4 week Chocolate Course

The perfect foundation in chocolate work - including baking the perfect chocolate cake, ganache, tempering, transfer sheets, modelling chocolate

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Learn the secrets of chocolate step by step.  Over 4 weeks you will learn how to bake a delicious chocolate cake, how to make ganache, how to make chocolate buttercream, how to temper chocolate, how to use transfer sheets and how to make decorations from chocolate paste.  This is the ideal foundation in working with chocolate.

The cake you bake in week 1 will be frozen ready for you to split, fill and ice in week 4.  In weeks 2 and 3 you will create tempered chocolate panels and work with modelling chocolate to create roses and leaves.  Having prepared your cake you will then top it with ganache and complete the decoration with your tempered transfer panels and chocolate decorations.

Delivered in a very straightforward, step by step style if you want to de-mystify chocolate whilst creating something beautiful and delicious then this is the course for you.

  • How to line a tin
  • The principles and golden rules of baking with chocolate
  • How to freeze and store a chocolate cake
  • How to make chocolate buttercream
  • How to store buttercream and keeping times
  • How to make chocolate ganache
  • How to store ganache.
  • How to choose chocolate
  • How to temper chocolate
  • How to work with transfer sheets to create panels
  • All about modelling chocolate
  • Use modelling chocolate and dust colours to create roses and leaves
  • How to cover a cake with ganache
Annabelle Annabelle
Annabelle

Director

Annabelle established Confection Perfection (now re-branded as Annabelle Jane Cake School) in 1996 from her kitchen table; bought her first retail premises in 2000 and is now settled in a delightful setting in Bearsted, just outside Maidstone.  Annabelle has extensive cake decorating experience and is highly creative and artistic. Annabelle is an accredited tutor for the PME Diplomas in Sugar craft and also designs and delivers a wide range of other highly successful cake baking and decorating classes. Annabelle has a huge vision for our Cake School and ensures that the strong reputation we have earned continues to grow lead by her consistently high standards.

Everything is included!  You may like to bring an apron.

Learn so many skills, good company, great fun.

— , 22nd March 2024

It was a fun course. You learn so much. You feel like you can't ask a silly question as no question is too silly. Thank you.

— , 22nd March 2024

What I expected + more. 5 star with 5 stars on top.

— , 22nd March 2024

Very good tutor. As always she was very helpful and helped when my panels fell off. Definitely coming back!!

— , 22nd March 2024

Amazing, fun & tasty smells soooo good. More than I expected. Tutor amazing, kind, caring and supportive. No question is too silly to ask. Loved everything.

— , 22nd March 2024

Learnt so much. All new skills. Enjoyed all of it.

— , 22nd March 2024

Loved this course. Linda was so friendly and welcoming. Her knowledge was amazing, learnt so much & picked up so many tips. Made everything simple.

— , 18th March 2020

Excellent tutor. Great fun. I have learnt new skills which I can do at home. Thank you.

— , 18th March 2020

Fun, informative & enjoyable course, explained for any level with a brilliant looking cake to take home. Cannot wait to come back.

— , 18th March 2020

If you love chocolate then this course is for you, if you don't its still for you as learn great techniques. Linda is friendly, welcoming and bubbly. Always willing to share her knowledge.

— , 18th March 2020

Very friendly, learn so much, perfect for anyone wanting to improve. Course more than I expected - better! Amazing tutor - very knowledgeable, gave lots of tips and answers to my questions.

— , 2nd May 2019

Very friendly and informative. Excellent and very knowledgeable tutor.

— , 2nd May 2019

My first time working with chocolate which is very difficult as you want to eat it! Always enjoy the courses, learning new skills. Tutor very patient and very knowledgeable - explains everything very clearly and always happy to answer any questions. Excellent.

— , 8th February 2019

I find chocolate a medium difficult to use. Since doing chocolate courses, each time I get more understanding how to play with it. Annabelle is always an inspiration and makes you feel at ease with ingredients that might frighten you to use.

— , 8th February 2019

This course is brilliant. Learn absolutely loads. Everything is explained in simple terms. Annabelle is a fantastic tutor. Explains so everyone can understand. Also gives lots of hints and tips.

— , 8th February 2019

Love coming, relaxing time! Excellent tutors, both Annabelle & Linda.

— , 8th February 2019

Courses are the most enjoyable and worth every penny! Annabelle is THE cake fairy!!!

— , 8th February 2019

Love these courses - my own time doing something for me leaning new skills which all the family get to benefit from!! Extraordinarily patient, kind & helpful tutor. Never once made to feel inadequate in any way.

— , 8th February 2019

Annabelle course always fun / everything turns out fantastic, always finish feeling great, thoroughly enjoyed this course, will def do more courses

— , 8th February 2019

100% likely to come back. Fantastic tutor. Converted choc cake eater!

— , 8th February 2019

The course was so informative & included lots of chocolate mediums, I have already planned to use the skills learnt on this course for a cake coming up. Excellent, very very informative tutor and clearly passionate about what she does. Answered all questions.

— , 10th May 2018

Great fun, endlessly knowledgeable tutor, many hints & tips freely shared. Learned all sorts of things as well as just about chocolate. I always go home with much more knowledge and ideas to practice.

— , 10th May 2018

The 4week cake course is very enjoyable and it is done in a relaxing environment with friendly tutors.

— , 10th May 2018

Absolutely brilliant course. Was a great all round intro to chocolate. The tutor was so knowledgeable and very helpful. Happy to answer all questions + I was so pleased with the result!

— , 10th May 2018

All the classes are really enjoyable, very helpful tutors, good quality ingredients. Great fun!

— , 10th May 2018

Cannot praise Linda enough - wonderful teacher. Fully covered all questions & queries. Very supportive. Very good.

— , 10th May 2018

Such fun. Excellent tutor, lots of helpful tips & advice. Wonderful course, not one for those that don’t like chocolate!! Great Fun.

— , 27th June 2017

Very good informative instructor with helpful anecdotes. 6*s. And we get yummy cakes to try. Can’t wait for next course.

— , 27th June 2017

Very very very likely to do more! 10*s! Fabulous.

— , 27th June 2017

Great tuition, friendly atmosphere. Amazing tutor, as always! Really enjoyed this course and learnt lots!

— , 27th June 2017

Very informative & patient tutor, good and illustrative. What I expected & more.

— , 27th June 2017

Friendly team, very professional, made you feel welcome and at ease. Lots of helpful hints and tips and very encouraging. Amazing.

— , 19th October 2016

Fab.

— , 19th October 2016

Very friendly, informative and great results! Helpful + encouraging. Would absolutely recommend.

— , 19th October 2016

Friendly, relaxed, fun; would recommend.

— , 19th October 2016

Annabelle Jane Cake School is so supportive and friendly and you learn so many new and varied techniques. Really loved this 4 week chocolate course. Very relaxed pace throughout. Have learnt all about chocolate. Adored working with modelling chocolate, which was so much fun and the smell each week was divine. If you are a chocoholic this course is an absolute must!!

— , 23rd June 2015

Excellent courses, excellent tutors - all round excellent (plus the chocolate of course!!)

— , 23rd June 2015

Everytime I come to the shop whether it is for courses or to make a purchase, I am always made to feel welcome. Linda is fantastic. I have enjoyed all the courses she has done.

— , 8th April 2015

My tutor was lovely, friendly, approachable and funny!

— , 8th April 2015

Amazing! Linda was fun, informative, supportive and very knowledgeable.

— , 8th April 2015

Linda was very good and knowledgeable. Excellent!

— , 13th January 2015

Very enjoyable and learnt a lot. Fantastic!

— , 13th January 2015

A very friendly place to learn. Linda is a great tutor. I shall look forward to more courses.

— , 13th January 2015

Linda was an amazing tutor. Extremely fun course - best one so far!

— , 12th June 2014

Excellent course. Learnt lots of new skills and would like another chocolate making course. Linda my tutor was brilliant!

— , 12th June 2014

A brilliant course, a great introduction to chocolate. 4 full weeks of learning + fun. What I expected & more. Fantastic course.

— , 12th March 2014

Absolutely amazing course with lots of new areas taught, modelling chocolate, transfer sheets, painting ganache - very different to any other course. Lovely to be shown all the best practices for baking a chocolate cake & the watchouts and why. Highly recommend for anyone who struggles with chocolate or wants to learn how to make a stunning cake.

— , 12th March 2014

Had a lovely 4 weeks making all our chocolate peices. Annabelle is a great tutor. Very easy to understand and very friendly, very helpful. Loved it.

— , 12th March 2014

More than expected - learnt quite a bit. Excellent tutor - very knowledgeable, answers every question even the silly ones! Very friendly, very knowledgeable, explains everything & goes over & over until you understand. Definitely recommend.

— , 12th March 2014

Course what I expected and so much more. Tutor brilliant and so knowledgeable. Enjoyable relaxed atmosphere fill with lovey like minded people and a room filled with chocolate, what's not to like!?

— , 12th March 2014

Amazing tutor. Course more than I expected. 5 stars.

— , 12th March 2014

5 star course. Tutor excellent as always.

— , 12th March 2014