Baking Professional Pastries And Specialty Cakes - Spokane Community College

Baking Professional Pastries And Specialty Cakes from Spokane Community College is a Campus Certificate Baking degree that prepares you for a Vocational Programs career. Program Description This program prepares students for employment in independent, specialty bakeries and professional cake decorating environments. The certificate provides practical and theoretical training in personal hygiene in the baking industry, baking machinery usage, and production training in the baking of artisan breads and pastries . Students learn decorating, including proper piping procedures, tube usage, flower creation and decoration, color mixing and design principles. Students must complete all courses with a 2.0 grade or better before advancing to subsequent quarters. Program Goals Operate equipment and machinery in a modern bake shop. Mix, proof and bake breads, sweet goods, rolls, pies, specialty cakes and variety breads. Prepare and apply icings and fillings to cakes, pies and pastries. Order bakery supplies and equipment. Weigh and measure product ingredients, and properly portion finished baked goods. Implement creative bakery merchandising. Compute the cost of a finished bakery product. A minimum 50-pound lifting requirement is required for this program. Career Opportunities The baking industry is one of the largest food-processing employers in the United States. Occupations in bakeries provide steady, year-round employment for thousands of workers throughout the country, providing jobs to suit a variety of interests, skills and talents. POTENTIAL POSITIONS INCLUDE: baker , bread baker, cake decorator, commercial baker , in-store baker. View more details on Spokane Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Baking courses.