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Essential Vegan Desserts

Your introduction to the fundamentals of plant-based desserts. 

For people who are ready to develop their plant-based desserts techniques, confidence and knowledge

Course Overview

Essential Vegan Desserts is an online course based on Fran Costigan's popular Vegan Baking Boot Camp. This course focuses on essential techniques and recipes so you can create professional-quality vegan desserts with confidence. The course starts with an explanation of key equipment, ingredient selection and function, and foundational techniques for creating desserts without the use of eggs and dairy. As you progress, learning activities and practice recipes will showcase your ability to prepare and finish an array of vegan desserts ranging from gels, mousse and puddings, cookies, cakes, pies and tarts, pies, cakes, tarts and cookies. You'll learn to use aquafaba, make sauces and creams, and create component desserts.

Course Objective

  • Identify and use a range of equipment used in the pastry kitchen

  •  Describe and effectively utilize diverse food ingredients used for dessert production

  •  Explain ingredient functions, including fats, sugar, flours, thickeners, egg replacements, and flavorings

  •  Apply principles of mise en place, including measuring and portioning of ingredients

  •  Select and demonstrate applications of various types of chocolate

  •  Demonstrate preparation of products such as non-dairy cream, pudding, mousse and aquafaba

  •  Demonstrate preparation of various quick breads, cookies and bars

  •  Demonstrate preparation of various cakes

  •  Apply techniques of cake assembly and finishing including layering and frosting

  •  Demonstrate preparation of pies and tarts

  •  Apply techniques of pie and tart assembly including working with doughs and fillings

  •  Explain and practice principles of baking without dairy, eggs, refined sugar and other select foods

  •  Create and share your own versions of vegan pastry and desserts

  •  Modify or adapt many standard recipes to plant-based versions

Syllabus

7 Units with 40+ lessons and over 85 recipes.

You get over 100 instructional technique videos with instructor and community support. 

45 assessment task, graded with feedback from industry-leading chef educators.

Certificate of completion upon graduating.

With access to course content for life.

GETTING SET UP

  1. Course Orientation

  2. Setting Yourself Up.

  3. The Pastry Tools

QUICK BREADS, COOKIES AND BARS

  1. Quick breads

  2. Scones and Biscuits

  3. Rustic Fruit Desserts

  4. World of Cookies

  5. Bars and Brownies

FINAL SHOWCASE AND ASSESSMENT

  1. Celebrating with Desserts

  2. Final Assessment

KEY INGREDIENTS AND FUNCTIONALITY

  1. Flours

  2. Fats

  3. Sweeteners and Sugars

  4. Acids: Vinegars, Alcohol & Citrus

  5. Dairy Alternatives

  6. Gels and Thickeners

  7. Replacing Eggs and Leaveners

CAKES, GLAZES AND FROSTINGS

  1. Preparing Cakes

  2. Fillings, Glazing and Frosting

  3. Cakes

CHOCOLATE, CREAMS, PUDDING AND MOUSSE

  1. Choosing Quality Chocolate

  2. Non-Dairy Creams

  3. Aquafaba

  4. Pudding, Mousse and Finishing Accents

PIES AND TARTS

  1. Fundamentals of Pie Crust

  2. The Core Recipes

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Ready to make some sinful desserts

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