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I love working with chocolate but making chocolate cake is one of my most favorite and popular projects. I have collected here articles, reviews, and product listings that cover more than just making a chocolate cake. I have gobs of information specifically about chocolate. I hope you find them as useful as I have. Please browse through the items in
My Store (click here for a jump to it) in the lower section of THIS web page. Thanks for stopping by my website. In the coming months, I plan to launch new websites that focus on a major ingredient and it's most commonly associated bakery treat just like I have done here with chocolate cake. Hope to see you again very soon. Chef Cindy
Learn to make chocolate
Learning how to make chocolate is not that different from knowing how to bake chocolate cookies or chocolate cake. There are books that you can read and related material online. But if you want to learn from one of the professionals, you have to go to school and sign up for one of the short courses.Most of the chocolate courses you will fine cannot be completed in a week. This is because before you get your hands dirty, you have to understand the history and the chemistry before you are taught the various techniques of making them and how to sell them.
You also have to remember that there is a science to making a quality product that people would want to have after they have tasted it for the first time.
For those who want to make their own product instead of just melting blocks, you will need to learn how to outsource beans, creating your flavor profile and then producing these in bulk.
There are also courses on quality control to make sure those who decide to go into the business are able to sustain what they have started.
Another program that is like a master’s degree in chocolate making has classes and tours to chocolate factories not only in the US but in Canada, Belgium, France and Italy.
For those who don’t have the time to give up their regular jobs, they can learn about making chocolate online.
Schools that offer this make sure the curriculum is offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can start and stop anytime you want so you are able to remember everything that is taught before moving on to the next module.
After finishing the program, you can use your knowledge to start your own business or look for work within the backing, catering, confectionary or food service industry.
This isn’t bad even if you have never taken baking classes before because the learning process takes you from basic skills to more advance work. Some of these schools also offer internship programs so you can practice what you have learned under the direction of a master chocolatier.
But nothing compares to education right there inside the kitchen. You just need to make the time and if you can’t make it to classes on weekdays, see if there are those being offered on weekends.
The cost of tuition in chocolate making schools varies depending on the type of program and also if this is done in the kitchen or at home. For those who decide to learn in the kitchen, they don’t have to worry because all the materials they need will already be provided. For those at home, they have to buy these from the craft store and make do with what they have.
Learning how to make chocolate with the help of trained professionals is much better than trying to perfect how it is done through trial and error. After all, it is an exact science when it comes to mixing the ingredients and a little bit of marketing if you are planning to sell this product in the market.
Once you get the hang of things, you can try some experiments to make concoctions of your own. After all, chocolates do not always come in boxes.
Note: This article was reprinted with either purchased private label rights or permission from the author.
Cindy J. Werth is the Pastry Chef at the Stratosphere Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is an alumnus of the Culinary Institute of America in New Hyde Park, New York. Her 10+ years in the trade has sharpened her skills in transforming a guest or client's image and concept into pastry art. Particularly skilled at wedding cake design and production, her background in Hotel and Restaurant Management also includes menu development, recipe creation, and management. Previous to the Stratosphere, Chef Cindy worked at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and at the Irvine Marriott Hotel in California.
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