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Discover a world of sweet creations with dessert and pastry classes in NYC. From mastering the art of macarons to creating decadent chocolate desserts, become a skilled pastry chef and impress your friends and family with delicious treats.

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Fondant Techniques

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Want to hone your fondant skills? Join us for this intensive 5 hour workshop where you’ll learn how to take your fondant game up to the next level.  You’ll fondant one real and one dummy cake and then learn how to make: Fondant Bows Swags Fondant Rose Silicone Impressions Stamps and how to stack the two tiers You’ll take home the stacked cake (it’s pre-baked and delicious)

(449) All levels 12 and older
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$165
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Specialty Greenery Cake

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Part Three: Extending Your Buttercream Flower Skillset In the final part of the series, students will have the opportunity to begin to practice the most challenging, elevated piped flowers with impressive lift–a must for adding drama and personality to any flowered cake. Advanced layout theory, expert tips and tricks for creating professional-looking designs, and an opportunity to practice “specialty greenery” round out the cake decorators’...

(449) All levels 12 and older
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$150
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Groovy Beets

Teaching Table @ Virtual Cooking Class, New York, NY

Not sure about you, but come March, I’m pretty tired of beets, as they seem to be the only “in season” vegetable around here. Lettuce turnip your beets into creations you never thought imaginable. Join Teaching Table to beet the system of local seasonal eating with some creativity. You’ll be wondering why you never before pickled beets.  Meanwhile, our handmade beet pasta will make your heart skip a beet. You’ll learn a raw preparation...

(42) All levels 18 and older
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Holiday Cookie Swap

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Discover delicious recipes for your holiday cookie-baking needs, whether you're feeding a crowd or giving them as gifts. From West Tenth St. Brownies to Supernatural Gingersnaps, learn how to make these delectable treats at NY Cake Academy.

(449) All levels 12 and older
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$150
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Ice Cream & Dessert Camp (Spring Break)

Creme and Cocoa Creamery @ 1067 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY

During the camp, students will learn ice cream making basics and create ice cream culinary combinations. Students will also make other desserts such as different waffles, cupcakes, fudge, homemade whipped cream, caramel sauce, fudge sauce and more. They will incorporate fruit, vegetables, and cereals. Our ice cream making classes are offered to individuals and to private groups for a corporate team building activities, company outings, birthday...

(6) All levels 10 - 16 years old
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$150

5 sessions

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Valentine's Day Sweets

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

Get into the Valentine's Day spirit by making heart-shaped macarons, molten chocolate cake, truffles & chocolate covered strawberries in this love-inspired class!

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Mardi Gras Desserts!

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

New Orleans is a magical place. And we're celebrating some of our  favorite classic New Orleans desserts by making Beignets, King's Cake and Pralines from scratch to take home and enjoy. BYOB and get ready to join us for a fun night out!

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Gravity Defying Purse Cake

NY Cake Academy @ 56 W 22nd Street, New York, NY

In this class you will make your very own little handbag cake that you can lift up, carry with you and later eat! You will learn structure building, cake stacking and carving, using semi sweet chocolate ganache and smoothing it out to make the perfect canvas for your decoration using fondant. You will also learn how to use the knowledge here to make different designs or use other structures to make this similar design. Techniques learned: Cake...

(449) All levels 12 and older
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$140
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Sugar Flowers 101

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Join our resident sugar genius for a 2 day workshop (1:00-5:00 both days) where you’ll learn how to make show stoppingly gorgeous calla lily, stargazer lily and jasmine out of sugar paste. Each petal will be hand formed using tools we will have on hand for you. On day two you’ll assemble and finish your bouquet with petal and luster dusts.

(449) All levels 12 and older
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$375

2 sessions

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Italy’s Sweets: Nutella & Other Italian Chocolate

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Full Course Title: Italy’s Sweets: Nutella and Other Italian Chocolate Treats Discover Italy’s chocolate history, which begins with Christopher Columbus, who “discovered” chocolate! Learn about the wonderful role Casanova played; how chocolate was enjoyed in 17th century high society; why Nutella was created after WW II; and much more!  Discover the amazingly complex chocolate-making process, from harvesting the cacao beans to...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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The Making of Oklahoma!

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Oklahoma! changed the landscape of the American musical comedy when it premiered on Broadway in 1943, running for what was then an unprecedented nine years. Its success spawned countless imitations, all embracing the idea that every aspect of the writing and production of a musical should function as a unified whole in service of the characters and story. Then there are those glorious songs … Our lecture will explore the making of this groundbreaking,...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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International Wines and Chocolate

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Sample a selection of international wines and dark chocolates, which are strategically paired, while learning about the various wine regions. A selection of bubbly, white, rose and red wines will be poured. Cheese served.

(1061) All levels 21 and older
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Present Box Cake

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Cake is always the perfect gift. Come to NY Cake Academy to learn how to work with fondant to create one that might just get mistaken for the real thing.  We’ll have cake and buttercream ready to go. We’ll fill frost and crumb coat the cake then learn how to cover a square in fondant and create an adorable fondant bow.

(449) All levels 12 and older
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$100
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Raw Chocolate Making

Sacred Arts Research Foundation @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY

Join us for a fun and delicious afternoon learning the basics of raw chocolate preparation with Jerry "Moon" Murtagh, founder and chief chocolatier of Moonlight Chocolate. Give a gift this Valentine's Day that's truly from your heart: your own homemade gourmet, raw chocolate!  Raw chocolate opens the heart and brings warm feelings of positivity, creativity, and joy. A natural antidepressant, cacao contains anadamide "the bliss molecule"...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Cookies 101

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Let us show you how to make some of our amazing cookies. You’ll learn how to make pressed cookies, piped cookies and decadent sandwich cookies. The techniques you learn can be applied to lots of different flavor combinations and will have you making cookies for years and years to come.

(449) All levels 12 and older
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$100
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Cake Baking 101

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

What good is a beautiful cake if it doesn’t taste great? Come to this intensive 4 hour workshop to learn how to make a delicious White cake, Devil’s food cake and Red Velvet Cake. We’ll fill the white cake with raspberry jam and then apply a swiss buttercream to the outside. The Devil’s Food Cake will get a ganache coating and the Red Velvet will be a “naked” cake with Cream Cheese frosting on top and in the middle. Cakes made will be...

(449) Beginner 12 and older
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$145
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Ribbon Cake with Nick Malgieri

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Indulge in the art of gluten-free baking as you learn to create a decadent flourless chocolate cake adorned with elegant ribbons and ruffles of chocolate at NY Cake Academy.

(449) All levels 18 and older
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$199.99
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Savory Breads and Pies

Home Cooking New York @ 158 Grand St, New York, NY

Flex your baking muscles while you learn the ins and outs of making different savory breads: yeasted breads, quick breads, and tarts with flaky butter crusts.  Herbed Focaccia  Classic Quiche Lorraine (includes Pie Crust 101)  Skillet Cornbread with Homemade Buttermilk  Zucchini Bread with Olive Oil and Lemon Zest Make sure to ring the outside buzzer, even if the front door is open, so we know you are arriving! Important:...

(2012) All levels 16 and older
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$100
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Chocolate Covered Matzoh

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Have a happier Passover with Chocolate Matzoh. Let us show you how to turn this staple into a delicious dessert. We’ll dip and decorate with an assortment of chocolate colors and add fun delicious toppings like toffee, marshmallows, sprinkles and candy galore.  This is a sweet treat you’ll want to make all  year.

(449) All levels 12 and older
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Monet Drip Cake

NY Cake Academy @ 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY

Make some Monet! Cakes that is. In this blast of a class you’ll be given 2 layers of delicious cake and in a spring palette of our beautifully delicious buttercream to fill and frost your cake.  We’ll walk you through step by step how to get the perfect watercolor effect on your cake and then will top them off with decadent chocolate glaze drips. Bring your cameras! You’ll definitely want to share pics of your gorgeous cake.

(449) All levels 12 and older
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