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Cakes, Pastries and Breads

Cakes, Pastries and Breads is a short online course that will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to produce cakes, pastries and breads in a commercial kitchen following standard recipes. It requires the ability to select, prepare and portion ingredients and to use equipment and a range of cookery methods to make and decorate cakes, pastries and breads.
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Study Hours
15 hours
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Course Access
12 Months

Would you like to learn how to make delicious cakes, pastries or breads from scratch? Whether cooking for yourself, family or friends, working in a bakery or starting your own café or catering business, this course will show you the fundamentals of baking sweet and savoury foods.

Cakes, Pastries and Breads is a short online course that will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to produce cakes, pastries and breads in a commercial kitchen following standard recipes. It requires the ability to select, prepare and portion ingredients and to use equipment and a range of cookery methods to make and decorate cakes, pastries and breads.

On completion of this cake course you will feel confident to make, decorate and store cakes, pastries and breads.

Printed learning materials are available for purchase for this course and can be ordered during enrolment.  

Course Structure
Unit - Produce cakes, pastries and breads'
  • Confirm food and production requirements from standard recipes
  • Mise en place
  • Ingredient amounts
  • Forecasting to calculate ingredient amounts
  • Type of establishment
  • Menu type
  • Service style
  • Calculate ingredient qualities
  • Multiplying and dividing ingredient amounts
  • Select ingredients from stores according to recipe, quality, freshness and stock rotation
  • Stock rotation principles
  • Selecting equipment
  • Type and size of equipment
  • Types of cooking equipment
  • Large equipment
  • Safely assemble and ensure cleanliness of equipment
  • Using equipment safely and hygienically
  • Manufacturer instructions
  • Safe handling techniques
  • Handwashing techniques
  • Sorting and assembling ingredients
  • Food production sequencing
  • Ingredients for cakes, pastries and breads
  • Wheat flour
  • Sort and assemble ingredients
  • Yeast and other raising/leavening agents
  • Chemical and biological leaveners
  • Sort and assemble ingredients to food production sequencing
  • Weigh and measure wet and dry ingredients
  • Weighing and measuring equipment
  • Forms of yeast
  • Preparing dough
  • Minimising food waste
  • Cookery methods
  • Classical cakes
  • Contemporary cakes
  • Making cakes
  • Pastries
  • Making short crust pastry
  • Choux pastry
  • Puff pastry
  • Rough or flaky pastry
  • Different types of pastry
  • Preparation techniques
  • Chilling ingredients
  • Blind baking
  • Covering a pie
  • Cake fillings
  • Pastry fillings
  • Sweet fillings
  • Cookery methods for bread and fillings
  • Preparing and making bread
  • Quality adjustments
  • Baking conditions, temperatures and times
  • Enhance the appearance and taste of cakes pastries and breads
  • Icings and decorating styles
  • Piping cream
  • Fillings, icing and decorations
  • Types of service-ware
  • Presentation of plated food
  • Displaying and storing products
  • Cleaning procedures
  • Storing and disposing of surplus ingredients
  • Recipes
    • Angel food cake
    • Basic Apricot Loaf
    • Chocolate ganache tart
    • Chocolate cake
    • Fresh peach crumble cake
    • Chocolate ricotta slice (GF)
    • Vegetarian pastries
    • Spring rolls
    • Lemon meringue pie
    • Portuguese sweet bread
    • Puff Pastry
    • Flaky Pastry
    • Profiteroles with hot chocolate sauce
    • Short crust pastry
    • Choux pastry
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Estimated Duration
15 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment

Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

Career Outcomes
  • Baker
  • Bakery Retail Assistant
I learned a lot from this course, and it helped me to gain knowledge about pastries and breads. The learning materials is also easy to access and understand.
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Julia
Forster, NSW
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
April 2025
I have totally enjoyed my course and I let my niece enrolled as well. Thank you so much!
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Candice
Forster, NSW
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March 2025
It was enjoyable. I hope to get enrolled again in some other course, Thanks Australian Online Course
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Nidelyn
Grabben Gullen, NSW
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
August 2024
I liked being able to work at my own pace with straight forward course work and I appreciated the quick response to email enquiries.
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Karalee
Sebastopol, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
June 2024
It was a positive and great learning experience that strengthened my understanding of cakes, breads and pastries as well as more hygiene practices and the history behind this topic.
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N. Azar
Colyton, NSW
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
May 2023
Studying with Australian online courses was really good Experience and very helpful, and I’m looking forward for finding another course.
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S. El Arfjaoui
Morwell, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
March 2023
My chosen course has been very interesting, well-structured with great content. The format and standard of the course is fantastic, and I will be ensuring to enrol in further course in my chosen field to build my knowledge and confidence. I found that the study units and learning material is of a high standard and helpful to complete the course.
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Nur Eni
Port Hedland, WA
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
January 2023
It was amazing!
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M. Hodgson
Werribee, VIC
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January 2023
It was very good, really helpful
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S. Adlam
Banksia Grove, WA
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
July 2022
Flexible and efficient
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C. Deang
Edmondson Park, NSW
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
June 2022
It was easy to access and I enjoyed learning
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A. Stepto
Connells Point, NSW
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
June 2022
My experience was very good, the content was easy to understand and navigate
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J. Southon
Glenwood, QLD
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
May 2022
My experience studying with Australian Online Courses was great. Everything was easy to access and understand, and the topics covered suited my needs
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L. Robinson
Weendouree, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
March 2022
Very flexible learning method and very happy with the amount of time has allocated to the course, learning resources have well provided, I would highly recommend this course to others.
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D. Prasadika
Perth, WA
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
February 2022
Amazing study material, easy to understand, it was good to be able to go at my own pass and get the assessments done. i would recommend using the printed material as it helped with study alot.
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V. Gundry
Armidale, NSW
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
May 2021
It was a self-paced course which suits my schedule. I can learn and do my assessment at my free time.
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P. Ng
Docklands, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
April 2021
Australia Online Courses was easy to navigate and quick access to tutors. I would recommend to friends and family.
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S. Cockburn
Jandowae, QLD
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
February 2021
Easy to gain access to resources I needed, self-pace so no stress involved. Able to complete ahead of time.
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M. Knox
Greenfields, WA
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
October 2020
It’s really helpful for those who can’t manage time to attend college. I feel really lucky with this opportunity to learn this course with Australian Online Courses.
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B. Khatri
Footscray, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
October 2020
Easy to work with online courses and trainers. fast efficient.
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S. Delosa
Mickleham, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
July 2020
I had a very good experience in learning this course. The guidance and resources were easy to follow and implement in my study. The course had all the knowledge and resources required for my career advancement. Overall I am satisfied with the whole learning experience.
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A. Sharma
Kilmore, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
July 2020
I thoroughly enjoyed this unit. The content of the learning material was clear and concise. It was great to find recipes included. I enjoy baking and have come away from this unit gaining some more knowledge. Thank you so much.
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B. Kerwin
Jackass Flat, VIC
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
July 2020
It was easy to access, great amount of time you can complete it in and help was answered nearly 10 minutes I sent which was amazing. I’ll definitely be back to do more courses.
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S. Brown
SA
Cakes, Pastries and Breads
June 2020
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