The Baking Academy

Hands-on classes, kept small, built on understanding.

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Mixing, whipping, temperature and time each change what comes out of the tin. Understand them, and a recipe becomes something you can read, adjust and fix.

How you’ll learn

Hands-on
You bake every recipe yourself, with guidance throughout.
Small batches
Planned for around 4–5 students. Confirmed for each class.
Personal guidance
Questions welcome at every step.

How a class works

Step 01
Enquire
Message us on WhatsApp or send the form.
Step 02
Confirm your place
Catharine confirms the dates, fee and your seat with you.
Step 03
Bake
Bake hands-on at the studio in Coonoor.
Step 04
Take it home
Leave with what you made, where the class allows.

What you’ll come away with

Technique you can repeat in your own kitchen
An understanding of how ingredients and methods shape the result
The confidence to read a recipe, adjust it and troubleshoot
The bakes you made in class, where applicable

Courses and workshops

Vanilla tea cake, chocolate brownies and chocolate-chip cookies on a cream worktop

Baking BasicsA hands-on foundation course for beginners and aspiring bakers, covering cookies, brownies, tea cakes and celebration cakes.

Sliced banana, walnut and oat loaf with baking ingredients

Healthy Baking WorkshopA dedicated workshop on Healthy Baking: how ingredient choices change texture, flavour and structure, and how to bake well with them.

Ivory buttercream cake with delicate burgundy and blush flowers

Themed MasterclassesSingle-day masterclasses, each built around one theme. New themes are announced periodically.

Close-up of hands piping buttercream onto vanilla cupcakes

Private Baking ClassesPrivate and one-to-one classes, arranged around what you’d like to learn.

Find the right class

Tell us about your baking so far and we’ll suggest a course.

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