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SITHPAT302
Produce gateaux, torten and cakes
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Issue Date: May 2024
Specialised cakes include sponges, gateaux, torten, sweet pastes and meringues. This unit applies to hospitality and catering organisations which produce and serve specialist patisserie products including hotels, restaurants and patisseries.
It applies to patissiers who usually work under the guidance of more senior chefs.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to produce, using standard recipes, specialist cakes and sponges which require finish, decoration and presentation of a high order. It requires the ability to select, prepare and portion ingredients and to use equipment and a range of cookery methods to make, fill, assemble and decorate specialist cakes and sponges.
The making of basic cakes is covered in SITHPAT301 Produce cakes.
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