Elements and Performance Criteria
- Select ingredients.
- Select, prepare and use equipment.
- Portion and prepare ingredients.
- Cook cakes and sponges.
- Following standard recipes, use cookery methods for cakes, sponges and fillings to achieve desired product characteristics.
- Make food quality adjustments within scope of responsibility.
- Select baking conditions and required oven temperature and bake cakes.
- Cool cakes and sponges in appropriate conditions to retain optimum freshness and product characteristics.
- Decorate, present and store cakes.
- Enhance appearance and taste of cakes using suitable fillings, icings and decorations, according to standard recipes.
- Apply icing to ensure a smooth and seamless finish.
- Visually evaluate cakes and adjust presentation before displaying.
- Use suitable service-ware to attractively present cakes according to organisational standards.
- Display cakes in appropriate conditions to retain optimum freshness and product characteristics.
- Store cakes in appropriate environmental conditions.
- Clean work area, and dispose of or store surplus and re-usable by-products according to organisational procedures, environmental considerations, and cost-reduction initiatives.