Baking 101 Session #1

[hollyking]

Last night was the first session of the Baking 101 class I’m taking at Cook’s World. We covered cakes and during the class we made Vanilla Cupcakes with Orange Frosting, Cornbread Muffins, Lime Herb Poundcake and Apfel Streusel. They were all very tasty though the poundcake was my favorite.

The class is, as titled, very basic. I didn't learn anything new this time but I think that future sessions will have some new information for me. A few of my classmates learned quite a bit from the class as they didn’t have much, or any, experience baking. It is a hands-on class and the instructor had a few “volunteers” come up and help prepare each recipe. By the end of the class everyone had helped make one of the recipes.

Now to figure out which recipe I’m going to make this week for my homework. I'm thinking the streusel as it is another favorite of mine and transports easily so I don’t end up eating the entire thing.