Royal Icing. This type of icing tended to set rock hard and made it extremely difficult to cut the cake.All has now changed and sugar paste has become the preferred medium for cake decoration. Sugar craft is a creative art that can be learned and used to decorate cakes for those special occasions.
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Here is a list of our upcoming cake decoration courses:

1. - Sugar Craft for Beginners - Rudolph Christmas Cake
2. - Piping Skills Course (half day)
3. - Sugar Flowers Course
4. - Christmas Cake - Dear Santa
5. - Sugar Craft for Beginners

Chocolate Courses

Calling all chocoholics. This is your chance to learn everything there is to know about chocolate. You will learn how to select chocolate and how to temper it correctly.
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Here is a list of our upcoming chocolate courses:

1. - CAKES & BAKES
2. - Cupcake Baking - Fun Course (half day)
3. - Doughnuts (half day)
4. - Meringues+Roulades and MACAROONS

Certificate Courses - 4 Day Courses

This is your chance to complete a certificate in baking.
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Here is a list of our upcoming certificate courses:

1. - CERTIFICATES in BAKING
2. - NEW - Certificate in PROFESSIONAL BAKING
3. - Sugar Craft Certificate - Beginners

Special Baking Courses

We run some specialised courses during the year. 

Here is a list of our upcoming chocolate courses:

1. - Baketacular - Child & Adult Baking together
2. - Christmas Bake Workshops
3. - School Tours and Transition Year Students
4. - Gift Vouchers - Our Gift Vouchers make the IDEAL Gift!

To book a course, or to request a brochure on a particular course, simply click here. Complete the form and submit - it's that simple.

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This month's recipe is Meringues! Yummy!!