Baking together, fruit cake nice and simple
Bake together and celebrate with cake.
Have you had issues when trying to achieve that perfect bake? Are you nervous when it comes to simple decorating? Well fear no longer, we are here to alleviate your cake-related worries.
This four-hour fruit cake baking course offers a relaxed and enjoyable way to learn the essentials of making a classic cake from scratch. It starts with a friendly introduction to the ingredients and tools, focusing on a method that keeps things simple and accessible. While the cake bakes, you will explore baking tips and take part in group discussion on how to avoid common mistakes. Once cooled, the cake is decorated with easy touches like a glaze or a dusting of sugar. The course will end with a tasting session and ideas for personalizing the recipe, making it a satisfying and approachable experience for anyone interested in home baking.
Looking forward to you joining us at our new Brockley kitchen.
Course fees
Or call us: Call this number: 020 8314 3300
Monday - Friday 10am-3pm
Baking together, kit kat celebration cake
Bake together and celebrate with cake.
Have you had issues trying to achieve that perfect bake? Feel nervous when it comes to simple decorating? Fear no longer we’re here to help you overcome your cake-related worries.
On this course, you will create and decorate your own deliciously moist cake, finished with the nation’s favourite confectionery treat… KitKat.
During the session, you will enjoy:
Baking a light sponge cake
Making a delicious cookies-and-cream style buttercream filling
Safely assembling your cake
Creating simple decorative finishes
Encasing your cake artistically in KitKat
We look forward to welcoming you to our new Brockley kitchen.
Course fees
Or call us: Call this number: 020 8314 3300
Monday - Friday 10am-3pm
Seasonal bread baking masterclass, cozonac holiday bread and stollen
This seasonal bread-making masterclass celebrates the joy, heritage, and tradition of baking, focusing on two rich and meaningful breads: Romanian Cozonac and German Stollen. Both deeply connected to winter celebrations, these breads offer a window into how different cultures mark the festive season through food made with care, patience, and love.
Learners will develop practical baking skills as they prepare, shape, and bake these enriched doughs, while also exploring their origins and significance. From the sweet, walnut-filled Cozonac enjoyed during Romanian holidays to the fruit-studded, spiced Stollen traditionally made in the weeks leading up to Christmas in Germany, each recipe tells a story of place, time, and tradition.
This course nurtures a genuine appreciation for bread making encouraging learners to connect technique with culture, and to understand how seasonal ingredients, family customs, and history shape what we bake. It is designed to inspire confidence, curiosity, and a lasting love of baking.
Course fees
Or call us: Call this number: 020 8314 3300
Monday - Friday 10am-3pm
How to enrol
After you’ve chosen which course you want to do, you need to enrol. You should enrol before the course starts to make sure you get a place.
You can enrol up to three weeks after the start date if there are spaces available.
Enrolment
You can enrol online for most courses on the course page.
Phone: 020 8314 3300
Monday to Friday: 10am-3pm
Evening and Saturday mornings:
Phone: 020 8314 3300
Monday to Thursday: 4.30-7.30pm
Saturday: 9am-1pm
For enrolments during term time only.
You can also enrol in person at any one of our adult learning centres.
We can only accept debit or credit card payments.
Requirements
If this is your first enrolment you’ll need to provide proof of identity. We will accept a photo of one of the following:
- passport
- driving licence
- national ID card
- birth or adoption certificate
- National Insurance card
- credit or debit card
- recent utility bills or bank statements
- Freedom Pass
How to enrol if you get reduced fees
Find out whether you’re entitled to reduced fees when paying for your course.
If you’re entitled to reduced fees, you can enrol online, but you’ll need to pay for the course then claim a partial refund – you can do so by sending copies of any benefits you’ve claimed in the last three months to adultlearning@lewisham.gov.uk.
Baking together, fruit cake nice and simple
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Learning aims
- Develop foundational cake-baking skills. To understand and apply a simple, accessible method for producing a traditional fruit cake from scratch using the correct ingredients and equipment.
- Build confidence in preparation and finishing techniques. To practise safe preparation, baking, and basic finishing methods such as glazing or dusting to achieve a well-presented cake.
- Increase knowledge of baking processes and problem-solving. To identify common baking mistakes and explore ways to avoid them, while sharing ideas and adapting recipes for personal use at home.
What prior knowledge do I need
No prior knowledge or experience is necessary to enrol on this course. Please be advised that some learners who enrol will have more experience than others.
A basic level of English, Maths and computer skills would be useful.
What teaching methods
The tutor will use a range of teaching methods during the course which will include the following: Demonstration - both group and individual, one to one tuition, group work, assessment of progress, observation, discussion/question and answer sessions.
What assessment methods
The course tutor will use a range of methods to assess progress on the course. These may include observation, completion of an Individual Learning Plan (eILP) which will be updated regularly, evaluation of work samples, question and answer sessions, photographs of projects to record achievement presented on our virtual learning environment (VLE).
Extra work
You will be encouraged to access our virtual learning environment all.lewisham.gov.uk (VLE), take part in course forums and various online activities provided by the tutor.
Materials needed
Learners will be expected to purchase the ingredients before the lesson.
Ingredients:
1 kilogram mixed dried fruit
300 grams self-raising flour
3 large eggs
150 grams brown sugar
150 grams butter (softened)
1 teaspoon mixed spice or cinnamon (optional)
What to bring
The ingredients list required will be sent out to you a week before the course. Read the list and instructions carefully as some preparation maybe required. Please bring a container, cling film, apron or overall, a notepad and pen, tea towel and dish cloth.
NOTE: You will be given a 1 hour break, please bring a packed lunch or make arrangement to purchase something locally. We cannot gurantee that our cafe will be open.
After completion
The department offers a wide variety of Design, Media, Music and Food courses at different levels. Information about these courses is available through the tutor, the Curriculum Leader or the ALL programme.
Contact details
Maria Turner
Curriculum Leader for: Design, Media, Music, Food and Family Learning
Phone:
020 8314 3986
Email:
maria.turner@lewisham.gov.uk
Baking together, kit kat celebration cake
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Learning aims
- Build confidence in baking a sponge cake. To successfully produce a light and moist sponge cake using the correct ingredients and methods.
- Develop skills in filling and decorating cakes. To create a cookies-and-cream style buttercream and assemble and decorate a cake using simple techniques, including a KitKat finish.
- Apply safe and enjoyable cake-making practices. To follow safe food preparation and assembly techniques while developing confidence and enjoyment in cake baking and decorating.
What prior knowledge do I need
No prior knowledge or experience is necessary to enrol on this course. Please be advised that some learners who enrol will have more experience than others.
A basic level of English, Maths and computer skills would be useful.
What teaching methods
The tutor will use a range of teaching methods during the course which will include the following: Demonstration - both group and individual, one to one tuition, group work, assessment of progress, observation, discussion/question and answer sessions.
What assessment methods
The course tutor will use a range of methods to assess progress on the course. These may include observation, completion of an Individual Learning Plan (eILP) which will be updated regularly, evaluation of work samples, question and answer sessions, photographs of projects to record achievement presented on our virtual learning environment (VLE).
Extra work
You will be encouraged to access our virtual learning environment all.lewisham.gov.uk (VLE), take part in course forums and various online activities provided by the tutor.
Materials needed
Learners will be expected to purchase the ingredients before the lesson.
Ingredients.
1 pkt Self-raising flour
3 Packs of butter (250g each) or suitable baking margarine 500g and 1 pkt of butter
6 eggs
Caster Sugar
500g Icing sugar
Vanilla flavouring (or bean paste)
Cake board 12 inch and box or a suitably sized container to take the cake home with
Don't forget your apron and wear sensible covered shoes.
What to bring
The ingredients list required will be sent out to you a week before the course. Read the list and instructions carefully as some preparation maybe required. Please bring a container, cling film, apron or overall, a notepad and pen, tea towel and dish cloth.
NOTE: You will be given a 1 hour break, please bring a packed lunch or make arrangement to purchase something locally. We cannot gurantee that our cafe will be open.
After completion
The department offers a wide variety of Design, Media, Music and Food courses at different levels. Information about these courses is available through the tutor, the Curriculum Leader or the ALL programme.
Contact details
Maria Turner
Curriculum Leader for: Design, Media, Music, Food and Family Learning
Phone:
020 8314 3986
Email:
maria.turner@lewisham.gov.uk
Seasonal bread baking masterclass, cozonac holiday bread and stollen
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Learning aims
- To develop your skills in preparing and producing 2 carefully selected bread recipes.
- To understand and complete food preparation.
- To learn the history and traditions behind the bread you are making.
What prior knowledge do I need
No prior knowledge or experience is necessary to enrol on this course. Please be advised that some learners who enrol will have more experience than others.
A basic level of English, Maths and computer skills would be useful.
What teaching methods
The tutor will use a range of teaching methods during the course which will include the following: Demonstration - both group and individual, one to one tuition, group work, assessment of progress, observation, discussion/question and answer sessions.
What assessment methods
The course tutor will use a range of methods to assess progress on the course. These may include observation, completion of an Individual Learning Plan (eILP) which will be updated regularly, evaluation of work samples, question and answer sessions, photographs of projects to record achievement presented on our virtual learning environment (VLE).
Extra work
You will be encouraged to access our virtual learning environment all.lewisham.gov.uk (VLE), take part in course forums and various online activities provided by the tutor.
Materials needed
Learners will be expected to purchase the ingredients before the lesson.
Ingredients as follows (for both)
1.5kg strong bread flour
3 packets of dried yeast
200g caster sugar
700ml full fat milk
250g unsalted butter
225g mixed fruit
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
500g walnuts (can use a different nut)
2 lemons, 1 lime
rum essence, vanilla essence
6 eggs,
200g icing sugar
mixed spice, cinnamon, nutmeg
125gr ground almonds, salt
50ml rum optional
What to bring
The ingredients list required will be sent out to you a week before the course. Please bring a container, cling film, apron or overall, a notepad and pen, tea towel and dish cloth.
After completion
The department offers a wide variety of Design, Media, Music and Food courses at different levels. Information about these courses is available through the tutor, the Curriculum Leader or the ALL programme.
Contact details
Maria Turner
Curriculum Leader for: Design, Media, Music, Food and Family Learning
Phone:
020 8314 3986
Email:
maria.turner@lewisham.gov.uk