BAKE 230 Professional Baking and Pastry 3*

This course is a continuation of BAKE 120. Students will be introduced to nutritional and allergen-aware options in the bakery. Specialty pastries, dessert buffet design, frozen desserts, chocolate tempering, and chocolate decorations. Basic bakery inventory, purchasing, receiving and storage of bakery products will be practiced. Topics will include cake mixing, scaling, panning, baking and altitude adjustments, cake assembly, decorating techniques, specialty cakes, gateaux, and tortes.

Credits

6 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

Semester Contact Hours Lab

135

Semester Contact Hours Clinical

0

Prerequisite

BAKE 120 with "C" or better

BAKE 230Professional Baking and Pastry 3*

Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.

I. General Information

Department

Business

II. Course Specification

Course Type

Program Requirement

Credit Hours Narrative

6 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

Semester Contact Hours Lab

135

Semester Contact Hours Clinical

0

Prerequisite Narrative

BAKE 120 with "C" or better

Grading Method

Letter grade

Repeatable

Y

III. Catalog Course Description

This course is a continuation of BAKE 120. Students will be introduced to nutritional and allergen-aware options in the bakery. Specialty pastries, dessert buffet design, frozen desserts, chocolate tempering, and chocolate decorations. Basic bakery inventory, purchasing, receiving and storage of bakery products will be practiced. Topics will include cake mixing, scaling, panning, baking and altitude adjustments, cake assembly, decorating techniques, specialty cakes, gateaux, and tortes.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

  • Perform basic cake mixing methods and explain ingredient functions and concepts behind formula balance to correct cake failures or defects.
  • Produce high-fat or shortened cakes, including high-ratio cakes and cakes mixed by creaming.
  • Produce foam-type cakes, including sponge, angel food, and chiffon cakes. Prepare Icings.
  • Assemble and ice simple layer cakes, sheet cakes, and cupcakes.
  • Use a pastry bag to make simple icing decorations.
  • Assemble a variety of European-style cakes, Swiss rolls, small cakes, and petit fours.
  • Make and handle marzipan, pastillage, gum paste, fondant and nougatine and mold decorative items from them.
  • Prepare starch-thickened, boiled, baked, and steamed puddings and custards.
  • Prepare ice cream and sorbet desserts, using commercial or handcrafted churned or still frozen, ice creams and sorbets.
  • Prepare fruit, baked, poached, and for fillings, and explain the best fruit for each purpose.
  • Fill, assemble, and bake single-crust pies, double-crust pies, and lattice-topped pies.
  • Prepare a variety of special pastries based on puff pastry, choux pastry, and meringue-type sponges.
  • Prepare eight basic types of cookies: dropped, bagged, rolled, molded, icebox, bar, sheet, and stencil.
  • Temper chocolate couverture for dipping, molding, and chocolate decorations.

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

Chapter 16. Cakes Chapter 17 Cake Assembling & Decorating Chapter 25 Marzipan, Pastillage, Nougatine Chapter 18 Specialty Cakes Chapter 22 Fruit Desserts Chapter 13 Pies Chapter 21 Frozen Desserts Chapter 15 Tarts & Specialty Pastries Chapter 19 Cookies Chapter 24 Chocolate

VI. Delivery Methodologies

Required Assignments

Chapter Study Guide Bench Book Daily Production Schedules

Required Exams

Chapter Tests Lab and Café Performance Evaluations Written Final Practical Final "NOCTI" Third Party Assessment

Required Text

Professional Baking 7th Edition "Bundle" by Wayne GisslenStudy Guide, Method cards

Required Materials

Required Activities

Specific Course Activity Assignment or Assessment Requirements

Chapter Study Guide Bench Book Daily Production Schedules Chapter Tests Lab and Café Performance Evaluations Written Final Practical Final "NOCTI" Third Party Assessment 1. 2.