CELEBRATING EID: DATE & WALNUT CAKE DECORATING COOK ALONG

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9 - 13 year olds

May 8, 2021

10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Eastern Time
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CELEBRATING EID: DATE & WALNUT CAKE DECORATING COOK ALONG

Cooking & Baking

Master the art of cake decorating as we celebrate Eid with a showstopping date & walnut cake, with salted honey caramel.

Join one of our expert Waitrose Cookery School chefs as we demonstrate how to decorate a delicious cake, or muffins perfect for celebrating Eid or gifting to friends and loved ones. You will be sent a recipe and instructional video to bake the cake or muffins in advance and our chef will guide you through icing and decorating the cake, and then how to complete it with those all important finishing touches.

What you’ll learn:

How to make and bake a cake
Icing a cake with homemade buttercream
How to make a caramel drizzle and walnut brittle

Makes: 12-16 slices / 1 cake or 18 Muffins

Duration: This class will last approximately 1 hour

Prepare ahead instructions: Please bake the cake sponges or muffins at least 3 hours ahead so that they have time to bake and cool completely before the class. You could also bake these the day before, let them cool completely and keep them in an airtight container until the class begins.

Please have all your other ingredients weighed out and ready along with the equipment you’ll need.

Shopping list (makes 12-16 slices / 1 cake or 18 muffins)

Ingredients for the make ahead cake sponges:

Dairy

130g softened butter, plus extra for greasing
2 eggs

Store cupboard

330g pitted dates, roughly chopped
1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
300g light muscovado sugar
420g self-raising flour, sifted
2 tsp vanilla extract
70g runny honey
1 tsp fine salt
100g walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped

Ingredients for the cake decoration cook along:

Dairy

60ml double cream
280g unsalted butter, divided into: 100g & 180g
1tbsp milk

Store cupboard

180g caster sugar, divided into 100g & 80g
2 tbsp runny honey, divided into 1 tbsp & 1 tbsp
360g icing sugar
1 tsp sea salt flakes, divided into ½ tsp & ½ tsp
50g walnuts

Equipment for the bake ahead cake sponges:

3 x 20cm round sandwich tins or muffin tin large enough to bake 18 muffins
Greaseproof paper, to line cake tins or 18 paper muffin cases
Scissors, to cut greaseproof paper
Kettle, to boil water for dates
1 medium heat proof mixing bowl, for soaking dates
1 large mixing bowl, for creaming butter and sugar if making with electric hand mixer
Wooden spoon, for stirring
Electric hand whisk or freestanding mixer, for making cake batter
Measuring jug, for measuring water
Digital scales, for weighing ingredients
1 spatula, for folding
1 large metal spoon, for dividing cake batter into tins
Cooling rack

Equipment for the cake decoration cook along:

Electric beater, balloon whisk or freestanding mixer with whisk attachment
2 medium mixing bowls, 1 for buttercream (if not using stand mixer) 1 for salt caramel
1 frying pan, for praline
1 medium saucepan, for salt caramel
1 baking tray, for praline
Sugar thermometer, for salt caramel (not essential)
Greaseproof paper
Sieve, for icing sugar
2 spatulas, for stirring and folding
Measuring spoons
Chopping board
Knife
Palette knife
Serving plate
Cling film
Spoons for mixing and tasting
Space in the fridge to put the cake

About your instructor: You’ll be led through this class with one of our experienced chefs from the Waitrose Cookery School.

Joining a virtual experience: Our Virtual Experiences will take place via Zoom. We’d recommend using a laptop or desktop if possible to make it easier for you to take part. Two days before your Virtual Experience, we’ll send you full details on how to join.

Please note: T&C’s apply.

Details:

Hosted by Waitrose & Partners Cookery School

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